nos

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

no +‎ -s

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos

  1. plural of no

Etymology 2[edit]

no. +‎ -s

Noun[edit]

nos

  1. Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.

Etymology 3[edit]

Abbreviation

Noun[edit]

nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)

  1. (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
    Coordinate term: NOx
  2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide.
    Synonym: nox

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nos. Akin to Spanish nos and French nous.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. us (first-person plural direct pronoun)
  2. (to) us (first-person plural indirect pronoun)

Synonyms[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. us (dative and accusative of nosotros/nós)

Etymology 2[edit]

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article los (“the”).

Contraction[edit]

nos m pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg na, neuter sg no, feminine plural nes)

  1. in the

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronoun[edit]

nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)

  1. us (direct or indirect object)

Declension[edit]

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Usage notes[edit]

  • -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 terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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.)

Noun[edit]

nos f (plural nosow)

  1. night

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin nota. Cognate with Welsh nod, Irish nod, nóta and English note. Doublet of noten.

Noun[edit]

nos m (plural nosow)

  1. mark
  2. token

References[edit]

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈnos]
  • audio
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  • Hyphenation: nos
  • Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Czech nos, from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun[edit]

nos m inan

  1. (anatomy) nose
Declension[edit]
Declension
singular plural
nominative nos nosy
genitive nosu nosů
dative nosu nosům
accusative nos nosy
vocative nose nosy
locative nosu, nose nosech
instrumental nosem nosy
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

nos

  1. second-person singular imperative of nosit

Further reading[edit]

  • nos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • nos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. 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”, […]
  2. 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.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

nos pl

  1. plural of notre

Related terms[edit]

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa 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 reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article os (“the”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

nos m pl (masculine sg no, feminine sg na, feminine plural nas)

  1. in the

Etymology 2[edit]

From a mutation of os.

Pronoun[edit]

nos m (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of os (“them”, masculine plural)
Usage notes[edit]

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 also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. inflection of nós:
    1. accusative/dative
    2. reflexive

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. we, first person plural.

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

no (interjection) +‎ s (“and”, conjunction)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

nos

  1. well

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 reading[edit]

  • 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

Interlingua[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. we
  2. us

Kashubian[edit]

Nos.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ. Cognates include Polish nos and Czech nos.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔs/
  • Hyphenation: nos

Noun[edit]

nos m inan (diminutive nosk)

  1. nose

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “nos”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *nōs, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nōs

  1. nominative/accusative plural of ego: we, us

Usage notes[edit]

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).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • nos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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)

Lombard[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • nus (Modern orthography)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nucem, accusative singular of nux (“nut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. walnut (fruit and tree)
  2. (botany) nut

References[edit]

  • Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1843, p. 179

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos m (diminutive nosk)

  1. nose

Declension[edit]

Declension of nos
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nos nosa nose
Genitive nosa nosowu nosow
Dative nosoju nosoma nosam
Accusative nos nosa nose
Instrumental nosom nosoma nosami
Locative nosu nosoma nosach

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos (plural nosses)

  1. Alternative form of nose

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun[edit]

nos f or m (definite singular nosa or nosen, indefinite plural noser, definite plural nosene)

  1. (dialectal) nose
  2. (dialectal) steep protruding point on a mountain

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun[edit]

nos f (definite singular nosa, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)

  1. nose
  2. steep protruding point on a mountain

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin nōs.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
  2. ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Occitan nos, nous, nou, from Latin nōdus. Compare Catalan nus, French nœud, Italian nodo.

Noun[edit]

nos m (plural noses)

  1. knot

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos m

  1. (anatomy) nose

Declension[edit]

Declension (pattern dub)
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

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “nos”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online]‎[2], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2020

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • nous (first-person plural subject pronoun)
  • nus (first-person plural subject pronoun)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nōs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
  2. our (masculine and feminine plural possessive pronoun)
  3. to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
  4. ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)

Descendants[edit]

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin nōs, in the nominative case, and accusative nōs stressed.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. 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
  2. prepositional of nos: us
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin nōs, in the accusative case unstressed, and dative nōbīs.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. accusative of nos: us
  2. 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
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Contraction of no (“not”) and se (“him/her/itself, themselves”).

Contraction[edit]

nos

  1. 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
    • 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

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. we, first person plural.

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos m inan (diminutive nosek, augmentative nochal or nosisko)

  1. nose

Declension[edit]

Declension of nos
singular plural
nominative nos nosy
genitive nosa nosów
dative nosowi nosom
accusative nos nosy
instrumental nosem nosami
locative nosie nosach
vocative nosie nosy

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • nos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /nus/, [nus]
    • IPA(key): (Rio) /nuʃ/, [nuʃ]
  • IPA(key): (Portugal) /nuʃ/, [nuʃ]

  • Hyphenation: nos

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. 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.
  2. Obsolete spelling of nós
Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

See also[edit]
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
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 2[edit]

From Old Portuguese nos, clipping of enos, from en (“in”) + os (“the”).

Contraction[edit]

nos

  1. 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.
Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  2. 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

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nos (possessive nostru)

  1. we
    Synonym: nois, nosatros
  2. us

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nȏs m (Cyrillic spelling но̑с)

  1. (anatomy) nose

Declension[edit]

Declension of nos
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 terms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos m

  1. nose

Further reading[edit]

  • nos in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nọ̑s m inan

  1. (anatomy) nose

Inflection[edit]

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 reading[edit]

  • “nos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin nōs and dative Latin nōbīs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos m pl

  1. plural of no

Pronoun[edit]

nos (object pronoun)

  1. dative of nosotros: to us, for us
  2. accusative of nosotros: us
  3. (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.
  4. (archaic, formal) first person; I (singular, cf. vos)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

See also[edit]

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
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
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. 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.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. 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)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.

Noun[edit]

nos c

  1. a nose of an animal

Declension[edit]

Declension of nos 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nos nosen nosar nosarna
Genitive nos nosens nosars nosarnas

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Volapük[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. nothing

Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French nos, from Latin nos.

Pronoun[edit]

nos

  1. we

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *nékʷts.

Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos f (plural nosweithiau, or rarely nosau, count form noson)

  1. night

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from nos
  • 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”)

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Terms related to the root of nos

Western Apache[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nos

  1. manzanita plant

Usage notes[edit]

  • occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect

See also[edit]

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