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vos

vos

See also: VOS, vós, vôs, vô, voš, -vos, and v. o. s.

Afrikaans

Noun

vos ‎(plural vosse, diminutive vossie)

  1. fox

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vos ‎(enclitic, contracted us, proclitic us)

  1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology

From Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Noun

vos m ‎(plural vossen, diminutive vosje n, feminine vossin)

  1. (zoology) Canis vulpes, fox
  2. (in full vossebont) fox fur
  3. (figuratively, commonly with the pleonastic epitheton lepe) a crafty, ingenious person
    Koen is een lepe vos, die laat zich niet in de luren leggen.‎
    Conrad is a sly fox, he does not allow himself to be hoodwinked.
  4. (in full vospaard) horse with red or red-brown fur

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vos

Verb

vos

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vossen
  2. imperative of vossen

French

Etymology

From Old French vos, probably from Latin vostros ‎(“your, plural accusative”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Homophones: veau, veaux

Determiner

vos pl

  1. plural of votre

Related terms

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine —
Possessor Singular First person mon ma mes
Second person ton ta tes
Third person son sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre vos
Third person leur leurs

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos accusative and dative (nominative vós, oblique vós)

  1. (to) you (dative plural second-person personal pronoun)
  2. you (accusative plural second-person personal pronoun)
  3. yourselves (reflexive plural second-person personal pronoun)

See also

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

  1. you (plural)

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vōs

  1. you, ye, you all; nominative plural of tū
  2. you, ye, you all; accusative plural of tū

Inflection

Personal pronoun declension.

Singular First-person Second-person Reflexive
nominative egō tū —
genitive meī tuī suī
dative mihi tibi sibi
accusative mē tē sē, sēsē
ablative mē tē sē, sēsē
vocative egō tū —
possessive meus tuus suus
Plural First-person Second-person Reflexive
nominative nōs vōs —
genitive nostrī, nostrum vestrī, vestrum suī
dative nōbīs vōbīs sibi
accusative nōs vōs sē, sēsē
ablative nōbīs vōbīs sē, sēsē
vocative nōs vōs —
possessive noster vester, voster suus

Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

References

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vos]

Adverb

vos (not comparable)

  1. hardly

Derived terms

  • vos vos
  • vos tik

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal vos, from Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

  1. you (plural form)

Synonyms

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

  1. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite subject pronoun)
  2. your (second-person plural or second-person singular polite possessive pronoun)
  3. yourself (second-person plural or second-person singular polite reflexive pronoun)
  4. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite object pronoun)
    • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
      qant je vos voi de tel meniere
      when I see you in such a state

Descendants

Old Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

vōs

  1. you (plural)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

  1. you (plural or polite form)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvuʃ/
  • Hyphenation: vos

Pronoun

vos

  1. 2nd person plural objective pronoun

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct object)		 Dative
(indirect object)		 Oblique Oblique
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no)		 a
(la, na)		 lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos)		 as
(las, nas)		 lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”), from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.

Pronoun

vos

  1. (archaic) An elevated form of you, either singular or plural.
  2. (parts of Latin America) a form of you, singular.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French vos, from Latin vōs ‎(“you, plural”), from Proto-Italic *wōs.

Pronoun

vos

  1. you (singular)
  2. you (plural)

Synonyms

  • (plural): vozôtes

Etymology

From Dutch vos.

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