Os

This article is about items spelled Os and os. For fully-capitalized forms, see OS.

Table of contents

1 Translingual 2 Aragonese 2.1 Definite Article m, pl 2.2 Notes 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Homophones 4.3 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Noun 5.2 Noun 6 Portuguese 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Definite article 6.3 Personal pronoun 6.3.1 Usage notes 7 Romanian 7.1 Noun 8 Spanish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Personal pronoun 8.3 Translations 9 Swedish 9.1 Noun

Translingual

Os
symbol for osmium

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Aragonese

Definite Article m, pl

From Latin illos

1. the

   Os lugars d'Aragón = "The villages of Aragon"

Notes

• The form los, either pronounced as los or as ros, can be found after words ending with an -o.
• Some dialects use the form els , often shortened to es.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /os/

Noun

os m (plural: ossen )

1. ox (a castrated bull)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /ɔs/ (singular)
• IPA : /oː/ (plural)

Homophones

(plural) eau, eaux

Noun

os m (plural: os)

1. bone
2. bones

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Latin

Noun

os n (Plural: ora)

1. a mouth

Noun

os n (Plural: ossa )

1. a bone

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin illi .

Definite article

os m, pl

1. the

   Lá vêm os carros - Here come the cars

	masculine	feminine
singular	o	a
plural	os	as

Personal pronoun

os m, pl

1. 3rd person them (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhes ; after prepositions, see eles).

1. Encontrei-os na rua. = "I met them at the street."

Usage notes

• Becomes -los after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-los? = "May I see them?"

  After pôs: Quero pô-los ali. = "I want to put them there."

  After fiz: Fi-los ficar contente. = "I made them become happy."

  After nos: Deu-no-los relutantemente. = "He gave them to us reluctantly."

  After eis: Ei-los! = "Behold them!"

• Becomes -nos after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].

  Detêm-nos como prisioneiros. = "They detain them as a prisoners."

• In Brasil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form eles.

  Eu os vi. → Eu vi eles. = "I saw them."

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Romanian

Noun

os (plural oase)

1. bone

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA : /os/

Personal pronoun

os

1. dative and accusative of vos and vosotros

Translations

• English: you, to you , for you

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Swedish

Noun

(uncountable)

1. smell, especially a strong smell originating from cooking.