uso

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See also: USO, usó, and usò

Asturian

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *urzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /us̺o/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -us̺o
  • Hyphenation: u‧so

Noun

uso anim

  1. dove, pigeon
  2. (often derogatory, of a man or boy) effeminate

Declension

Declension of uso (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive uso usoa usoak
ergative usok usoak usoek
dative usori usoari usoei
genitive usoren usoaren usoen
comitative usorekin usoarekin usoekin
causative usorengatik usoarengatik usoengatik
benefactive usorentzat usoarentzat usoentzat
instrumental usoz usoaz usoez
inessive usorengan usoarengan usoengan
locative — — —
allative usorengana usoarengana usoengana
terminative usorenganaino usoarenganaino usoenganaino
directive usorenganantz usoarenganantz usoenganantz
destinative usorenganako usoarenganako usoenganako
ablative usorengandik usoarengandik usoengandik
partitive usorik — —
prolative usotzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "uso" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “uso” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuso/
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Hyphenation: u‧so

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese uso, from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

  1. use
  2. usage
  3. custom
    En cada terra seu uso coma en cada roca seu fuso (proverb)
    In each country its custom, with each distaff its spindle
Related terms

References

  • “uso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “uso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “uso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “uso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.zo/
  • Rhymes: -uzo
  • Hyphenation: ù‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ūsus, perfect passive participle of ūtor (“to make use”).

Adjective

uso (feminine usa, masculine plural usi, feminine plural use)

  1. (literary or rare) used, accustomed
    Synonyms: abituato, (literary) adusato, (literary) aduso, avvezzo

Further reading

  • uso1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ūsus (“use, employment”), from Proto-Italic *oissos.

Noun

uso m (plural usi)

  1. use
  2. usage
  3. (literary, uncommon) practice
  4. (literary or uncommon) habit
  5. custom
Related terms

Further reading

  • uso2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usare

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

uso

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うそ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ウソ

Latin

Etymology 1

Frequentative from Classical Latin ūtor, via its past participle ūsus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the eighth century CE.

Verb

ūsō (present infinitive ūsāre, perfect active ūsāvī, supine ūsātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to use
  2. to enjoy use of
Conjugation
   Conjugation of ūsō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ūsō ūsās ūsat ūsāmus ūsātis ūsant
imperfect ūsābam ūsābās ūsābat ūsābāmus ūsābātis ūsābant
future ūsābō ūsābis ūsābit ūsābimus ūsābitis ūsābunt
perfect ūsāvī ūsāvistī ūsāvit ūsāvimus ūsāvistis ūsāvērunt,
ūsāvēre
pluperfect ūsāveram ūsāverās ūsāverat ūsāverāmus ūsāverātis ūsāverant
future perfect ūsāverō ūsāveris ūsāverit ūsāverimus ūsāveritis ūsāverint
passive present ūsor ūsāris,
ūsāre 		ūsātur ūsāmur ūsāminī ūsantur
imperfect ūsābar ūsābāris,
ūsābāre 		ūsābātur ūsābāmur ūsābāminī ūsābantur
future ūsābor ūsāberis,
ūsābere 		ūsābitur ūsābimur ūsābiminī ūsābuntur
perfect ūsātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ūsem ūsēs ūset ūsēmus ūsētis ūsent
imperfect ūsārem ūsārēs ūsāret ūsārēmus ūsārētis ūsārent
perfect ūsāverim ūsāverīs ūsāverit ūsāverīmus ūsāverītis ūsāverint
pluperfect ūsāvissem ūsāvissēs ūsāvisset ūsāvissēmus ūsāvissētis ūsāvissent
passive present ūser ūsēris,
ūsēre 		ūsētur ūsēmur ūsēminī ūsentur
imperfect ūsārer ūsārēris,
ūsārēre 		ūsārētur ūsārēmur ūsārēminī ūsārentur
perfect ūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ūsā — — ūsāte —
future — ūsātō ūsātō — ūsātōte ūsantō
passive present — ūsāre — — ūsāminī —
future — ūsātor ūsātor — — ūsantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ūsāre ūsāvisse ūsātūrum esse ūsārī ūsātum esse ūsātum īrī
participles ūsāns — ūsātūrus — ūsātus ūsandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ūsandī ūsandō ūsandum ūsandō ūsātum ūsātū
Related terms
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: usare
    • Neapolitan: usare
    • Sicilian: usari
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: usar
    • Old French: user (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: usar
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Conlangs: (borrowed via one or several Romance languages)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ūsare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 72

Etymology 2

Participle

ūsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ūsus

References

Maore Comorian

Noun

uso class 11 (plural nyiso class 10) or uso class 11 (plural mauso class 6)

  1. face

References

  • “uso” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

uso m

  1. use, custom, habit

References

  • “uso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “uso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧so

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese uso, from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

  1. use
  2. usage, habit
  3. wear (degradation)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:uso.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usar
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

Samoan

FWOTD – 23 October 2015

Pronunciation

Noun

uso

  1. a relative of the same generation and gender
  2. pith (the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees)
  3. root of the kava plant (Piper methysticum)

See also

References

  • Pratt, George. A Samoan Dictionary. 1862. Page 97.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

  1. use
    Synonyms: empleo, utilización
    Antonym: desuso
  2. usage; habit
    Synonym: usanza
  3. wear (degradation)
    Synonym: desgaste
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Further reading

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Noun

uso (u class, plural nyuso)

  1. face (part of head)
    Synonym: sura
  2. face (surface)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish uso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuso/,
  • Hyphenation: u‧so

Noun

uso (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

  1. fashion; vogue; current style or mode
    Synonyms: moda, estilo

Adjective

uso (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

  1. hip; trendy; vogue
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Apheresis of huso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈsoʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: u‧so

Noun

usô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of huso

Further reading

  • “uso” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “uso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 1016

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oso, from Latin ursus.

Noun

uso (plural usojte)

  1. Bear.
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