us

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English

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (us, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (us), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n̥smé (us). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed while being used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (us), West Frisian us, ús (us), Low German us (us), Dutch ons (us), German uns (us), Danish os (us), Latin nōs (we, us).

    Pronunciation

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    • (stressed) enPR: ŭs, IPA(key): /ʌs/, /ʌz/, (Local Dublin) IPA(key): /ʊs/
    • (unstressed) (US) IPA(key): /əs/, (UK) IPA(key): /əs/, /əz/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ʌs

    Pronoun

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    us

    1. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
      Used where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:
      Who's there? —Us. (or) —It's us.
      Who's going to go? —Us. We'll go.
    2. (Commonwealth, colloquial, chiefly with give) Me.
      Give us a look at your paper.
      Give us your wallet!
      She's turned the weans against us!
    3. (Northern England) Our.
      We'll have to throw us food out.
    4. (Northumbria) Me (in all contexts).
      Look at us while you’re speaking to us.
      Could you do that for us?
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    Determiner

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    us

    1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
      It's not good enough for us teachers.
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    Etymology 2

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    Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

    Symbol

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    us

    1. Alternative spelling of µs: microsecond
      • 2002, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller Technology, the 68HC11, page 489:
        ;wait 500 us
      • 2012, Peter Feiler, David Gluch, Model-Based Engineering with AADL:
        The standard units are ns (nanoseconds), us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), sec (seconds), min (minutes), and hr (hours).
      • 2014, Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak, Michael Webster, Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right, page 198:
        Because the flash devices are local to the server, the latencies can be microseconds (us) instead of milliseconds (ms) and eliminate some traffic that would normally have gone over the storage network.

    Etymology 3

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    us

    1. (rare) Alternative form of u's.

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin vōs.

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    Pronoun

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    us (proclitic and contracted enclitic, enclitic vos)

    1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)
    2. Contraction of vos.

    Usage notes

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    • us is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
      Si us plau.Please.
      Si no us importa.If you don't mind.
    • -us is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
      Volia veure-us.I wanted to see you.

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    Further reading

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    Central Franconian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /us/, (stressed optionally) /uːs/

    Etymology 1

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    From Middle High German ūz, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.

    Preposition

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    us (+ dative)

    1. (Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian) out of, from
      • 1936, Inscription on the Schwarze Katz well in Zell:
        He steiht ferm wie en Zeller us dem Hamm.
        He stands firm as a Zell man from the Hamm [i.e. the Moselle bow around Zell with its steeply sloped vineyards].
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    • Where it occurs in Moselle Franconian, it generally does so only in unstressed position while the stressed form is aus, ous.
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    Etymology 2

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    From Middle High German uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Loss of the nasal is due to a sporadic development (analogous to the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant-law, but later and not systematic); compare Luxembourgish eis, Limburgish ós.

    Pronoun

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    us

    1. (most of Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian) Dative/accusative first-person plural personal pronoun: us
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    Fala

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese os, from Latin illōs.

    Alternative forms

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    • os (Mañegu)

    Article

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    us m pl (singular u, feminine a, feminine plural as)

    1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Masculine plural definite article; the

    Pronoun

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    us

    1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Third person plural masculine accusative pronoun; them
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    Etymology 2

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    Alternative forms

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    Article

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    us m pl (singular un, feminine unha, feminine plural unhas)

    1. (Lagarteiru) Masculine singular indefinite article; some

    References

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    • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French us, from Latin ūsus.

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    Noun

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    us m pl (plural only)

    1. (plural only) mores; traditional practices or manners

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    Anagrams

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    Gothic

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    Romanization

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    us

    1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍃

    Middle English

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Old English ūs (us, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (us), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (us).

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      Pronoun

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      us (nominative we)

      1. First-person plural accusative pronoun: us.
      2. (reflexive) ourselves.
      3. (reciprocal) each other.

      Synonyms

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      Descendants

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      • English: us
      • Scots: us, hus
      • Yola: ouse, ouz, uz

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      Middle Low German

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      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      ûs or us

      1. (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of uns.
      2. (possesive pronoun) Alternative form of uns.

      Declension

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      Possesive pronoun:

      Norman

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      Etymology

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      From Old French uis, from Latin ostium.

      Noun

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      us m (plural us)

      1. door

      Old English

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      Etymology

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        From Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s, *nes. Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Low German os, ons), Dutch ons, Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin nos.

        Pronunciation

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        Pronoun

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        ūs

        1. accusative/dative of : (to) us

        Descendants

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        Old French

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        Etymology

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        From Latin ūsus.

        Noun

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        us oblique singularm (oblique plural us, nominative singular us, nominative plural us)

        1. tradition or custom

        Descendants

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        • French: us

        Old Frisian

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Cognates include Old English ūs, Old Saxon ūs and Old Dutch uns.

        Pronunciation

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        Pronoun

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        ūs

        1. accusative/dative of

        Inflection

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        Descendants

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        • North Frisian:
          Most dialects: üs
          Sylt: üüs
        • Saterland Frisian: uus
        • West Frisian: ús

        References

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        • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

        Portuguese

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        us

        1. plural of u

        Scots

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Middle English us, from Old English ūs (us, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (us), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n̥smé (us).

        Pronoun

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        us

        1. us

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        Serbo-Croatian

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

        Noun

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        ȕs f (Cyrillic spelling у̏с)

        1. fishbone

        References

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        • us” in Hrvatski jezični portal

        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        From Ottoman Turkish اوص (us), from Proto-Turkic *us (mind, reason).[1]

        Noun

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        us (definite accusative usu, plural uslar)

        1. mind
        2. reason
        3. intelligence

        Declension

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        Inflection
        Nominative us
        Definite accusative usu
        Singular Plural
        Nominative us uslar
        Definite accusative usu usları
        Dative usa uslara
        Locative usta uslarda
        Ablative ustan uslardan
        Genitive usun usların
        Possessive forms
        Nominative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usum uslarım
        2nd singular usun usların
        3rd singular usu usları
        1st plural usumuz uslarımız
        2nd plural usunuz uslarınız
        3rd plural usları usları
        Definite accusative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usumu uslarımı
        2nd singular usunu uslarını
        3rd singular usunu uslarını
        1st plural usumuzu uslarımızı
        2nd plural usunuzu uslarınızı
        3rd plural uslarını uslarını
        Dative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usuma uslarıma
        2nd singular usuna uslarına
        3rd singular usuna uslarına
        1st plural usumuza uslarımıza
        2nd plural usunuza uslarınıza
        3rd plural uslarına uslarına
        Locative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usumda uslarımda
        2nd singular usunda uslarında
        3rd singular usunda uslarında
        1st plural usumuzda uslarımızda
        2nd plural usunuzda uslarınızda
        3rd plural uslarında uslarında
        Ablative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usumdan uslarımdan
        2nd singular usundan uslarından
        3rd singular usundan uslarından
        1st plural usumuzdan uslarımızdan
        2nd plural usunuzdan uslarınızdan
        3rd plural uslarından uslarından
        Genitive
        Singular Plural
        1st singular usumun uslarımın
        2nd singular usunun uslarının
        3rd singular usunun uslarının
        1st plural usumuzun uslarımızın
        2nd plural usunuzun uslarınızın
        3rd plural uslarının uslarının

        Synonyms

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        References

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        1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*us”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

        Tz'utujil

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        Noun

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        us

        1. fly (insect)

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        Adverb

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        us

        1. there
          • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:
            Cils äbinons-li i pö zäl et? Si! elogob us tumis.
            Were there children at that party as well? Yes, I've seen hundreds of them there.

        West Frisian

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        Pronoun

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        us

        1. object of wy