los
Meaning
-
- loose
- separate, individual
Concepts
not tight
Synonyms
ongebonden
bewegelijk
loslopend
onbestendig
vlinderachtig
woelig
mul
loslopende
niet gebonden
lossnijden
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɔs/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz, related to *lausaz. Cognate with Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Luxembourgish lass, lues. Related with Dutch loos, the cognate of German los, lose, English loose.
New
lossen
- to unload
- to dump
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