ounce
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Noun
[edit]ounce (plural ounces)
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- A troy ounce, weighing 1⁄12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄16 of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- (figurative) Any small amount, a little bit.
- He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
Synonyms
[edit]- (avoirdupois ounce): oz.; ℥, uncia (pharmacy)
- (fluid ounce): oz., fl. oz.
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tokelauan: aunehe
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza and lynx.
Noun
[edit]ounce (plural ounces)
- (archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
- 1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 23:
- The Ounce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man; […]
- 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
- Halloa! another prey,
The nimble Antelope!
The ounce is freed; one spring,
And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
And his teeth are red in her gore.
- Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia. [from 18th c.]
- (cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 235:
- The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French once, from Old French once, unce, from Latin uncia. Doublet of ynche.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ounce (plural ounces or ounce)
- An ounce (unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of a pound)
- (rare) A shekel (ancient measure of weight)
- (rare) A minuscule or insignificant amount or quantity.
- a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2019, lines 677–678:
- By ounces henge his lokkes that he hadde / And therwith he his shuldres overspradde
- By very little hung the locks that he had; / He draped them over his shoulders
- (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuring time.
- (rare) A three-inch unit for measuring length.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ǒunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.
Noun
[edit]ounce m (definite singular ouncen, indefinite plural ouncer, definite plural ouncene)
- an avoirdupois ounce
- Synonym: unse
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ounce m (definite singular ouncen, indefinite plural ouncar, definite plural ouncane)
- an avoirdupois ounce
- Synonym: unse
References
[edit]- “ounce” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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