oscar

See also: Oscar, OSCAR, Óscar, and Òscar

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɒs.kə/

• Audio (CA):

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Noun

oscar (plural oscars)

1. , a cichlid fish, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

Further reading

• Oscar (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

oscar

1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Anagrams

• AOCRs, ASROC, Carso, ROSCA, Rasco, Rocas, ocras, orcas, sacro-, sarco-

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Catalan

Etymology

osca +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [usˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [osˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [osˈkaɾ]

Verb

oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat)

1. to nick, dent (a blade)

   S'osca el coltell més dur si és mal usat.

   The hardest knife will become nicked if it's ill used.

Derived terms

• oscadís

Further reading

• “oscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsˠkəɾˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʌsˠkəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

1. (literary) warrior, hero

Etymology 2

From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (“leap, bound”).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

1. leap, bound; agility
2. (swimming) stroke

Alternative forms

• ascar

Declension

Declension of oscar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oscar oscair Vocative a oscair a oscara Genitive oscair oscar Dative oscar oscair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oscar na hoscair Genitive an oscair na n-oscar Dative leis an oscar don oscar leis na hoscair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oscar	n-oscar	hoscar	t-oscar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 oscar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oscor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language