nos

Abbreviation of English Nisu with o as a placeholder.

nos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eastern Nisu.

From no + -s.

• noes

nos

1. plural of no

From no. + -s.

nos

1. Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.

Abbreviation

nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)

2. (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.

   Near-synonyms: nos, nox, NOx

4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).

   Synonyms: nox, NOx

   Hypernyms: NOx, nitrogen oxide < oxide < compound, substance, material

   Coordinate terms: nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

   Near-synonym: nos

• inter nos

• -son, NSO, ONS, SON, Son, ons, son

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na.

• (Myanmar) /nɔ˧˩/
• (Lianghe) [na⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [nɔ⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [na³¹]
• (Xiandao) [nɔ⁵⁵]

nos

1. to be sick, ill

• noslom

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[2], Payap University, page 95

• mos, mo' (Benasquese, Low Ribagorçan)

From Latin nos. Akin to Spanish nos and French nous.

nos

1. First-person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

• “nos”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

• mos (pronoun)
• ños (pronoun)

From Latin nōs (“we; us”).

nos

1. us (dative and accusative of nosotros/nós)

From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article los (“the”).

nos m pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg na, neuter sg no, feminine plural nes)

1. in the

Inherited from the unstressed accusative of Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nus/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /nos/ (always unstressed)

nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)

1. us (direct or indirect object)

• -nos is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.

  Fes-nos una visita, si us plau! ― Pay us a visit, please!

Inherited from the stressed nominative of Latin nōs (“we; us”); see Etymology 1. Replaced in normal usage by nosaltres. For the development of a distinction between stressed and unstressed forms of what was originally a single word, compare Portuguese nós and nos. See also the parallel development in Spanish of nosotros.

• nós (pre-2016)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

nos

1. (archaic) we

   Synonym: nosaltres

2. (royal, majestic) we (the so-called royal we, used by a king or queen to refer to themselves in the first person)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

nos

1. plural of no (“no”)

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “nos”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “nos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “nos”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /nɔːz/

From Middle Cornish nos, from Old Cornish nos, either inherited from Proto-Celtic *noxs or borrowed from Latin nox. In either case, cognate with Breton noz, Welsh nos and Gaulish nox, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

nos f (plural nosow)

1. night

yn nos

1. at night

From Middle Cornish noz, from Proto-Brythonic *nod, from Latin nota. Cognate with Welsh nod, Irish nod, nóta and English note. Doublet of noten.

nos m (plural nosow)

1. mark
2. token

• “nos” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnos]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -os

Inherited from Old Czech nos.

nos m inan (diminutive nosík or nůsek, augmentative nosisko)

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonyms: frňák, čenich, raťafák

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nos

1. second-person singular imperative of nosit

• “nos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

nos m pl or f pl

1. First person plural nominative pronoun; we
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IX, Chapter 4: ¿Fala transerrana?:

     I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vo pa Castilla”, […]

     And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll go to Castille”, […]

2. (Mañegu) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:

     Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.

     We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

• In Mañegu noshotrus and noshotras are more commonly used as subject pronouns.
• Takes the form -nus when used as an object pronoun suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ os (masculine plural definite article).

• nus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

nos m pl (singular no, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

1. (Mañegu) in the

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 210

Inherited from Latin nōs (nominative or accusative).

nos (postpositive -nos) (ORB, broad)

1. we, us (first-person plural nominative, accusative, dative, or tonic)

• nous in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• nos in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.

• IPA^(key): /no/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

nos pl

1. plural of notre; our

   Nos enfants nous rendent souvent visite.

   Our children visit us often.

• “nos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• son

• IPA^(key): /nʊːs̺/

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine plural article os (“the”).

nos m pl (masculine sg no, feminine sg na, feminine plural nas)

1. in the

From a mutation of os.

nos m (accusative)

1. alternative form of os (“them”, masculine plural)

The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• los
• os
• nós

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nos

1. inflection of nós:
   1. accusative/dative
   2. reflexive

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.

nos

1. we, first person plural.

no (interjection) +‎ s (“and”, conjunction)^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoʃ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

nos

1. well

• nos in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

nos

1. we
2. us

• nus (Western (Ktivi))

From Proto-Nuristani *nāsa (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

nos m (Northeastern, Southeastern)^[1][2]

1. boulder

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: nos

nos m inan (diminutive nosk, related adjective nosowi)

1. (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
2. (rare) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
3. (agriculture) tip of a scythe blade
4. (agriculture) nose (in a wheelbarrow, the front part of the bar with a hole at the end, in which the movable wheel axis rotates)
5. (nautical) beak (front part of a ship)
6. brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)
7. (chiefly in the plural) remains of dry branches on a tree
8. stalk (blade of grass)

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “nos”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 120
• Sychta, Bernard (1969), “nos”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 3 (Ł – O), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 217
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “nos”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “nos”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[4]
• “nos”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

From Proto-Italic *nōs, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔs]

nōs

1. nominative/accusative plural of ego: we, us

When used in the plural genitive, nostrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Nostrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as one of us.

• nōbīscum
• nōsmet

• “nos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

• nus (Modern orthography)

From Latin nucem, accusative singular of nux (“nut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /nuːs/

nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. walnut (fruit and tree)
2. (botany) nut

• Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1843, p. 179

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: nos

nos m inan (diminutive nosk)

1. nose

nos

1. alternative form of nose

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnoːs̠/

nōs

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of niesen

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

nos f or m (definite singular nosa or nosen, indefinite plural noser, definite plural nosene)

1. (dialectal) nose
2. (dialectal) steep protruding point on a mountain

• (nose): nese

• “nos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nos” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

nos f (definite singular nosa, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)

1. nose
2. steep protruding point on a mountain

• (nose): nase

• “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• sno, son

• IPA^(key): /nus/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin nōs.

nos

1. to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
2. ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)

From Old Occitan nos, nous, nou, from Latin nōdus. Compare Catalan nus, French nœud, Italian nodo.

nos m (plural noses)

1. knot

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnos/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈnos/

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose
2. beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
3. toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
4. (by extension) any device or object resembling a nose

• Czech: nos

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “nos”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• nous (first-person plural subject pronoun)
• nus (first-person plural subject pronoun)

From Latin nōs.

• IPA^(key): (early) /nos/
• IPA^(key): (late) /nus/

nos

1. we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
2. our (masculine and feminine plural possessive pronoun)
3. to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
4. ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)

• Middle French: nous
  • French: nous

nōs

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of niosan

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ. First attested in 1397.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /nɔs/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /nɔs/
• Homophone: Nos

nos m inan

1. (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia, Lesser Poland, anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
   • 1887, 1889 [1397], Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume II, number 1061, Pyzdry; Gniezno; Kościan:

     Iaco Micolay sedl na naszø dzedzinø gewaltem y urznøl newescze nos

     [Jako Mikołaj szedł na naszę dziedzinę giewałtem i urznął niewieście nos]

   • 1877-1881 [c. 1418], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 2151:

     Nos yego y vsta bez wschey ganibi

     [Nos jego i usta bez wszej gańby]

   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 67:

     Avcząw rąką nogą alybo nosz pyąncznaczcze grzywyen Alye vcząw wyelgy palecz oszmy grzywyen Azakaszdy gynszy palecz vcząw gy trzy grzywny grosszow themv ocząthemv zaplaczycz ma Azakasde vrazenye przerzeczonych czlonkow vyną yasz rzeczona pyąncznadzescza ma bycz zaplaczona

     [A uciąw rękę, nogę alibo nos, pięćnaćcie grzywien, ale uciąw wielgi palec, ośm grzywien, a za każdy jinszy palec, uciąw ji, trzy grzywny groszow temu ociętemu zapłacić ma a za każ de urażenie przerzeczonych członkow wina, jaż rzeczona pięćnadzieścia, ma być zapłacona]

   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Lev”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 21, 18:

     any przistøpi kslvsbye iego billibi slepi albo chromi Albo malego albo rosdøtego nosza

     [ani przystąpi k służ bie jego, byłliby ślepy albo chromy, albo małego [albo wielikiego], albo rozdętego nosa]

   • 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 57:

     ale gdy by komu vczyatho czaly czlonek szpalcza albo vcho albo nosz vsztha nogą oko albo madzye tho zowyemy chromothą podlug prawa

     [Ale gdyby komu ucięto cały członek z palca albo ucho, albo nos, usta, nogę, oko albo mądzie, to zowiemy chromotą podług prawa.]

   • 1901 [1463-1465], Jan Rozwadowski, editor, De morte prologus [Rozmowa mistrza Polikarpa ze śmiercią]‎^[5], Mierzeniec, Płock, line 31:

     vpathlczy gyey konyecz nosza Szoczv plynye krvaua rosza

     [Upadłci jej koniec nosa, Z oczu płynie krwawa rosa]

   • 1901 [1463-1465], Jan Rozwadowski, editor, De morte prologus [Rozmowa mistrza Polikarpa ze śmiercią]‎^[6], Mierzeniec, Płock, line 221:

     Powiem ci o mej kosie, Jedno jej powąchaj w nosie

     [Povyemczy o mey kosze, gethno gyey povachay wnosze]

   • 1907 [c. 1470], Jakub Parkoszowic, edited by Jan Łoś, Traktat o ortografii polskiej‎^[7], Żurawica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Krakow, page 404:

     Nos

     [Nos]

   • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 47:

     Smarsczonym noschem corrugato

     [Zmarszczonym nosem corrugato]

   • 1950 [1495], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1687, Warsaw:

     Jakom ya Dorothyey nye sbyl […] anym yey dw ranu zadal krwaw, yeną w nosz a druga w glova

     [Jakom ja Dorotej nie zbił […] anim jej dwu ranu zadał krwaw, jena w nos a druga w głowę]

   • 1874-1891 [XV p. post.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[8], [9], [10]}, volume LIII, Krakow, page 63:

     Fluxum narium al. nos

     [Fluxum narium al. nos]

   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 86v:

     Nasus eyn nasz nosz

     [Nasus eyn nasz nos ]

   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 109v:

     Pulpa est extrema pars nasi vel interior pars pomi ein grubsz konyecz noszą

     [Pulpa est extrema pars nasi vel interior pars pomi ein grubsz koniecz nosa]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[11], page 21:

     Brvy yey byly dobrze podnyeszyony […] a tesch kv szobye nad noss nye barzo szeszle

     [Brwi jej były dobrze podniesiony […] a też ku sobie nad nos nie bar-zo zeszłe]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[12], page 21:

     Noss myala prosty, malo pochylony

     [Nos miała prosty, mało pochylony]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[13], page 150:

     O noszye Iesusovym. Nos yego byl ny mayącz zadnego nyestatkv

     [O nosie Jezusowym. Nos jego był ni mając żadnego niestatku]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[14], page 664:

     Ony nye telko pchaly y byly, alye tez plvaly y rzygaly yemv pod noss, aby tym vyatsche vdrączenye myal od ych smrodu

     [Oni nie telko pchali i bili, ale też plwali i rzygali jemu pod nos, aby tym więtsze udręczenie miał od ich smrodu]

2. (hapax legomenon) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
   • 1885-2024 [XV ex.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎^[15], volume V, page 27:

     Clekotacz ząbi, nossem croculo

     [Klekotać zęby, nosem croculo]

• Polish: nos
• Silesian: nos

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “nos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “nos”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “nos”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021), “nos”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “nos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• S. Urbańczyk, editor (1967), “nos”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 5, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 290
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nos”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska-Różycka, Magdalena Klapper, Tomasz Kolowca, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Joanna Duska, Maria Bugajska, Jan German, Beata Hejmo, Iwona Nobis, Dariusz Piwowarczyk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, editors (2024), “nos”, in Baza Leksykalna Średniowiecznej Polszczyzny [Lexical Base of Medieval Polish] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “nos”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba; Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa; Stanisław Dubisz; Zygmunt Gałecki; Justyna Garczyńska; Halina Karaś; Alina Kępińska; Anna Pasoń; Izabela Stąpor; Barbara Taras; Izabela Winiarska-Górska (2008), “nos”, in Wanda Decyk-Zięba, Stanisław Dubisz, editors, Glosariusz staropolski - dydaktyczny słownik etymologiczny [Old Polish Glossary - Didactic Etymological Dictionary] (in Polish), Warszawa: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 110

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nos First attested in 1473.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /nɔs/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /nɔs/

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
2. (by extension) any device or object resembling a nose
3. vimba bream, Vimba vimba

• Pannonian Rusyn: нос (nos)
• Slovak: nos

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “nos”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

From Latin nōs, in the nominative case, and accusative nōs stressed.

nos

1. nominative of nos: we
   • between 1140-1207, Cid, 1280-1281:

     a grãd ondr̃a vernan
     Aeſtas t͠rras eſtranas q̃ nos pudiemos ganar

     They [the Cid's wife and daughters] will come in great honour
     to these foreign lands, which we had won

2. prepositional of nos: us

• Spanish: nos (archaic or dialectal)
• Spanish: nosotros

From Latin nōs, in the accusative case unstressed, and dative nōbīs.

nos

1. accusative of nos: us
2. dative of nos: to us, for us
   • between 1140-1207, Cid, 1298:

     Qͣndo dios p̃ſtar nos qͥere nos biẽ gelo gradeſcamos
     (normalized) Quando Dios prestarnos quiere, nos bien ge lo gradescamos

     When God wants to help us, we should thank Him well for it

• Spanish: nos

Contraction of no (“not”) and se (“him/her/itself, themselves”).

nos

1. not ... (to oneself)
   • between 1140-1207, Cid, 1243-1244:

     Myo çid don Rͦ en valençia esta folgando
     Con el mẏnaẏa albarffanez q̃ nos le parte de so braço

     My Cid, don Rodrigo, is having a break in Valencia,
     with Minaya Álvar Fáñez, who does not leave (partirse) his side

   • 1140 – 1207, Cid, 1206-1207:

     Sonando vã ſus nue͠uas todas atodas partes
     Mas le vienen a mẏo çid ſabet q̃ nos le van

     The news of him roam everywhere
     But more men come to my Cid, mind you, than those who leave (irse) him

From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.

nos

1. we, first person plural.

Inherited from Old Polish nos.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: nos

nos m inan (diminutive nosek, augmentative nochal or nosisko, related adjective nosowy)

1. (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell, sometimes of animals)

   Synonym: kichawa

   1. (obsolete, colloquial, of a bird) synonym of dziób (“beak, bill”)
   2. (obsolete, of a fish) synonym of paszcza (“maw”)
   3. (obsolete, of an insect) synonym of paszcza (“mouthpart”)
   4. (obsolete, hunting, of a fox) synonym of pysk (“muzzle”)
   5. (Middle Polish, an elephant) synonym of trąba (“trunk”)
   6. (Middle Polish, of a fish, aquatic, or swamp animal) synonym of nozdrze (“nostril”)
2. (colloquial) nose (sense of smell)

   Synonym: węch

3. nose (intuition in a field)
4. (by extension) nose (tip of an object, usually pointed)
   1. toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
   2. (Sieradz, Wieluń, Radomsko, of a ladder) synonym of dziób (“bow”)
   3. (Kielce, Opatów County, of a półdrabek) synonym of zakrzywienie (“curve”)
   4. (Kielce, Opatów County, of a sleigh) synonym of dziób (“brush bow”) (part bent upwards)
   5. (Near Masovian, Jagodne, of a sleigh's skid) synonym of dziób (“tip”)
   6. (obsolete) collar (part of an oil lamp where the wick comes out)
   7. (obsolete, metallurgy) scum (raw material or slag deposited on the eye of a mold)
   8. (obsolete) nozzle (bottom of the muffle head is where the tube enters it, through which the liquefied zinc flows into the window)
   9. (obsolete, hunting, firearms) muzzle (pointed end of a rifle stock)
   10. (obsolete, carpentry) nose (handle of a plane sticking out from the front; handle of the plane)
   11. (Middle Polish, of a vessel for liquids) synonym of dzióbek (“spout”)
   12. (Middle Polish, nautical, of a ship) synonym of dziób (“bow”)
5. (Western Kraków, card games) card game played by 3 or 4 players, in which cards are equally among players, then each player chooses his own holy "ointment"; people at the end of the game are hit on the nose with cards according to the value of the card left in their hand
6. (Middle Polish) synonym of nosacizna (“glanders”)

• “nos”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[16] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nos”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[17] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “nos”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “NOS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 25.06.2009
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “nos”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “nos”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nos”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 408
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “nos”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334

• mos (Beira, Trás-os-Montes)

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

• Rhymes: -us

• Hyphenation: nos

nos

1. inflection of nós:
   1. accusative
   2. dative

   Ele dir-nos-ia o nome do indivíduo. (Portugal)

   He would tell us the name of the individual.

   Ele nos diria o nome do indivíduo. (Brazil)

   He would tell us the name of the individual.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

nos

1. obsolete spelling of nós

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, clipping of enos, from en (“in”) + os (“the”).

• Hyphenation: nos

nos m pl

2. contraction of em +‎ os, literally “in the”: masculine plural of no
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:

     [...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.

     [...] the cat was purring happily on Hermione's arms.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

• Hyphenation: nos

nos

2. alternative form of os (third-person masculine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong

   Tirem-nos daqui agora!

   Take them from here now!

• This form is very rarely used in spoken Brazilian Portuguese, where nominative forms are preferred over third-person direct object pronouns (which, when used, are typically placed before verbs).

• “nos”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”).

• IPA^(key): /nos/

nos (possessive nostru)

1. we

   Synonyms: nois, nosatros

2. us

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

• IPA^(key): /nôːs/

nȏs m inan (Cyrillic spelling но̑с, relational adjective nòsnī, diminutive nòsić)

1. (anatomy) nose

Note: forms on -evi are considered non-standard in Croatia.

• “nos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Old Polish nos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: nos

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)

   Synonym: (pejorative) kichŏl

2. brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)

• nos in dykcjonorz.eu
• nos in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “nos”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 102
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “nos”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 452

Inherited from Old Slovak nos.

• IPA^(key): /nɔs/, [ˈnɔs]
• Rhymes: -ɔs

• Audio (Bratislava):

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nos m inan (relational adjective nosový, diminutive noštek or nosík, augmentative nosisko)

1. nose

• “nos”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• noſ (Bohorič alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ

• IPA^(key): /nóːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs
• Hyphenation: nos

nọ̑s m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonyms: kumara, nosek, nosič

2. sense of smell

   Synonyms: voh, duh, njuh, vonj

3. (figuratively) nose (ability to find, deduce something)
4. nose (the tip of something)
5. (obsolete) reprimand^[→SSKJ]

   Synonym: ukor

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	nọ̑s
gen. sing.	nosȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	nosȗ	nosóv	nosóv
dative dajȃlnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvih	nosȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nọ̑som	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent, special accent changes
nom. sing.	nọ̑s
gen. sing.	nọ̑sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	nọ̑sa	nosóv	nosóv
dative dajȃlnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvom, nọ̑sȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	nọ̑su, nọ̑si	nosȏvih	nosȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nọ̑som	nosȏvoma, nosȏvama	nosȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nọ̑s	nosȏva	nosȏvi

• dihati

• “nos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “nos”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Inherited from Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin nōs and dative Latin nōbīs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.

• IPA^(key): /nos/ [nos]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: nos

nos (object pronoun)

1. dative of nosotros: to us, for us
2. accusative of nosotros: us
3. (reflexive pronoun) reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
   • 1998, Roberto Bolaño, Los detectives salvajes, →ISBN, page 262:

     A eso de las cuatro de la mañana todos nos dijimos buenas noches.

     Around four in the morning, we all told each other good night.

4. (archaic, formal) first person (except in vocative, and in the oblique it requires a preposition); I (singular; compare vos)

   Venga a nos el tu reino. Ruegue por nos, Santa Madre de Dios.

   May your kingdom come to us. Pray for us, Holy Mother of God.

5. (archaic, formal) first person nominative, prepositional and vocative plural pronoun

nos m pl

1. plural of no

• nos

• “nos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Doublet of näsa.

nos c

1. a nose of an animal (compare näsa)

   Hundar har en mycket känslig nos

   Dogs have a very sensitive nose

   • 1969, Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the Teddy Bear]”‎^[18]:

     Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.

     Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name [so was-named he]. Once [one time] he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose [it – redundant] was made of yarn [was of yarn]. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.

2. (colloquial, humorous) the (area around the) nose and mouth of a human

   Synonym: (human nose) näsa

3. something that resembles a nose

   noshjul

   nosewheel

• näsa (human nose)
• nosa
• sötnos

• mule

• “nos”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “nos”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “nos”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• -son, ons, sno, son

nos

1. nothing

From Old French nos, from Latin nos.

• IPA^(key): /nɔ/

nos

1. we

• nozôtes

PIE word
*nókʷts

From Middle Welsh nos, according to Matasovic, a loanword from Latin nox (“night”), but according to Falileyev, from Old Welsh nos, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-stu-, a suffixed form of *noxs (“night”) (the expected Welsh descendant of this would be **noeth).

Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox.

• IPA^(key): /noːs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːs

nos f (uncountable, not mutable)

1. night, evening

• Nos (“night, evening”) generally refers to the uncountable period of darkness. The word is also used with the names of evenings and nights of days of the week, with holiday and festival names and in the phrase Nos da (“Good night”). It is therefore the opposite of dydd (“day”).

yn ystod y nos ― during the night

nos Wener ― Friday evening/night

Nos Galan ― New Year's Eve

• Noson (“night, evening”), on the other hand, is countable and refers to an individual evening or night and so is the word used when employing a qualifying numeral or adjective. It sits in contrast to the word diwrnod (“day”).

noson wych ― a great evening/night

tair noson ― three nights

• Noswaith (“evening”) is used in phrase Noswaith dda (“Good evening”). It is also synonymous to noson in some southern dialects.

(South Wales) tair noswaith ― three nights

• IPA^(key): [nòs]

nos

1. manzanita plant

• occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect

• dinos "manzanita"