Masculine
osso
Meaning
- (masculine) bone
- (masculine) stone, pit (in fruits)
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Frequency
Hyphenated as
òs‧so
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔs.so/
Etymology
From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan, French, and Romanian os; Portuguese osso; Corsican, Sardinian, and Sicilian ossu; Spanish hueso.
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