oso

See also: Oso, -oso, óso, osó, osò, and 'oso

Arigidi

Noun

oso

1. house, home

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

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Basque

Adjective

oso

1. whole
2. all
3. very

Usage notes

In the meaning 'whole' it is fully adjectival in its behaviour, being placed after the noun and taking normal inflections for the end of the noun phrase. In the meaning 'very' it precedes another adjective and commonly precedes the noun as well:

• mendi osoa ― the whole mountain
• mendi oso handia ― the very big mountain
• oso mendi handia ― the very big mountain
• mendia oso handia da ― the mountain is very big

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Cebuano

Noun

oso

1. a bear

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish oso (“bear”).

Noun

oso

1. bear

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese usso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus.

Noun

oso m (plural osos)

1. bear (animal)

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Italian

Verb

oso

1. first-person singular present indicative of osare

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Japanese

Romanization

oso

1. Rōmaji transcription of おそ

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Latin

Participle

ōsō

1. dative masculine singular of ōsus
2. dative neuter singular of ōsus
3. ablative masculine singular of ōsus
4. ablative neuter singular of ōsus

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Nzadi

Noun

osó (plural esó)

1. face

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsɔ/

Noun

oso f

1. vocative singular of osa

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso/
• Rhymes: -oso

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus (compare Asturian osu, Aragonese onso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Portuguese urso (Old Portuguese usso), Romanian urs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Noun

oso m (plural osos, feminine osa, feminine plural osas)

1. bear
2. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)

Alternative forms

• osso (obsolete)

Derived terms

Terms derived from oso

• hacer el oso
• hacerse el oso
• oreja de oso
• osezno
• osito
• oso andino
• oso de anteojos

• oso malayo
• oso hormiguero
• oso Kodiak
• oso negro

• oso panda
• oso pardo
• oso polar
• oso tibetano

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

oso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of osar.

Further reading

• “oso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from English house.

Noun

oso

1. house

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Tagalog

isang oso

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oso.

Noun

oso

1. bear (mammal)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os. Compare Italian osso.

Noun

oso m (plural osi)

1. bone