hos

See also: HOS, Hos., hoş, hös, hős, and hoš

English

Noun

hos

1. plural of ho
   • 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.

Anagrams

• OHS, OHs, Osh, SHO, Sho, Soh, ohs, osh, sho, sho', soh

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish *hoet, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (hence Breton houad and Middle Welsh hwyat), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɔs/, [hɔz]

Noun

hos m (plural heyji)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Danish

Etymology

Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”). Displaced Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɔs]

Preposition

hos

1. at X's abode

   Vi var på besøg hos Ahmad.

   We visited Ahmad in his abode.

   Jeg sov hos en veninde.

   I slept at a friend's place.

2. in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings
   • 1877, Fredrik Petersen, Dr. Søren Kierkegaards Christendomsforkyndelse, page 544:

     Maalet er hos Kierkegaard som hos Hegel et selvbevidst Liv, der af begge kaldes Aand, ...

     The goal, according to Kierkegaard is, as according to Hegel, a self-conscious life, which both of them call spirit/spirituality, ...

   • 2001, Sundhedsplejerske-institutionens dannelse: en kulturteoretisk og kulturhistorisk analyse af velfaerdsstatens embedsvaerk, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 132:

     Muligheden for at vælge forkert er hos Hegel til stede.

     The possibility of choosing wrong is present in the view that Hegel expresses.

   • 2015, Svend Brinkmann, Identitet, Klim, →ISBN:

     Etik er derfor hos Foucault noget andet end moral, der er det filosofiske studium af gode, rigtige handlinger.

     In Foucault's writings, ethics is therefore different from morality, which is the philosophical study of good, right actions.

References

• “hos” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hos” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

hos

1. inflection of hossen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Irish

Noun

hos m

1. h-prothesized form of os

Latin

Pronoun

hōs

1. accusative masculine plural of hic

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz.

Alternative forms

• hose, hoos, hoose, hoce, hase, haase, hayse, hors, horse, hoorse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːs/, /hɔːrs/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /hɑːs/, /hɑːrs/

Adjective

hos (plural and weak singular hose)

1. Hoarse; harsh-sounding.
2. (rare) Unclear-sounding; hard to detect.

Related terms

• hosely
• hosnesse

Descendants

• English: hoarse
• Scots: hairse, hairsh, haise

References

• “hōs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Noun

hos (uncountable)

1. (rare) The state of being hoarse or an example of it.

References

• “hōs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hos

1. (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). Cognate with German Hase, English hare.

Noun

hos m

1. hare

References

• “hos” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊsː/

Preposition

hos

1. at, by, with

References

• “hos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

Preposition

hos

1. at, by, with

Synonyms

• hjå

References

• “hos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Cornish

Etymology

from Old English hosan

Noun

hos

1. boot

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognate with Old High German hansa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːs/, [hoːs]

Noun

hōs f

1. escort; company; troop

Declension

Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōs	hōsa, hōse
accusative	hōse	hōsa, hōse
genitive	hōse	hōsa
dative	hōse	hōsum

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːs/, [hoːs]

Noun

hōs f

2. bramble
3. thorn

Declension

Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōs	hōsa, hōse
accusative	hōse	hōsa, hōse
genitive	hōse	hōsa
dative	hōse	hōsum

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• hoss, hōs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xos/, [hos]

Noun

hos m

1. sprout, shoot, tendril
2. bramble

Declension

a-stem

Declension of hos (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hos	hossas
accusative	hos	hossas
genitive	hosses	hossa
dative	hosse	hossum

u-stem

Declension of hos (strong u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōs	hōsa
accusative	hōs	hōsa
genitive	hōsa	hōsa
dative	hōsa	hōsum

Swedish

Etymology 1

Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊs/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʊs

Preposition

hos

1. at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.

   Jag är hos djävulen.

   I am at the devil's place; I am in hell.

   Johan är hos sig.

   Johan is at his own place.

2. with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)

   Stanna hos mig!

   Stay with me!

Derived terms

• hemma hos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

hos

1. indefinite genitive singular of ho

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English horse.

Noun

hos

1. horse