óssa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
óssa f (plural ósses, masculine ós, masculine plural óss)
- superseded spelling of ossa (“female bear, she-bear”), deprecated in the 2016 orthographic reform by the Institute of Catalan Studies
Usage notes
- The spelling óssa was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.