-ose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/

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Suffix

-ose

1. full of

   comatose (full of sleep)

Synonyms

• (full of): -ful

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “full of”): -less

Derived terms

• adenose
• adipose
• annulose
• ariose
• bracteose
• callose
• caseose
• comatose
• cormose
• cystose
• dactylose
• epicosity
• esquamulose
• favose
• feldspathose
• foliolose
• glumose
• gneissose
• granulose
• greenschistose
• gummose
• gyrose
• hamose
• lacunose
• lacunulose
• leprose
• lichenose
• mammose
• minutiose
• naevose
• neurose
• nodulose
• plumose
• plumulose
• prionose
• quartzose
• racemulose
• radiculose
• schistose
• scyphose
• squamulose
• strigose
• thallose
• trappose
• tremellose
• venulose
• verbose
• verrucose
• viscose
• zygose

Etymology 2

Back-formation from glucose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/, /-əʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/, /-oʊz/

Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
2. (biochemistry) Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown

Derived terms

• aldohexose
• aldopentose
• aldose
• allose
• altrose
• arabinose
• biose
• cellobiose, cellose
• cellulose
• deoxyribose
• dextrose
• dulcose
• erythrose
• erythrulose
• fructose
• galactose
• garantose
• gulose
• heptose
• hexose
• idose
• ketose
• lactose
• laevulose, levulose
• lyxose
• maltose
• mannose
• pectose
• pentose
• psicose
• pyranose
• ribose
• ribulose
• saccharose
• sedoheptulose
• sorbose
• sucrose
• tagatose
• talose
• tetrose
• threose
• triose
• xylose
• xylulose

Translations

suffix used to form the names of sugars

• Catalan: -osa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -糖 (-táng)

• Danish: -ose c
• Dutch: -ose (nl)
• French: -ose (fr) m
• Galician: -osa (gl)
• Hungarian: -óz
• Irish: -ós m
• Italian: -osio m
• Polish: -oza (pl) f
• Portuguese: -ose (pt) f
• Spanish: -osa f

References

• “-ose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

See also

• (having a considerable amount of): -some

Anagrams

• Eos, Seo, soe, Soe, oes, SOE, OES, OES., ESO, SEO, E&Os, OEs

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈoːsə]

Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

1. -osis

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

1. -ose

Declension

Declension of -ose

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-ose	-osen	-oser	-oserne
genitive	-oses	-osens	-osers	-osernes

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ose

artrose

cyanose

fruktose

laktose

psykose

tuberkulose

References

• “-ose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) -ose (suffix used for sugars)
2. (pathology) -osis (suffix used for diseases)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ose

avitaminose

fructose

lactose

maltose

sacharose

shigellose

sucrose

vaginose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (pathology) -osis, a functional disease or condition

   ‎fluor (“fluorine”) + ‎-ose → ‎fluorose (“fluorosis”)

   ‎acide (“acid”) + ‎-ose → ‎acidose (“acidosis”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus; doublet of the inherited -eux.

Suffix

-ose m (more commonly) or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)

   ‎Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + ‎-ose → ‎fructose m (“fructose”) (surface etymology)

   ‎Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ‎-ose → ‎glucose m (“glucose”)

   ‎Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-, “milk”) + ‎-ose → ‎galactose m or (archaic) f (“galactose”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ose

acidose

alcalose

argyrose

asbestose

aspergillose

avitaminose

bacillose

candidose

cellulose

cirrhose

colibacillose

cyanose

échinococcose

fluorose

fructose

galactose

glycogénose

gommose

grandiose

hypervitaminose

hypovitaminose

kératose

lactose

listériose

mononucléose

mycose

narcose

ostéoporose

parasitose

pédiculose

pentose

poliose

polypose

saccharose

sarcoïdose

stéatose

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-oːzə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

1. -osis

Declension

Declension of -ose [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	-ose	die	-osen
genitive	einer	der	-ose	der	-osen
dative	einer	der	-ose	den	-osen
accusative	eine	die	-ose	die	-osen

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

1. -ose

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ose

Borreliose

Hypovitaminose

Laktose

Mitose

Phagozytose

Italian

Suffix

-ose

1. feminine plural of -oso

Latin

Suffix

-ōse

1. vocative masculine singular of -ōsus

Middle English

Suffix

-ose

1. alternative form of -ous

Ojibwe

Final

-ose

1. walk

Derived terms

• animose (“walk away”)
• babaamose (“walk about, stroll”)
• bimose (“walk (along)”)
• giiwose (“hunt”)

See also

• -a’amii (“step”)
• -aazhagaame (“go along a shoreline or edge”)
• -shin (“fall, lie, contact, tread, hit”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ose-final

Ottawa

Final

-ose (animate intransitive)

1. walk

References

• Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 374

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zɨ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

Portuguese -ose

Internationalism. Learned borrowing from Latin -ōsis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”).

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (pathology) Forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
2. (biology, chemistry) Forms the names of actions and processes; -osis

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ose (disease)

actinomicose

adenomatose

adenomiomatose

adenose

aftose

clorose

endometriose

esquistossomose

histiocitose

ictiose

metempsicose

micose

osteoporose

parasitose

pneumoconiose

poliose

virose

Etymology 2

Internationalism. Back-formation from glicose or glucose.

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (chemistry) Forms the names of sugars; -ose

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ose (sugar)

glicose

glucose

lactose

maltose

poliose

sacarose

xilose

Further reading

• “-ose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-ose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026