nos

no +‎ -s

• noes

nos

1. plural of no

no. +‎ -s

nos

1. Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.

Abbreviation

nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)

1. (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.

   Coordinate term: NOx

2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).

   Synonym: nox

• inter nos

• -son, NSO, ONS, SON, Son, ons, son

• mos, mo' (Benasquese, Low Ribagorçan)

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

nos

1. First-person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

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

• mos (pronoun)
• ños (pronoun)

From Latin nōs (“we; us”).

nos

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

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

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

1. in the

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

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

nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)

1. us (direct or indirect object)

• -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!

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.

• nós (pre-2016 spelling)

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

nos

1. (archaic) we

   Synonym: nosaltres

2. (royal, majestic) we (the so-called royal we, used by a king or queen to refer to themselves in the first person)

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

nos

1. plural of no (“no”)

• “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, 2024
• “nos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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.

nos f (plural nosow)

1. night

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

nos m (plural nosow)

1. mark
2. token

• nos in the Gerlyver Kernewek Cornish Dictionary

• IPA^(key): [ˈnos]

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -os

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

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonyms: frňák, čenich, raťafák

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nos

1. second-person singular imperative of nosit

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

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

nos m pl or f pl

1. 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”, […]

2. (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.

• 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.

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

• nus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

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

1. (Mañegu) in the

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

From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.

• IPA^(key): /no/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -o

nos pl

1. plural of notre; our

   Nos enfants nous rendent souvent visite.

   Our children visit us often.

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

• “nos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• son

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

• IPA^(key): /nʊs/

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

1. in the

From a mutation of os.

nos m (accusative)

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

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.

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• los
• os
• nós

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nos

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

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.

nos

1. we, first person plural.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoʃ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

nos

1. well

• nos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

nos

1. we
2. us

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

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

nos m inan (diminutive nosk)

1. nose

• “nos”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “nos”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

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

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

nōs

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

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).

• nōbīscum
• nōsmet

• "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

• nus (Modern orthography)

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

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /nuːs/

nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /nɔs/

nos m (diminutive nosk)

1. nose

nos (plural nosses)

1. Alternative form of nose

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

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

• (nose): nese

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

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

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

1. nose
2. steep protruding point on a mountain

• (nose): nase

• “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• sno, son

• IPA^(key): /nus/

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

nos

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

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

nos m (plural noses)

1. knot

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

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

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

• Czech: nos

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “nos”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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

From Latin nōs.

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

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)

• Middle French: nous
  • French: nous

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

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

• Spanish: nos (archaic or dialectal)
• Spanish: nosotros

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

nos

1. accusative of nos: us
2. 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

• Spanish: nos

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

nos

1. 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

From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.

nos

1. we, first person plural.

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

• IPA^(key): /nɔs/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: nos

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

1. nose

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

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

• Rhymes: -us

• Hyphenation: nos

nos

1. 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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

nos

1. Obsolete spelling of nós

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

• Hyphenation: nos

nos m pl

1. 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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

• Hyphenation: nos

nos

1. 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

• This form is not found in Brazilian speech.

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

• IPA^(key): /nos/

nos (possessive nostru)

1. we

   Synonyms: nois, nosatros

2. us

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

• IPA^(key): /nôːs/

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

1. (anatomy) nose

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

• IPA^(key): [nɔs]

nos m inan

1. nose

• “nos”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• noſ (Bohorič alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ

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

nọ̑s m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonyms: kumara, nosek, nosič

2. sense of smell

   Synonyms: voh, duh, njuh, vonj

3. (figuratively) nose (ability to find, deduce something)
4. nose (the tip of something)
5. (obsolete) reprimand^[→SSKJ]

   Synonym: ukor

• dihati

• “nos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “nos”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

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

• IPA^(key): /nos/ [nos]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: nos

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; compare vos)

nos m pl

1. plural of no

• nos

• “nos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

nos c

1. a nose of an animal
2. (colloquial, humorous) the (area around the) nose and mouth of a human

   Synonym: (human nose) näsa

3. something that resembles a nose

   noshjul

   nosewheel

• näsa (human nose)
• nosa
• sötnos

• mule

• nos in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nos in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nos in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• -son, ons, sno, son

nos

1. nothing

From Old French nos, from Latin nos.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

nos

1. we

• nozôtes

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”).

Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox

• IPA^(key): /noːs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːs

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

1. night

• IPA^(key): [nòs]

nos

1. manzanita plant

• occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect

• dinos "manzanita"