dosis
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
dosis (plural dosisse)
- dose
Catalan
Noun
dosis
- plural of dosi
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoː.zɪs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: do‧sis
Noun
dosis f (plural doses or dosissen, diminutive dosisje n)
- dose
Derived terms
- overdosis
- stralingsdosis
Related terms
- doos
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dosis
- → Indonesian: dosis
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.
Noun
dósis
- dose, medicine
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis (“dose”) (influenced by Dutch dosis (“dose”)), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdosɪs]
- Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
- Hyphenation: do‧sis
Noun
dosis (first-person possessive dosisku, second-person possessive dosismu, third-person possessive dosisnya)
- dose:
- (medicine, pharmacology) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- (nuclear physics, radiology) the quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
Alternative forms
- dos (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Derived terms
- berdosis
- dosis ambang
- dosis maut
Further reading
- “dosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dōs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔs̠ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔːs̬is]
Noun
dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios); third declension
- (Late Latin) dose
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dosis | dosēs doseis |
Genitive | dosis doseōs dosios | dosium |
Dative | dosī | dosibus |
Accusative | dosim dosin dosem1 | dosēs dosīs |
Ablative | dosī dose1 | dosibus |
Vocative | dosis dosi | dosēs doseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Catalan: dosi
- Danish: dosis
- Dutch: dosis
- Afrikaans: dosis
- → Indonesian: dosis
- Middle Dutch: dose
- Dutch: doos (see there for further descendants)
- Middle French: dose
- French: dose (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: dôse
- → English: dose
- → Malay: dos
- German: Dosis
- Hungarian: dózis
- Italian: dose
- Occitan: dòsi
- Portuguese: dose
- Spanish: dosis
- → Hiligaynon: dósis
- → Tagalog: dosis
- Swedish: dos
References
- dosis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪o.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: do‧sis
Noun
dosis f (plural dosis)
- dose
Related terms
- unidosis
- monodosis
- dosificar
Descendants
- → Hiligaynon: dósis
- → Tagalog: dosis
Further reading
- “dosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: do‧sis
- IPA(key): /ˈdosis/, [ˈdo.sɪs]
Noun
dosis
- (medicine) dose; dosage