-ose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/
Audio (US): (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.

Suffix

-ose

full of
comatose (full of sleep)

Synonyms

(full of): -ful

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “full of”): -less

Derived terms

(excluding the ones listed below)

English terms suffixed with -ose

Etymology 2

Back-formation from glucose.

Suffix

-ose

(chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
(biochemistry) Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown

Derived terms

Translations

suffix used to form the names of sugars

Catalan: -osa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: -糖 (-táng)
Danish: -ose c
Dutch: -ose (nl)
French: -ose (fr) m
Galician: -osa (gl)
Hungarian: -óz
Irish: -ós m
Italian: -osio m
Polish: -oza (pl) f
Portuguese: -ose (pt) f
Spanish: -osa f

References

“-ose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Eos, Seo, soe, Soe, oes, SOE, OES, OES., ESO, SEO, E&Os, OEs

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-ˈoːsə]

Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

-osis

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

-ose

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ose

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Suffix

-ose

(chemistry) -ose (suffix used for sugars)
(pathology) -osis (suffix used for diseases)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ose

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Suffix

-ose

(pathology) -osis, a functional disease or condition

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -osus; doublet of the inherited -eux.

Suffix

-ose

(chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-oːzə/
Audio: (file)

Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

-osis

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

-ose

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ose

Latin

Suffix

-ōse

vocative masculine singular of -ōsus

Middle English

Suffix

-ose

Alternative form of -ous

Ojibwe

Final

-ose

walk

Derived terms

animose (“walk away”)
babaamose (“walk about, stroll”)
bimose (“walk (along)”)
giiwose (“hunt”)

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ose-final

Ottawa

Final

-ose (animate intransitive)

walk

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 374

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zɨ/

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

(chiefly biology and chemistry) forms the names of actions and processes; -osis
(pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
(chemistry) forms the names of sugars; -ose

Derived terms