nos
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
nos
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
nos
Etymology 3Edit
Abbreviation
NounEdit
nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)
- (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
- Coordinate term: NOx
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide.
- Synonym: nox
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nos. Akin to Spanish nos and French nous.
PronounEdit
nos
SynonymsEdit
AsturianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
nos
Etymology 2Edit
From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article los (“the”).
ContractionEdit
nos m pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg na, neuter sg no, feminine plural nes)
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
PronounEdit
nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)
- us (direct or indirect object)
DeclensionEdit
Usage notesEdit
- -nos is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with consonant or ⟨u⟩.
- Fes-nos una visita, si us plau! ― Pay us a visit, please!
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “nos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “nos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
CornishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Uncertain; either inherited from Proto-Celtic *noxs or borrowed from Latin nox. In either case, cognate with Breton noz, Welsh nos and Gaulish nox, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
nos f (plural nosow)
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin nota. Cognate with Welsh nod, Irish nod, nóta and English note. Doublet of noten.
NounEdit
nos m (plural nosow)
ReferencesEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Czech nos, from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
NounEdit
nos m inan
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
nos
Further readingEdit
- nos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- nos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
FalaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
PronounEdit
nos
- we (first person plural nominative personal pronoun; the speakers/writers)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IX, Chapter 4: ¿Fala transerrana?:
- I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vo pa Castilla”, […]
- And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll go to Castille”, […]
- us (first person plural objective personal pronoun)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:
- Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.
- We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
nos pl
Related termsEdit
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | man | mes |
Second person | ton1 | ta | tan | tes | ||
Third person | son1 | sa | san | ses | ||
Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
Third person | leur | leurs |
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further readingEdit
- “nos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article os (“the”)
PronunciationEdit
ContractionEdit
nos m pl (masculine sg no, feminine sg na, feminine plural nas)
Etymology 2Edit
From a mutation of os.
PronounEdit
nos m (accusative)
Usage notesEdit
The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.
See alsoEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronounEdit
nos
- inflection of nós:
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.
PronounEdit
nos
- we, first person plural.
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
no (interjection) + s (“and”, conjunction)[1]
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
nos
ReferencesEdit
- ^ nos in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further readingEdit
- nos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
InterlinguaEdit
PronounEdit
nos
KashubianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ. Cognates include Polish nos and Czech nos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m inan (diminutive nosk)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “nos”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *nōs, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nōs
- nominative/accusative plural of ego: we, us
Usage notesEdit
When used in the plural genitive, nostrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Nostrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of us).
DeclensionEdit
1st and 2nd person personal pronouns declension together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns.
is, ea, id (“he, she, it”) is not included here.
Singular | First-person | Second-person | Reflexive |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ego/egō | tū | — |
genitive | meī | tuī | suī |
dative | mihi/mihī, mī | tibi | sibi |
accusative | mē | tē | sē, sēsē |
ablative | mē | tē | sē, sēsē |
vocative | egō | tū | — |
possessive | meus | tuus | suus |
Plural | First-person | Second-person | Reflexive |
nominative | nōs | vōs | — |
genitive | nostrī, nostrum | vestrī, vestrum | suī |
dative | nōbīs | vōbīs | sibi |
accusative | nōs | vōs | sē, sēsē |
ablative | nōbīs | vōbīs | sē, sēsē |
vocative | nōs | vōs | — |
possessive | noster | vester, voster | suus |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: noi, noauã
- Asturian: nós, nosotros, ñós, ñosotros
- Catalan: nós, nosaltres
- Dalmatian: nu, noi, nojiltri
- Old French: nos, nous
- Middle French: nous
- French: nous, nous autres
- Middle French: nous
- Friulian: nô, noaltris
- Galician: nós, nosoutros
- Istriot: nui
- Italian: noi, noialtri
- Occitan: nos, nosautres
- Portuguese: nós
- Romanian: noi, nouă
- Romansch: nus, nous
- Sardinian: nois, noso, nosu, nos
- Sicilian: nui, nuàutri
- Old Spanish: nos
- Venetian: noi, nu, noaltri, noantri
- Walloon: nos
ReferencesEdit
- “nos”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “nos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- old age creeps on us insensibly: senectus nobis obrēpit
- vague rumours reach us: dubii rumores afferuntur ad nos
- we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- we have agreed on this point: hoc convēnit inter nos
- tradition, history tells us: memoriae traditum est, memoriae (memoria) proditum est (without nobis)
- history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
- we have no expression for that: huic rei deest apud nos vocabulum
- we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
- we have known each other well for several years: vetus usus inter nos intercedit
- to send out colonists: colōnos mittere (Div. 1. 1. 3)
- old age creeps on us insensibly: senectus nobis obrēpit
LombardEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- nus (Modern orthography)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nucem, accusative singular of nux (“nut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)
ReferencesEdit
- Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1843, p. 179
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m (diminutive nosk)
DeclensionEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
nos (plural nosses)
- Alternative form of nose
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
NounEdit
nos f or m (definite singular nosa or nosen, indefinite plural noser, definite plural nosene)
SynonymsEdit
- (nose): nese
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
NounEdit
nos f (definite singular nosa, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)
SynonymsEdit
- (nose): nase
ReferencesEdit
- “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin nōs.
PronounEdit
nos
- to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
- ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Occitan nos, nous, nou, from Latin nōdus. Compare Catalan nus, French nœud, Italian nodo.
NounEdit
nos m (plural noses)
Old CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m
DeclensionEdit
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | nos | nosa, nosy | nosi, nosové (nosoví), nosy |
genitive | nosa, nosu | nosú (nosou) | nosóv (nosuov, nosů), nos |
dative | nosu, nosovi | nosoma, nosama | nosóm (nosuom, nosům) |
accusative | nos, nosa | nosa, nosy | nosy |
vocative | nose | nosa, nosy | nosi, nosové (nosoví), nosy |
locative | nosě (nose), nosu, nosovi | nosú (nosou) | nosiech (nosích), nosech, nosách |
instrumental | nosem | nosoma, nosama | nosy, nosmi, nosami |
DescendantsEdit
- Czech: nos
Further readingEdit
- “nos”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2022
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nos
- we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
- our (masculine and feminine plural possessive pronoun)
- to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
- ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)
DescendantsEdit
Old SpanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin nōs, in the nominative case, and accusative nōs stressed.
PronounEdit
nos
- nominative of nos: we
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1280-1281 :
- a grãd ondr̃a vernan / Aeſtas t͠rras eſtranas q̃ nos pudiemos ganar
- They [the Cid's wife and daughters] will come in great honour to these foreign lands, which we had won
- a grãd ondr̃a vernan / Aeſtas t͠rras eſtranas q̃ nos pudiemos ganar
- prepositional of nos: us
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin nōs, in the accusative case unstressed, and dative nōbīs.
PronounEdit
nos
- accusative of nos: us
- dative of nos: to us, for us
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1298 :
- Qando dios p̃ſtar nos qiere nos biẽ gelo gradeſcamos
(normalized) Quando Dios prestar nos quiere, nos bien gelo gradescamos- When God wants to help us, we should thank Him well for it
- Qando dios p̃ſtar nos qiere nos biẽ gelo gradeſcamos
DescendantsEdit
- Spanish: nos
Etymology 3Edit
Contraction of no (“not”) and se (“him/her/itself, themselves”).
ContractionEdit
nos
- not ... (to oneself)
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1243-1244 :
- Myo çid don Ro en valençia esta folgando / Con el mẏnaẏa albarffanez q̃ nos le parte de so braço
- My Cid, don Rodrigo, is having a break in Valencia, with Minaya Álvar Fáñez, who does not leave (partirse) his side
- Myo çid don Ro en valençia esta folgando / Con el mẏnaẏa albarffanez q̃ nos le parte de so braço
- 1140 – 1207, Cid, 1206-1207 :
- Sonando vã ſus nue͠uas todas atodas partes / Mas le vienen a mẏo çid ſabet q̃ nos le van
- The news of him roam everywhere / But more men come to my Cid, mind you, than those who leave (irse) him
- Sonando vã ſus nue͠uas todas atodas partes / Mas le vienen a mẏo çid ſabet q̃ nos le van
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.
PronounEdit
nos
- we, first person plural.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m inan (diminutive nosek, augmentative nochal or nosisko)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- nos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: nos
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
PronounEdit
nos
- us; objective case of nós
- Ele dir-nos-ia o nome do indivíduo; Ele nos diria o nome do indivíduo.
- He would have told us the name of the individual.
- Obsolete spelling of nós
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
See alsoEdit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Portuguese nos, clipping of enos, from en (“in”) + os (“the”).
ContractionEdit
nos
- Contraction of em os (“in the”).
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:
- [...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.
- [...] the cat was purring happily on Hermione's arms.
- [...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
Etymology 3Edit
PronounEdit
nos
- Alternative form of os (third-person masculine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
nos (possessive nostru)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nȏs m (Cyrillic spelling но̑с)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | nȏs | nȍsovi/nȍsevi |
genitive | nȍsa | nȍsōvā/nȍsēvā |
dative | nòsu | nȍsovima/nȍsevima |
accusative | nȏs | nȍsove/nȍseve |
vocative | nȍsu | nȍsovi/nȍsevi |
locative | nòsu | nȍsovima/nȍsevima |
instrumental | nȍsom | nosovima/nȍsevima |
Derived termsEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m
Further readingEdit
- nos in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nọ̑s m inan
InflectionEdit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv- | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | nós | ||
gen. sing. | nosú | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | nós | nosôva | nosôvi |
accusative | nós | nosôva | nosôve |
genitive | nosú | nosôv | nosôv |
dative | nósu | nosôvoma | nosôvom |
locative | nósu | nosôvih | nosôvih |
instrumental | nósom | nosôvoma | nosôvi |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | nós | ||
gen. sing. | nósa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | nós | nósa | nósi |
accusative | nós | nósa | nóse |
genitive | nósa | nósov | nósov |
dative | nósu | nósoma | nósom |
locative | nósu | nósih | nósih |
instrumental | nósom | nósoma | nósi |
Further readingEdit
- “nos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin nōs and dative Latin nōbīs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos m pl
PronounEdit
nos (object pronoun)
- dative of nosotros: to us, for us
- accusative of nosotros: us
- (reflexive) reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
- 1998, Roberto Bolaño, Los detectives salvajes, →ISBN, page 262:
- A eso de las cuatro de la mañana todos nos dijimos buenas noches.
- Around four in the morning, we all told each other good night.
- (archaic, formal) first person; I (singular, cf. vos)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
See alsoEdit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo/la5 | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further readingEdit
- “nos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.
NounEdit
nos c
- a nose of an animal
DeclensionEdit
Declension of nos | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nos | nosen | nosar | nosarna |
Genitive | nos | nosens | nosars | nosarnas |
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
VolapükEdit
PronounEdit
nos
WalloonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French nos, from Latin nos.
PronounEdit
nos
Related termsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *nékʷts.
Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos f (plural nosweithiau, or rarely nosau, count form noson)
Derived termsEdit
- brig y nos (“gloaming; twilight”)
- echnos (“the night before last”)
- gyda'r nos (“at night, in the evening”)
- llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”, literally “grey night”)
- nos da (“goodnight”)
- noson (“evening; night”)
- noswaith (“evening”)
- pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”)
- wythnos (“week”, literally “eight nights”)
Related termsEdit
Western ApacheEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nos
- manzanita plant
Usage notesEdit
- occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect
See alsoEdit
- dinos "manzanita"