Meaning

3 senses
  1. Synonym of bone.

    Os

  2. (sometimes)An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).

  3. An osar or esker.

More definitions
  • a mouth or mouthlike opening
  • rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  • the left eye
  • (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services

Examples

8 sentences
  1. What OS and browser do you use?

    ruКакой операционной системой - ОС - и каким браузером вы пользуетесь? — Khvalovsky

    deWelches Betriebssystem und welchen Netzgucker gebrauchen Sie? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Jalapeños are my favorite pepper.

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  3. I like spicy food and I really like jalapeños.

  4. Madrileños are crazy.

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  5. The chef prepared a spicy sauce for the tacos, adding jalapeños and cayenne pepper for a fiery kick.

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Translations

4 languages
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Translations:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin os (“bone”). Unadapted borrowing from Latin ōs (“mouth”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin os (“bone”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ōs (“mouth”).

Borrowed from Swedish ås.

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Forms

plural: ossa / ora / osar
Singularos
Pluralossa / ora / osar

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates:bone
  • the left eye:oculus sinister
  • (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services:operating system
  • a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known:osmiumatomic number 76

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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