"os" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-os.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ossa [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒs Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin os (“bone”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:ubor|la:os<id:bone><t:bone>|id=bone|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "bone", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "os", "gloss" : "bone", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "os", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="bone" data-lang="en" data-title="os" id="English:_bone"> Unadapted borrowing from Latin os (“bone”). Head templates: {{en-noun|ossa}} os (plural ossa)
  1. (anatomy) Synonym of bone. Synonyms: bone [synonym, synonym-of] Hyponyms: os breve (english: short bone), os irregulare [irregular] [bone, anatomy, medicine, sciences], os longum (english: long bone), os planum (english: flat bone), os sesamoideum (english: sesamoid bone) Translations (Translations): кост (kost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), os (Finnish), os [masculine] (French), Os (German), osso [masculine] (Italian), hueso [masculine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɒs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-os.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ora [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒs Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsubor. English os Unadapted borrowing from Latin ōs (“mouth”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:ubor|la:ōs<id:mouth><t:mouth>|id=mouth|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsubor. English os [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "mouth", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁óh₃s", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ōs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ōs", "gloss" : "mouth", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "os", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="mouth" data-lang="en" data-title="os" id="English:_mouth"> Unadapted borrowing from Latin ōs (“mouth”). Head templates: {{en-noun|ora}} os (plural ora)
  1. (anatomy, sometimes botany) An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina). Tags: sometimes Synonyms: orifice Translations (external end of the cervix): kohdunnapukka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-os-en-noun-QUcP523h Categories (other): Anatomy, Botany, English 2-letter words, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with etymon, Terms with Finnish translations, English entries with etymology trees, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 27 39 16 18 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 15 36 21 27 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 14 31 33 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 11 31 33 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 42 17 29 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 14 40 15 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 1 4 13 16 10 1 1 18 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 7 7 6 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 63 25 7 Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɒs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-os.wav [Southern-England] Forms: osar [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒs Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ås. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|sv:ås|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Swedish", "term" : "ås", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sv" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "os", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="os"> Borrowed from Swedish ås. Head templates: {{en-noun|osar}} os (plural osar)
  1. An osar or esker.
    Sense id: en-os-en-noun-YednDrMc Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, Pages with etymon, English entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 14 31 33 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 11 31 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 1 4 13 16 10 1 1 18 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 7 7 6 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /əʊz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /oʊz/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: From o + -s. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|o|-s|nocat=1|text=+|tree=1}} From o + -s. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} os
  1. (rare) Alternative form of o's. Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: o's
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.