Masculine
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os

Meaning

  1. (invariable, masculine) bone
  2. (informal, invariable, masculine) snag, hitch

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔs/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French os, from Old French os, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.

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