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English
Noun
hos
- plural of ho
2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times:talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.
Anagrams
- OHS, OHs, Osh, SHO, Sho, Soh, ohs, osh, sho, sho', soh
Cornish
Etymology
From Old Cornish *hoet, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (hence Breton houad and Middle Welsh hwyat), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hɔs/,
Noun
hos m (plural heyji)
- duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
Danish
Etymology
Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”). Displaced Old Norse hjá.
Pronunciation
Preposition
hos
- at X's abode
- Vi var på besøg hos Ahmad.
- We visited Ahmad in his abode.
- Jeg sov hos en veninde.
- I slept at a friend's place.
- in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings
1877, Fredrik Petersen, Dr. Søren Kierkegaards Christendomsforkyndelse, page 544:Maalet er hos Kierkegaard som hos Hegel et selvbevidst Liv, der af begge kaldes Aand, ...- The goal, according to Kierkegaard is, as according to Hegel, a self-conscious life, which both of them call spirit/spirituality, ...
2001, Sundhedsplejerske-institutionens dannelse: en kulturteoretisk og kulturhistorisk analyse af velfaerdsstatens embedsvaerk, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 132:Muligheden for at vælge forkert er hos Hegel til stede.- The possibility of choosing wrong is present in the view that Hegel expresses.
2015, Svend Brinkmann, Identitet, Klim, →ISBN:Etik er derfor hos Foucault noget andet end moral, der er det filosofiske studium af gode, rigtige handlinger.- In Foucault's writings, ethics is therefore different from morality, which is the philosophical study of good, right actions.
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hos
- inflection of hossen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Irish
Noun
hos m
- h-prothesized form of os
Latin
Pronoun
hōs
- accusative masculine plural of hic
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔːs/, /hɔːrs/
- (Northern ME) IPA(key): /hɑːs/, /hɑːrs/
Adjective
hos (plural and weak singular hose)
- Hoarse; harsh-sounding.
- (rare) Unclear-sounding; hard to detect.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Noun
hos (uncountable)
- (rare) The state of being hoarse or an example of it.
References
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hos
- (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). Cognate with German Hase, English hare.
Noun
hos m
- hare
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.
Pronunciation
Preposition
hos
- at, by, with
References
- “hos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.
Preposition
hos
- at, by, with
Synonyms
References
- “hos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Cornish
Etymology
from Old English hosan
Noun
hos
- boot
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognate with Old High German hansa.
Pronunciation
Noun
hōs f
- escort; company; troop
Declension
Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
hōs f
- bramble
- thorn
Declension
Declension of hos (strong ō-stem)
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
hos m
- sprout, shoot, tendril
- bramble
Declension
- a-stem
Declension of hos (strong a-stem)
- u-stem
Declension of hos (strong u-stem)
Swedish
Etymology 1
Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
hos
- at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
Jag är hos djävulen.- I am at the devil's place; I am in hell.
Johan är hos sig.- Johan is at his own place.
- with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)
Stanna hos mig!- Stay with me!
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
hos
- indefinite genitive singular of ho
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English horse.
Noun
hos
- horse