us
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (“us”). Cognate with West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
PronunciationEdit
- (stressed) enPR: ŭs, IPA(key): /ʌs/, IPA(key): /ʌz/
- (unstressed) (US) IPA(key): /əs/, (UK) IPA(key): /əs/, /əz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌs
PronounEdit
us
- (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1:
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1:
- (Commonwealth of Nations, colloquial, chiefly with give) Me.
- Give us a look at your paper.
- Give us your wallet!
- (Northern England) Our.
- We'll have to throw us food out.
Alternative formsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
DeterminerEdit
us
- The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
- It's not good enough for us teachers.
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.
SymbolEdit
us
- Alternative spelling of µs: microsecond
- 2002, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller Technology, the 68HC11, p. 489:
- ;wait 500 us
- 2012, Peter Feiler and David Gluch, Model-Based Engineering with AADL:
- The standard units are ns (nanoseconds), us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), sec (seconds), min (minutes), and hr (hours).
- 2014, Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak, and Michael Webster, Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right, p. 198:
- Because the flash devices are local to the server, the latencies can be microseconds (us) instead of milliseconds (ms) and eliminate some traffic that would normally have gone over the storage network.
- 2002, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller Technology, the 68HC11, p. 489:
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
us
Usage notesEdit
- There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan us, from Latin ūsus.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
us (proclitic and contracted enclitic, enclitic vos)
DeclensionEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French us, from Latin ūsus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
us m pl (plural only)
- (plural only) mores; traditional practices or manners
Usage notesEdit
Only used in Modern French as us et coutumes (“mores and customs”). Also see the etymologically related usage.
Further readingEdit
- “us” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
us
- Romanization of 𐌿𐍃
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (“us”).
PronounEdit
us (nominative we)
- First-person plural accusative pronoun: us.
- (reflexive) ourselves.
- (reciprocal) each other.
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “us, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ûs or us
- (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of uns.
- (possesive pronoun) Alternative form of uns.
DeclensionEdit
Possesive pronoun:
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strong declension | ||||
Masculine | ûs | ûsen | ûsem(e) (ûsennote) | ûses |
Neuter | ûs | |||
Feminine | ûse | ûser(e) | ||
Plural | ûse | ûsen | ûser(e) | |
Weak declension | ||||
Masculine | ûse | ûsen | ûsen | |
Neuter | ûse | |||
Feminine | ûsen | |||
Plural | ûsen | |||
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. |
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French uis, from Latin ostium.
NounEdit
us m (plural us)
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s, *nes. Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Low German os, ons), Dutch ons, Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin nos.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ūs
- accusative/dative of wē: (to) us
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
us m (oblique plural us, nominative singular us, nominative plural us)
DescendantsEdit
- French: us
Old FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Cognates include Old English ūs, Old Saxon ūs and Old Dutch uns.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ūs
- accusative/dative of wī
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.
NounEdit
ȕs f (Cyrillic spelling у̏с)
ReferencesEdit
- “us” in Hrvatski jezični portal
TurkishEdit
NounEdit
us (definite accusative usa, plural uslar)
- Synonym of akıl
Derived termsEdit
Tz'utujilEdit
NounEdit
us
- fly (insect)
VolapükEdit
AdverbEdit
us
West FrisianEdit
PronounEdit
us