oscar
Translingual edit
Noun edit
oscar
- Alternative letter-case form of Oscar of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒs.kə/
Audio (CA) (file)
Noun edit
oscar (plural oscars)
- A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
- Synonyms: marble cichlid, velvet cichlid
Further reading edit
- Oscar (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
oscar
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to nick, to dent (a blade)
- S'osca el coltell més dur si és mal usat.
- The hardest knife will become nicked if it's ill used.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of oscar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive | oscar | ||||||
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gerund | oscant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | oscat | oscada | |||||
plural | oscats | oscades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | osco | osques | osca | osquem | osqueu | osquen | |
imperfect | oscava | oscaves | oscava | oscàvem | oscàveu | oscaven | |
future | oscaré | oscaràs | oscarà | oscarem | oscareu | oscaran | |
preterite | osquí | oscares | oscà | oscàrem | oscàreu | oscaren | |
conditional | oscaria | oscaries | oscaria | oscaríem | oscaríeu | oscarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | osqui | osquis | osqui | osquem | osqueu | osquin | |
imperfect | osqués | osquessis | osqués | osquéssim | osquéssiu | osquessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | osca | osqui | osquem | osqueu | osquin | |
negative (no) | — | no osquis | no osqui | no osquem | no osqueu | no osquin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).
Noun edit
oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (“leap, bound”).
Noun edit
oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
Alternative forms edit
Declension edit
Declension of oscar
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oscar | n-oscar | hoscar | t-oscar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 oscar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oscor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language