osso

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo oso (“house”), from English house. Doublet of huis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.soː/

Noun

osso c (plural osso's, diminutive ossootje n)

1. (slang) house

   Synonym: huis

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Interlingua

Etymology

Compare Catalan os, French os, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu, Spanish hueso.

Noun

osso

1. (anatomy) bone

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian osso, Spanish hueso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔsso]
• òsso, /ˈɔsso/

Noun

osso m (plural ossa f, alternative plural ossi m)

1. (anatomy) bone

   bagnato fino all'osso ― drenched to the skin

2. (botany) stone, pit (in fruits)

   Synonym: nocciolo

Usage notes

The feminine plural ossa denotes bones collectively:

Mi fanno male tutte le ossa. ― All my bones are aching.

The masculine plural individual bones:

gli ossi delle schiene ― the backbones

Related terms

• disossare
• ossaccio
• ossame
• ossario
• ossatura
• osseina
• osseo
• osserello

• ossetto
• ossicino
• ossicolo
• ossifero
• ossificazione
• ossobuco
• ossoso
• ossuto

Further reading

• osso on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ossō

1. dative singular of ossum
2. ablative singular of ossum

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uhsô.

Noun

osso m

1. ox

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: osse
  • Dutch: os
    • Afrikaans: os
    • Negerhollands: os

Further reading

• “osso”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old Portuguese

Noun

osso m

1. Alternative form of usso

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ussus (compare Old Galician-Portuguese usso), from Latin ursus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈo.so]

Noun

osso m (plural ossos)

1. bear
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 59r.

     Et las dos eſtrellas la que es poſtrimera delas dos q́ ſon en el ombro del oſſo.

     And of the two stars, the one that is the furthest of the two that are the bear's haunch.

   • Idem, 96v.

     […] ¬ no fazen danno en el logar do ella ſouiere leones ni oſſos. ni otros bestiglos malos

     […] and where it were placed, no lions, bears or other foul beasts would be dangerous.

Related terms

• ossa (“female bear”)

Descendants

• Spanish: oso

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Portuguese

ossos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese osso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os (“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Romanian os, Sardinian osso, Spanish hueso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.su/
• IPA^(key): /ˈo.so/
• Hyphenation: os‧so

Noun

osso m (plural s, metaphonic)

1. (anatomy) bone
2. (uncountable) bone (material)
3. (figuratively) a difficulty

Synonyms

• (difficulty): dificuldade

Holonyms

• (bone): esqueleto

Derived terms

• ossos do ofício
• roer os ossos

Related terms

• ossada
• ossama
• ossame
• ossamenta
• ossaria
• ossário

• ossatura
• ósseo
• ossículo
• ossificação
• ossificado
• ossificar

• ossuário
• ossudo
• ostealgia
• osteálgico
• osteíte
• osteogênese

• osteogenia
• osteografia
• osteologia
• osteólogo
• osteomalacia

• osteometria
• osteopatia
• osteose
• osteossarcoma
• osteotomia

Adjective

osso m or f (feminine ossa, plural osso)

1. (slang) difficult
2. (slang) annoying

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Spanish

Noun

osso m (plural ossos)

1. Obsolete spelling of oso