oso

Clipping of English Ososo.

oso

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ososo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ososo terms

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈoːsoː/, [ˈoː˧.soː˦]

oso (not comparable)

1. (Singlish) Pronunciation spelling of also, representing Singapore English.
   • 2024 December 13, gwbasic, “Is it all the food influencers cannot make it?”, in HardwareZone Forums:

     Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.

• IPA^(key): /ō.sō/

oso

1. house, home

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
• Boluwaji Oshodi (December 2011) A Reference Grammar of Arigidi, Montem Paperbacks, →ISBN

From Proto-Basque *oso, compare Iberian os (“whole, great”).

• IPA^(key): /os̺o/ [o.s̺o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -os̺o, -o
• Hyphenation: o‧so

oso (comparative osoago, superlative osoen, excessive osoegi)

1. complete, entire
2. all, the whole

   Synonym: guzti

3. just, righteous
4. (Northern) healthy

   Synonym: osasuntsu

• In the sense "all", the terms oso and guzti are not always interchangeable. The term oso usually only modifies nouns referring to "dividable" referents. For example, both opil osoa and opil guztia (“the whole cake”) are correct and virtually synonymous; however *zuku osoa (literally “the whole juice”) is not and zuku guztia must be used instead.

oso (not comparable)

1. very, much

   oso ona ― very good

2. completely

• When used as an adverb meaning "very", it precedes the adjective or adverb it modifies. Optionally, it can also precede the noun modified by the adjective. For example, both mendi oso handia and oso mendi handia (“the very big mountain”) can be used.

• “oso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “oso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

oso

1. bear

oso

1. bear

Inherited from Spanish oso (“bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso/, [ˈo.so]
• Hyphenation: o‧so

oso

1. bear

• IPA^(key): [ˈoso]

oso

1. vocative singular of osa

From Old Galician-Portuguese usso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso/ [ˈo.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: o‧so

oso m (plural osos)

1. bear (animal)

• Osedo
• oseira
• Oseira

• “oso”, 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) “usso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “usso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Proto-Gbe *-tʰó.^[1] Cognate with Fon só, Ewe eto, Adja eto.

• IPA^(key): /ō.só/

osó (plural osó lɛ́ or osó lẹ́)

1. mountain

From Proto-Gbe *-so (“traditional type of gun”).^[2] Cognate with Fon sò.

• sò

osò (plural osò lɛ́ or osò lẹ́)

1. gun (weapon)

oso

1. rain

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zo/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɔzo
• Hyphenation: ò‧so

From Latin ausus, perfect participle of audeō (“to dare, venture, risk”). Doublet of auso.

oso (feminine osa, masculine plural osi, feminine plural ose)

1. (archaic or literary) bold, daring

   Synonyms: ardito, audace

   essere oso (archaic) ― to dare (literally, “to be bold/daring”)

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 130–132; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Forse la mia parola par troppo osa,
     posponendo il piacer de li occhi belli,
     ne’ quai mirando mio disio ha posa

     Perhaps my word appears somewhat too bold, postponing the delight of those fair eyes, into which gazing my desire has rest

   • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo VI [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 6]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 10:

     E diffiniro così questo onesto: ’quello che, sanza utilitade e sanza frutto, per sè di ragione è da laudare’. E costoro e la loro setta chiamati furono Stoici, e fu di loro quello glorioso Catone di cui non fui di sopra oso di parlare.

     And they defined this integrity as “that which apart from utility or profit is for its own sake praiseworthy according to reason.” They and their sect were called Stoics, and to them belonged that glorious Cato of whom I did not dare to speak above.

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della fama, Capitolo III [Triumph of Fame, Chapter 3]”, in I trionfi [Triumphs], collected in Le rime di M. Francesco Petrarca, Venice: Giuseppe Bortoli, published 1739, page 314:

     Vidi Archimede star col viso basso
     E Democrito andar tutto pensoso
     Per suo voler di lume e d’oro casso;
     Vidi Ippia, il vecchiarel che già fu oso
     Dir: - Io so tutto, - e poi di nulla certo

     I saw Archimedes looking down, and Democritus going immersed in thought, by his own will without light or gold; I saw Hippias, the old man that dared to say: "I know everything", and yet sure of nothing

• oso¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• oso in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Nominalization of -oso (“chemistry suffix”).

oso m (plural osi)

1. (biochemistry) synonym of osio (“monose”)

• oso² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oso

1. first-person singular present indicative of osare

oso

1. Rōmaji transcription of おそ

ōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ōsus

oso

1. (obsolete) past plural of asa

osó (plural esó)

1. face

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.sɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
• Syllabification: o‧so

oso f

1. vocative singular of osa

oso (Cyrillic spelling осо)

1. vocative singular of osa

• IPA^(key): /ˈoso/ [ˈo.so]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: o‧so

Inherited from Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus. Compare Asturian osu, Aragonese onso, Catalan ós, Galician oso, Portuguese urso.

oso m (plural osos, feminine osa, feminine plural osas)

1. bear (in general)
2. boar, male bear
3. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)

   Tengo un amigo delgado al que le gustan solo los osos barrigudos y velludos.

   I have a skinny friend who only likes paunchy and hairy bears.

• osso (obsolete)
• joso (New Mexico)

• → Yaqui: hooso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oso

1. first-person singular present indicative of osar

• “oso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From earlier hoso, from English house.

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.so/

oso

1. house

• lontu-oso
• skowtu-oso

• → Dutch: osso

Borrowed from Spanish oso, from Old Spanish osso, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoso/ [ˈʔoː.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: o‧so

oso (feminine osa, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

1. bear (mammal)

• “oso”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “oso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os. Compare Italian osso.

oso m (plural osi)

1. bone

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

oso

1. fire

Cognate with Ternate wosa (“to enter”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.s̪o/

oso

1. (transitive) to enter

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.s̪o/

oso

1. cassava

   Synonym: oso fete

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics