nos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

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English

Etymology 1

From no +‎ -s.

Alternative forms

noes

Noun

nos

plural of no

Etymology 2

From no. +‎ -s.

Noun

nos

Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Noun

nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)

(countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
Coordinate term: NOx
(uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).
Synonym: nox

Anagrams

-son, NSO, ONS, SON, Son, ons, son

Aragonese

Alternative forms

mos, mo' (Benasquese, Low Ribagorçan)

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nos

First-person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

References

“nos”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Alternative forms

mos (pronoun)
ños (pronoun)

Etymology 1

From Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nos

us (dative and accusative of nosotros/nós)

Etymology 2

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

Contraction

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

in the

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from the unstressed accusative of Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nus/ (always unstressed)
(Valencia) IPA^(key): /nos/ (always unstressed)

Pronoun

nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)

us (direct or indirect object)

Usage notes

-nos is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.
Fes-nos una visita, si us plau! ― Pay us a visit, please!

Declension

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-.

Etymology 2

Inherited from the stressed nominative of Latin nōs (“we; us”); see Etymology 1. Replaced in normal usage by nosaltres. For the development of a distinction between stressed and unstressed forms of what was originally a single word, compare Portuguese nós and nos. See also the parallel development in Spanish of nosotros.

Alternative forms

nós (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

Pronoun

nos

(archaic) we
Synonym: nosaltres
(royal, majestic) we (the so-called royal we, used by a king or queen to refer to themselves in the first person)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

Noun

nos

plural of no (“no”)

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish nos, from Old Cornish nos, 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.

Noun

nos f (plural nosow)

night

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nos m (plural nosow)

mark
token

References

nos in the Gerlyver Kernewek Cornish Dictionary

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnos]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: nos
Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Czech nos

Czech nos

Inherited from Old Czech nos.

Noun

nos m inan

(anatomy) nose
Synonyms: frňák, čenich, raťafák

Declension

Declension of nos (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	nos	nosy
genitive	nosu	nosů
dative	nosu	nosům
accusative	nos	nosy
vocative	nose	nosy
locative	nose, nosu	nosech
instrumental	nosem	nosy

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nos

second-person singular imperative of nosit

Fala

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

nos m pl or f pl

First person plural nominative pronoun; we
- 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”, […]
(Mañegu) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
- 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.

Usage notes

In Mañegu noshotrus and noshotras are more commonly used as subject pronouns.
Takes the form -nus when used as an object pronoun suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ os (masculine plural definite article).

Alternative forms

nus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Contraction

nos m pl (singular no, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

(Mañegu) in the

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōs (nominative or accusative).

Pronoun

nos (postpositive -nos) (ORB, broad)

we, us (first-person plural nominative, accusative, dative, or tonic)

References

nous in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
nos in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -o

Determiner

nos pl

plural of notre; our
Nos enfants nous rendent souvent visite.
Our children visit us often.

Related terms

French possessive determiners

			Possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f	plural
Possessor	singular	1^st	mon¹	ma	mes
		2^nd	ton¹	ta	tes
		3^rd	son¹	sa	ses
	plural	1^st	notre		nos
		2^nd	votre²		vos²
		3^rd	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.

For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

Anagrams

son

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nʊs/

Contraction

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

in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of os.

Pronoun

nos m (accusative)

Alternative form of os (“them”, masculine plural)

Usage notes

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.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

nos

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun

nos

we, first person plural.

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnoʃ]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: nos
Rhymes: -oʃ

Interjection

nos

well

References

^ 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.)

Interlingua

Pronoun

nos

we
us

Kashubian

nos

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skin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Kashubian nos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
Rhymes: -ɔs
Syllabification: nos

Noun

nos m inan (diminutive nosk, related adjective nosowi)

(anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
(rare) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
(agriculture) tip of a scythe blade
(agriculture) nose (in a wheelbarrow, the front part of the bar with a hole at the end, in which the movable wheel axis rotates)
(nautical) beak (front part of a ship)
brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)
(chiefly in the plural) remains of dry branches on a tree
stalk (blade of grass)

Derived terms

nouns

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noːs/, [noːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nos/, [nɔs]

Pronoun

nōs

nominative/accusative plural of ego: we, us

Usage notes

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).

Declension

Declension of Latin personal pronouns
Person	first	second	reflexive third	third			first	second	reflexive third	third
Number	singular						plural
Gender	masc./fem./neut.			masc.	fem.	neut.	masc./fem./neut.			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	egō̆	tū	—	is	ea	id	nōs	vōs	—	eī iī	eae	ea
genitive	meī	tuī	suī	eius			nostrī nostrum	vestrī vestrum	suī	eōrum	eārum	eōrum
dative	mihī̆	tibī̆	sibi	eī			nōbīs	vōbīs	sibi	eīs
accusative	mē	tē	sē sēsē	eum	eam	id	nōs	vōs	sē sēsē	eōs	eās	ea
ablative	mē	tē	sē sēsē	eō	eā	eō	nōbīs	vōbīs	sē sēsē	eīs
vocative	egō	tū	—				nōs	vōs	—

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: noi, noauã, nauã, nau
Asturian: nós, nosotros, ñós, ñosotros
Catalan: nós, nosaltres
Dalmatian: nu, noi, nojiltri
Franco-Provençal: nos
Old French: nos, nous
- Middle French: nous
  - French: nous, nous autres
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
- Spanish: nos, nosotros
Venetan: noi, nu, noaltri, noantri
Walloon: nos

References

"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

Lombard

Alternative forms

nus (Modern orthography)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Milan) IPA^(key): /nuːs/

Noun

nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)

walnut (fruit and tree)
(botany) nut

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔs/

Noun

nos m inan (diminutive nosk)

nose

Declension

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

Noun

nos (plural nosses)

Alternative form of nose

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

(dialectal) nose
(dialectal) steep protruding point on a mountain

Synonyms

(nose): nese

References

“nos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“nos” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

nose
steep protruding point on a mountain

Synonyms

(nose): nase

References

“nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

sno, son

Occitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nus/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

nos

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nos m (plural noses)

knot

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Czech nos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnos/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈnos/

Noun

nos m inan

(anatomy) nose
beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
(by extension) any device or object resembling a nose

Declension

Declension of nos (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	nos	nosy	nosi, nosové
genitive	nosa, nosu	nosú	nosóv
dative	nosu	nosoma	nosóm
accusative	nos	nosy	nosy
vocative	nose	nosy	nosi, nosové
locative	nosě, nosu	nosú	nosiech
instrumental	nosem	nosoma	nosy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: nos

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (early) /nos/
IPA^(key): (late) /nus/

Pronoun

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)

Descendants

Middle French: nous
- French: nous

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Polish nos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /nɔs/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /nɔs/

Noun

nos m animacy unattested

(attested in Greater Poland, anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
- 1877-1881 [c. 1418], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 2151:
  Nos yego y vsta bez wschey ganibi
  [Nos jego i usta bez wszej gańby]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 86v:
  Nasus eyn nasz nosz
  [Nasus eyn nasz nos ]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 109v:
  Pulpa est extrema pars nasi vel interior pars pomi ein grubsz konyecz noszą
  [Pulpa est extrema pars nasi vel interior pars pomi ein grubsz koniecz nosa]
beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
- 1885-2024 [XV ex.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎^[3], volume V, page 27:
  Clekotacz ząbi, nossem croculo
  [Klekotać zęby, nosem croculo]

Derived terms

adjectives

nosaty

nouns

Descendants

Polish: nos
Silesian: nos

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “nos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “nos”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “nos”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nos”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “nos”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Slovak nos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nos First attested in 1473.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /nɔs/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /nɔs/

Noun

nos m inan

(anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
(by extension) any device or object resembling a nose
vimba bream, Vimba vimba

Descendants

Pannonian Rusyn: нос (nos)
Slovak: nos

References

Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “nos”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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
prepositional of nos: us

Descendants

Spanish: nos (archaic or dialectal)
Spanish: nosotros

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

nos

accusative of nos: us
dative of nos: to us, for us
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1298 :
  Qͣndo dios p̃ſtar nos qͥere nos biẽ gelo gradeſcamos
  (normalized) Quando Dios prestarnos quiere, nos bien ge lo gradescamos
  When God wants to help us, we should thank Him well for it

Descendants

Spanish: nos

Etymology 3

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

Contraction

nos

not ... (to oneself)
- between 1140-1207, Cid, 1243-1244 :
  Myo çid don Rͦ 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

Etymology

From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun

nos

we, first person plural.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Polish nos

Polish nos

Inherited from Old Polish nos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔs
Syllabification: nos

Noun

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

(anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell, sometimes of animals)
Synonym: kichawa
(colloquial) nose (sense of smell)
Synonym: węch
nose (intuition in a field)
(by extension) nose (tip of an object, usually pointed)
1. toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
(obsolete, colloquial) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
Synonym: dziób
(obsolete) collar (part of an oil lamp where the wick comes out)
(Middle Polish) trunk (conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an elephant)
Synonym: trąba
(Middle Polish) nostril of a fish or other aquatic swamp animal

Declension

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

adjectives

beznosy

adverbs

interjections

całuj psa w nos

nouns

phrases

dwie dziurki w nosie i skończyło się

proverbs

nie wsadzaj nosa do cudzego prosa

verbs

iść jak krew z nosa impf
kręcić nosem impf
mieć mleko pod nosem impf
mieć muchy w nosie impf
mieć po dziurki w nosie impf
mieć w nosie impf
nie wychylić nosa pf, nie wychylać nosa impf
pasować jak pięść do nosa impf
pilnować swojego nosa impf
pociągnąć nosem pf, pociągać nosem impf
podsunąć coś pod nos pf, podsuwać coś pod nos impf
podsunąć wszystko pod nos pf, podsuwać wszystko pod nos impf
przejść koło nosa pf, przechodzić koło nosa impf
siedzieć z nosem impf
sprzątnąć sprzed nosa pf, sprzątać sprzed nosa impf
spuścić nos na kwintę pf, spuszczać nos na kwintę impf
śmiać się w twarz impf
uciec sprzed nosa pf, uciekać sprzed nosa impf
uśmiechnąć się pod nosem pf, uśmiechać się pod nosem impf
utrzeć nosa pf, ucierać nosa impf
widzieć tylko czubek własnego nosa impf
wodzić za nos impf
wsadzić nos pf, wsadzać nos impf
wsadzić nos w nie swoje sprawy pf, wsadzać nos w nie swoje sprawy impf
wyczuć pismo nosem pf, czuć pismo nosem impf
zadzierać nosa impf
zagrać na nosie pf, grać na nosie impf
zakręcić w nosie pf, kręcić w nosie impf
zamknąć drzwi przed nosem pf, zamykać drzwi przed nosem impf

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -us

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /nos/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/

Hyphenation: nos

Pronoun

nos

inflection of nós:
1. accusative
2. dative
Ele dir-nos-ia o nome do indivíduo. (Portugal)
He would tell us the name of the individual.

Ele nos diria o nome do indivíduo. (Brazil)
He would tell us the name of the individual.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nos

Obsolete spelling of nós.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /nos/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/

Hyphenation: nos

Contraction

nos m pl

Contraction of em os (“in the”): masculine plural of no
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /nus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /nos/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuʃ/

Hyphenation: nos

Pronoun

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
Tirem-nos daqui agora!
Take them from here now!

Usage notes

This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).

Sardinian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nos/

Pronoun

nos (possessive nostru)

we
Synonyms: nois, nosatros
us

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nôːs/

Noun

nȏs m (Cyrillic spelling но̑с, diminutive nòsić, relational adjective nòsnī)

(anatomy) nose

Declension

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

Silesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Polish nos

Silesian nos

Inherited from Old Polish nos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
Rhymes: -ɔs
Syllabification: nos

Noun

nos m inan

(anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
Synonym: (pejorative) kichol
brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)

Declension

Declension of nos

	singular	plural
nominative	nos	nosy
genitive	nosa	nosōw
dative	nosowi	nosōm
accusative	nos	nosy
instrumental	nosym	nosami/nosōma
locative	nosie	nosach
vocative	nosie	nosy

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Slovak nos

Slovak nos

Inherited from Old Slovak nos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɔs]
Audio: (file)

Noun

nos m inan (related adjective nosový)

nose

Declension

Declension of nos (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	nos	nosy
genitive	nosa	nosov
dative	nosu	nosom
accusative	nos	nosy
locative	nose	nosoch
instrumental	nosom	nosmi

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^sl

Alternative forms

noſ (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nóːs/
Rhymes: -oːs
Hyphenation: nos

Noun

nọ̑s m inan

(anatomy) nose
Synonyms: kumara, nosek, nosič
sense of smell
Synonyms: voh, duh, njuh, vonj
(figuratively) nose (ability to find, deduce something)
nose (the tip of something)
(obsolete) reprimand^[→SSKJ]
Synonym: ukor

Declension

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	nọ̑s
gen. sing.	nosȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	nosȗ	nosóv	nosóv
dative dajȃlnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvih	nosȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nọ̑som	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing.	nọ̑s
gen. sing.	nọ̑sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	nọ̑sa	nosóv	nosóv
dative dajȃlnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvih	nosȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nọ̑som	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nos/ [nos]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -os
Syllabification: nos

Pronoun

nos (object pronoun)

dative of nosotros: to us, for us
accusative of nosotros: us
(reflexive pronoun) 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; compare vos)

Derived terms

Noun

nos m pl

plural of no

References

nos

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

nos

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

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

Noun

nos c

a nose of an animal
Hundar har en mycket känslig nos
Dogs have a very sensitive nose
(colloquial, humorous) the (area around the) nose and mouth of a human
Synonym: (human nose) näsa
something that resembles a nose
noshjul
nosewheel

Declension

Declension of nos

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nos	nos
singular	definite	nosen	nosens
plural	indefinite	nosar	nosars
plural	definite	nosarna	nosarnas

Related terms

näsa (human nose)
nosa
sötnos

References

Anagrams

-son, ons, sno, son

Volapük

Pronoun

nos

nothing

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nos, from Latin nos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔ/

Pronoun

nos

we

Related terms

nozôtes

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth).

Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noːs/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

nos f (uncountable, not mutable)

night, evening

Usage notes

Nos (“night, evening”) generally refers to the uncoutable period of darkness. The word is also used with the names of evenings and nights of days of the week, with holiday and festival names and in the phrase Nos da (“Good night”). It is therefore the opposite of dydd (“day”).

yn ystod y nos ― during the night

nos Wener ― Friday evening/night

Nos Galan ― New Year's Eve

Noson (“night, evening”), on the other hand, is countable and refers to an individual evening or night and so is the word used when employing a qualifying numeral or adjective. It sits in contrast to the word diwrnod (“day”).

noson wych ― a great evening/night

tair noson ― three nights

Noswaith (“evening”) is used in phrase Noswaith dda (“Good evening”). It is also synonymous to noson in some southern dialects.

(South Wales) tair noswaith ― three nights

Derived terms

Terms derived from nos

brig y nos (“gloaming; twilight”)
dan lenni'r nos (“ under cover of darkness”)
echnos (“the night before last”)
gyda'r nos (“at night, in the evening”)
llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”, literally “grey night”)
min nos (“evening, twilight”, literally “the edge of night”)
nos da (“goodnight”)
noson (“evening; night”)
noswaith (“evening”)
pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”)
wythnos (“week”, literally “eight nights”)

Related terms

Terms related to the root of nos

heno (“tonight”)
neithiwr (“last night”)
trannoeth (“the day after”)

Western Apache

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nòs]

Noun

nos

manzanita plant

Usage notes

occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect

singular	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic¹	possessive²
1^st person	jo	mè			min
2^nd person	te	tè			tin
3^rd person masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
3^rd person feminine	el	la	lyé
3^rd person neuter	o		y	—
3^rd person reflexive	—	sè
plural	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic¹	possessive²
1^st person	nos				noutro
2^nd person	vos				voutro
3^rd person masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
3^rd person feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
3^rd person reflexive	—	sè
¹ Disjunctive or object of a preposition.		² Generally preceded by a definite article.

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
Number	Person	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
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
	Third	ele	ela	se			si		consigo		o mesmo	a mesma
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
	Third	eles	elas	se			si		consigo		os mesmos	as mesmas
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

				nominative	disjunctive	dative	accusative
first person	singular			yo	me, m'²
	plural	masculine		nusatros^1.1		nos^1.6
	plural	feminine		nusatras^1.1		nos^1.6
second person	singular	familiar		tú	te, t'²
	singular	formal		vusté,^1.2 vos
	plural	familiar	masculine	vusatros^1.3		vos, tos³
		familiar	feminine	vusatras^1.3		vos, tos³
		formal		vustés,^1.2 vos
third person	singular	masculine		él^1.4		le^1.7	lo,^1.8 l'²
	singular	feminine		ella^1.5		le^1.7	la
	plural	masculine		els, ellos^1.4		les^1.7	los^1.9
	plural	feminine		ellas^1.5		les^1.7	las
	reflexive			—		se, s'²

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular		ei	me, -mi		mi
	plural	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos, -nus^M		nos
		masculine	noshotrus^M			noshotrus^M
		feminine	noshotras^M			noshotras^M
second person	singular		tú	te, -ti		ti
	plural	common	vos	vus^LV vos, -vus^M		vos
		masculine	voshotrus^M			voshotrus^M
		feminine	voshotras^M			voshotras^M
third person	singular	masculine	el	le, -li	u^LV, o^M	el
	singular	feminine	ela		a	ela
	plural	masculine	elis		us^LV, os^M	elis
	plural	feminine	elas		as	elas
	reflexive		—	se, -si		sí

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		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	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

nos

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

References

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Etymology 2

Contraction

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Fala

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Contraction

References

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Determiner

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Usage notes