nós

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñós

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nós

1. we

Synonyms

• nosotros

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Pronoun

nós

1. Pre-2016 spelling of nós (“we (specifically the "royal we", used by a sovereign in the singular)”).

Usage notes

• The spelling nós was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔs/

Pronoun

nós (accusative nos, dative nos)

1. we, us

   Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nós

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)

1. custom
2. manner, style

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nós (‘custom’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis)

1. (literary) fame, renown

Declension

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nós (‘fame, renown’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

Mirandese

Pronoun

nós

1. we (the first-person plural pronoun)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Alternative forms

• nos (obsolete)
• nòs (obsolete)
• nóis (eye dialect, Brazil)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

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Pronoun

nós m pl or f pl by sense

1. first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we

   Synonyms: (informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros

   Nós estamos aqui.

   We are here.

2. first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us

   Os pássaros voaram até nós.

   The birds flew towards us.

3. (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) first-person plural objective personal pronoun; us

   Ele bateu em nós!

   He hit us!

Usage notes

When the clause features a verb in its first-person plural form, the nominative pronoun nós may be dropped.

The following contraction is usually mandatory in standard usage, but optional when mesmos (“ourselves”) is used for emphasis:

• com (“with”) + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. They might also use nós with third-person singular verbs. Such usages are highly proscribed but common.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nós.

See also

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nó (“knot”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

Noun

nós m

1. plural of nó

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nó.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Noun

nós m inan

1. nose

Further reading

• “nós” in Soblex