ossa

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See also: Ossa

English

Pronunciation

Noun

ossa

  1. plural of os

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /osˈsa/
  • Hyphenation: os‧sa

Noun

ossá f 

  1. addition
  2. (mathematics) addition

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin ossa.

Pronunciation

Noun

ossa f (plural osses)

  1. skeleton; the bones of an animal
    Synonyms: ossada, ossera

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ursa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ossa f (plural osses, masculine os)

  1. she-bear, female bear
    • 2016 October 6, “Un home sobreviu a l'atac d'una ossa i mostra les ferides”, in El Periódico:
      La història d'un home nord-americà que va sobreviure a l'atac d'una ossa dissabte passat a prop de la localitat de Bozeman (Montana, EUA) s'ha convertit en l'últim fenomen viral a la xarxa.
      The story of an American man who survived an attack by a bear last Saturday near the town of Bozeman (Montana, USA) has become the latest viral phenomenon on the net.

Further reading

Estonian

Noun

ossa

  1. illative singular of osa

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of osoite.

Pronunciation

Noun

ossa (colloquial)

  1. address

Declension

Inflection of ossa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative ossa ossat
genitive ossan ossien
partitive ossaa ossia
illative ossaan ossiin
singular plural
nominative ossa ossat
accusative nom. ossa ossat
gen. ossan
genitive ossan ossien
ossain rare
partitive ossaa ossia
inessive ossassa ossissa
elative ossasta ossista
illative ossaan ossiin
adessive ossalla ossilla
ablative ossalta ossilta
allative ossalle ossille
essive ossana ossina
translative ossaksi ossiksi
abessive ossatta ossitta
instructive ossin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ossa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ossani ossani
accusative nom. ossani ossani
gen. ossani
genitive ossani ossieni
ossaini rare
partitive ossaani ossiani
inessive ossassani ossissani
elative ossastani ossistani
illative ossaani ossiini
adessive ossallani ossillani
ablative ossaltani ossiltani
allative ossalleni ossilleni
essive ossanani ossinani
translative ossakseni ossikseni
abessive ossattani ossittani
instructive
comitative ossineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ossasi ossasi
accusative nom. ossasi ossasi
gen. ossasi
genitive ossasi ossiesi
ossaisi rare
partitive ossaasi ossiasi
inessive ossassasi ossissasi
elative ossastasi ossistasi
illative ossaasi ossiisi
adessive ossallasi ossillasi
ablative ossaltasi ossiltasi
allative ossallesi ossillesi
essive ossanasi ossinasi
translative ossaksesi ossiksesi
abessive ossattasi ossittasi
instructive
comitative ossinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ossamme ossamme
accusative nom. ossamme ossamme
gen. ossamme
genitive ossamme ossiemme
ossaimme rare
partitive ossaamme ossiamme
inessive ossassamme ossissamme
elative ossastamme ossistamme
illative ossaamme ossiimme
adessive ossallamme ossillamme
ablative ossaltamme ossiltamme
allative ossallemme ossillemme
essive ossanamme ossinamme
translative ossaksemme ossiksemme
abessive ossattamme ossittamme
instructive
comitative ossinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ossanne ossanne
accusative nom. ossanne ossanne
gen. ossanne
genitive ossanne ossienne
ossainne rare
partitive ossaanne ossianne
inessive ossassanne ossissanne
elative ossastanne ossistanne
illative ossaanne ossiinne
adessive ossallanne ossillanne
ablative ossaltanne ossiltanne
allative ossallenne ossillenne
essive ossananne ossinanne
translative ossaksenne ossiksenne
abessive ossattanne ossittanne
instructive
comitative ossinenne

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

ossa f

  1. plural of osso

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ossa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of os

Noun

ossa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ossum

References

  • ossa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ossa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • ossa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • ossa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ursa, feminine of ursus (bear).

Pronunciation

Noun

ossa f (plural ossas)

  1. she-bear
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v:
      Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ⁊ della recibe la fuerça ⁊ la uertud.
      And the start that is on the front ear of the Great Bear has power over this stone, and it receives its strength and virtue from it.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: osa

Romansch

Noun

l'ossa pl

  1. (Sutsilvan) plural of oss