Interlingua

Noun

osso

1. (anatomy) bone

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‎(“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian osso, Spanish hueso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔsso]
• òsso, /ˈɔsso/

Noun

osso m (plural ossa, ossi)

1. (anatomy) bone

   bagnato fino all'osso, drenched to the skin

2. stone, pit (in fruits)

Synonyms

• nocciolo (2)

Related terms

Latin

Noun

ossō

1. dative singular of ossum
2. ablative singular of ossum

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ussus (compare Old Portuguese usso), from Latin ursus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈo.so]

Noun

osso m (plural ossos)

1. bear
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 59r.

     Et las dos eſtrellas la que es poſtrimera delas dos q́ ſon en el ombro del oſſo.

     And of the two stars, the one that is the furthest of the two that are the bear's haunch.

   • Idem, 96v.

     […] ¬ no fazen danno en el logar do ella ſouiere leones ni oſſos. ni otros bestiglos malos

     […] and where it were placed, no lions, bears or other foul beasts would be dangerous.

Related terms

• ossa ‎(“female bear”)

Descendants

• Spanish: oso

Portuguese

ossos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese osso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os ‎(“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‎(“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Romanian os, Sardinian osso, Spanish hueso.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.so/
• Hyphenation: os‧so

Noun

osso m (plural ossos)

1. (anatomy) bone
2. (uncountable) bone (material)
3. (figuratively) a difficulty

Synonyms

• (difficulty): dificuldade

Holonyms

• (bone): esqueleto

Derived terms

• ossos do ofício
• roer os ossos

Related terms

Spanish

Noun

osso m ‎(plural ossos)

1. Obsolete spelling of oso