nós

• ñós

From Latin nōs.

nós

1. we

• nosotros

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

nós

1. superseded spelling of nos (“we (specifically the "royal we", used by a sovereign in the singular)”), deprecated in the 2016 orthographic reform by the Institute of Catalan Studies

• The spelling nós 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/ [ˈnɔs̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Homophone: (seseo) noz

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

nós (accusative nos, dative nos)

1. we, us

   Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

   A min non se me dá nada , al fin nós fixemos ben.

   I don't care, in the end we did well.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nós

1. plural of nó

• “nós”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nós”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nós”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nós”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nós”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

nós

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/^[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/^[2]

From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).

nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)

1. custom
2. manner, style

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nós (‘custom’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).

nós m (genitive singular nóis)

1. (literary) fame, renown

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nós (‘fame, renown’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

nós

1. we (the first-person plural pronoun)

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

• nos (obsolete)
• nòs (obsolete)
• nóis (pronunciation spelling, Brazil)

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

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nós m pl or f pl by sense

1. first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we

   Synonyms: (informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros

   Nós estamos aqui.

   We are here.

   • 2008, Tom Azevedo, Me sinto propenso a perdoar os mortos, Clube de Autores, page 49:

     Nós devíamos baixar a cabeça, baixar o topete. E fazer honestamente o nosso trabalho. Parar de invejar o sucesso do outro, de viver sempre tentando dar uma rasteira no nosso colega.

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2. first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us

   Os pássaros voaram até nós.

   The birds flew towards us.

3. (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) first-person plural objective personal pronoun; us

   Ele derrubou nós!

   He knocked us down!

When the clause features a verb in its first-person plural form, the nominative pronoun nós may be dropped.

The following contraction is usually mandatory in standard usage, but optional when mesmos (“ourselves”) is used for emphasis:

• com (“with”) + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. They might also use nós with third-person singular verbs. Such usages are highly proscribed but common.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

nós m

1. plural of nó

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nȍsъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs
• Hyphenation: nós
• Syllabification: nós

nós m inan

1. (anatomy) nose (protruding part of the face, located above the mouth, where the anterior part of the nasal cavities is located, and which constitutes the organ of smell)

• “nós” in Soblex