ossa
See also: Ossa
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒsə
Noun
ossa
- plural of os
Anagrams
- ASOs, SOAs, Sosa, so as
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈsʌ/
- Hyphenation: os‧sa
Noun
ossá f
- addition
- (mathematics) addition
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin ossa.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.sə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.sa/
Noun
ossa f (plural osses)
- skeleton; the bones of an animal
- Synonyms: ossada, ossera
Etymology 2
From Latin ursa.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈo.sə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈo.sa/
Noun
ossa f (plural osses, masculine os)
- Alternative spelling of óssa (“she-bear”)
- 2016 October 6, “Un home sobreviu a l'atac d'una ossa i mostra les ferides”, in El Periódico:
- La història d'un home nord-americà que va sobreviure a l'atac d'una ossa dissabte passat a prop de la localitat de Bozeman (Montana, EUA) s'ha convertit en l'últim fenomen viral a la xarxa.
- The story of an American man who survived an attack by a [she-]bear last Saturday near the town of Bozeman (Montana, USA) has become the latest viral phenomenon on the net.
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Further reading
- “ossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Estonian
Noun
ossa
- illative singular of osa
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of osoite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈosːɑ/, [ˈo̞s̠ːɑ]
- Rhymes: -osːɑ
- Syllabification(key): os‧sa
Noun
ossa
- (colloquial) address
Anagrams
- saos
Italian
Noun
ossa f
- plural of osso
Anagrams
- asso
Latin
Noun
ossa
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of os
Noun
ossa
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ossum
References
- ossa 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)
- “ossa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “ossa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “ossa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ursa, feminine of ursus (“bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈosa/
Noun
ossa f (plural ossas)
- she-bear
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
- Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.
- And the start that is on the front ear of the Great Bear has power over this stone, and it receives its strength and virtue from it.
- Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
Derived terms
- Ossa Mayor (“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)
- Ossa Menor (“Ursa Minor, the Little Bear”)
Related terms
- osso (“bear”)
Descendants
- Spanish: osa
Romansch
Noun
l'ossa pl
- (Sutsilvan) plural of oss