osm

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See also: Osm, ośm, ôm, and Osm.

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

osm (comparative more osm, superlative most osm)

  1. (Internet slang) awesome; like OK, can be used to express enthusiastic approval.
    This house is OSM.
    "Will meet you at 11h15." "OSM!"

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Anagrams

Czech

Czech numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: osm
    Ordinal: osmý
    Adverbial: osmkrát
    Repetition adjective: osminásobný
    Collective: osmery
    Neuter collective: osmero
    Fractional: osmina

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech osm, from Proto-Slavic *osmь, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

Numeral

osm

  1. eight

Declension

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • osm in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • osm in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • osm in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Old Czech numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: osm
    Ordinal: osmý
    Adverbial: osmkrát
    Collective: osmer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osmь, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈosm̩/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈosm̩/

Numeral

osm

  1. eight

Declension

older declension

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Czech: osm

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

Chemical element
Os
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Next: iryd (Ir)

osm m inan

  1. osmium (chemical element, Os, atomic number 76)

Declension

Further reading

  • osm in Polish dictionaries at PWN