ose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"

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English

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English

Alternative forms

• os

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ås (“ridge, esker”). Doublet of os and osar / asar, the latter from the plural.

Pronunciation

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊs/
• Rhymes: -əʊs
• Homophone: -ose

Noun

ose (plural oses)

1. Synonym of os (“esker”)

Related terms

• osar

Akan

Noun

ose (Twi)

1. ovation

   Synonyms: ahurusibɔ, ahurusie, osebɔ, ayɛyie

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “ovation”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
• A dictionary English-Tshi (Asante)‎^[1], second edition, Basel Missionary Society, 1909, page 133

Albanian

Conjunction

ose

1. or
2. either; or
3. otherwise; or else

Usage notes

• Can be used twice in same sentence to create either-or situation

Synonyms

• apo

Ambonese Malay

Alternative forms

• os, se

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese você.

Pronoun

ose

1. you

   Synonym: ale

   Ose ada mo pi Mana? ― Where are you going?

See also

Ambonese Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	long	beta	katóng, batóng1
	short	bet	tong
2nd person	long	ose, ale	dorang, ngoni
	short	os, se, al	dong, ngo
3rd person	long	dia, ontua2, akang2	dorang
	short	ontó2, kang2	dong
possessive		pe
reflexive		diri
emphatic		sandiri

¹ Used with inclusive meaning in some dialects.
² Polite.

• The short forms are mostly dependent.
• The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older.
  

See each entry for more information.

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English horse.

Noun

ose

1. (chiefly Navosa, West) horse (Equus ferus caballus)

   Au vodoka na ose.

   I mount the horse.

   E cici vakatotolo na ose.

   The horse runs fast.

2. (figurative) workhorse, mainstay, powerhouse (someone that does a lot of work)

   Synonym: ose masi

Usage notes

Horses are primarily used for farm transport in Navosa and western Viti Levu, the latter where horse racing also takes place. The word is understood throughout Fiji despite limited use of horses in most regions.

Derived terms

• cicivaka ose (“horse racing”) (chiefly West)
• idabedabe ni ose (“saddle”)
• ose masi (“workhorse, mainstay, powerhouse”) (idiom)
• osepawa, osivawa (“horsepower”)
• veitau ose (“horse racing”) (chiefly West)
• vodoka na ose (“to mount a horse”)

See also

• varaile (“bridle”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “ose”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 187

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oz/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

ose

1. inflection of oser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Gun

Alternative forms

• sé

Etymology

Cognate with Fon sé, Saxwe Gbe osé (“grinding stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.sé/

Noun

osé (plural osé lɛ́ or osé lẹ́)

1. rock

Istro-Romanian

Noun

ose

1. plural of os

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ze/
• Rhymes: -ɔze
• Hyphenation: ò‧se

Adjective

ose

1. feminine plural of oso

Anagrams

• Eso, eso-

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.sɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.s̬e]

Participle

ōse

1. vocative masculine singular of ōsus

Lindu

Noun

ose

1. uncooked rice

Lotha Naga

Noun

ose

1. steel

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 138
• Acharya, K. P. (1983), Lotha Grammar (CIIL Grammar Series), volume 10, Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 8

Luguru

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cè (“all”)

Determiner

-ose

1. all

References

• Africa Museum : G35 Luguru, page 1

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ose

1. ooze
2. smell bad, stink

References

• “ose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ose” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• osa (a infinitive)

Etymology

Unknown. Related to or derived from os m (“fume, smoke; stench”).

Verb

ose (present tense osar/oser, past tense osa/oste, past participle osa/ost, passive infinitive osast, present participle osande, imperative ose/os)

1. (intransitive) to have a strong smell, odour
2. (intransitive) to reek, ooze (av / of)
3. (intransitive, figurative) to reek (av / of) (to be evidently associated with something unpleasant)
4. (intransitive) to emit fumes, smoke; to ooze

References

• “ose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ose (Cyrillic spelling осе)

1. inflection of osa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Noun

ose

1. dative/locative singular of osa

Spanish

Verb

ose

1. inflection of osar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cè (“all”).

Determiner

-ose

1. all
2. every
3. whole

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[3], Central Africana Limited, pages 98, 173

Yoruba

Igi osè

Alternative forms

• oṣè

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.sè/

Noun

osè

1. baobab tree, Adansonia digitata

   wọ́n gbé ẹbọ sí ìdí igi osè ― They placed the sacrifice at the base of the baobab tree

Derived terms

• Ìdí-Osè