English

Proper noun

Oso

1. A census-designated place in Washington

Noun

Oso ‎(plural Osos)

1. (historical) A supporter of the Bear Flag revolt in California.
   • 1999, Erin H. Turner, It Happened in Northern California, page 15:

     The legacy of the Bear Flaggers lives on in the State of California. The state adopted and proudly flies the bear flag, first designed at Sonoma by the Osos.

   • 2009, David A. Clary, Eagles and Empire:

     Nevertheless, the Bear Flag Republic was born. Fremont heard of it, and took ninetv men into Sonoma on the excuse of protecting the people there. He hijacked the Bear Flag revolt, calling himself Oso Numero Uno (Number One Bear).

   • 2013, Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, and Paul Schellinger, editors, The Americas: International Dictionary of Historic Places:

     On June 14, 1846, thirty American horsemen known as the Osos (Bears) arrived in Sonoma, under the encouragement of General John Charles Frmont. Americans had ventured into California in the early 1840s to obtain land, but the Mexican government would not allow them to own property or hold offie. The Osos captured General Vallejo at the Sonoma Barracks without violence and proclaimed the California Republic by raising a flag depicting a bear.

Arigidi

Noun

oso

1. house, home

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Basque

Adjective

oso

1. whole
2. all
3. very

Usage notes

In the meaning 'whole' it is fully adjectival in its behaviour, being placed after the noun and taking normal inflections for the end of the noun phrase. In the meaning 'very' it precedes another adjective and commonly precedes the noun as well:

• mendi osoa‎ ― the whole mountain
• mendi oso handia‎ ― the very big mountain
• oso mendi handia‎ ― the very big mountain
• mendia oso handia da‎ ― the mountain is very big

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

oso m ‎(plural osos)

1. bear (animal)

Italian

Verb

oso

1. first-person singular present indicative of osare

Japanese

Romanization

oso

1. rōmaji reading of おそ

Latin

Participle

ōsō

1. dative masculine singular of ōsus
2. dative neuter singular of ōsus
3. ablative masculine singular of ōsus
4. ablative neuter singular of ōsus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔsɔ/

Noun

oso f

1. vocative singular of osa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.so/
• Rhymes: -oso

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish osso, from Vulgar Latin *ussus, from Latin ursus (compare Asturian osu, Aragonese onso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Portuguese urso (Old Portuguese usso), Romanian urs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos ‎(“bear”).

Noun

oso m ‎(plural osos, feminine osa)

1. bear
2. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)

Derived terms

See also

• antártico

Etymology 2

Verb

oso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of osar.

Sranan Tongo

Noun

oso

1. house

Venetian

Etymology

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

Noun

oso m (plural osi)

1. bone