different between nos vs nes

English

Alternative forms

• noes

Noun

nos

1. plural of no

Anagrams

• -son, ONS, SON, Son, ons, son

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nos

1. us (first-person plural direct pronoun)
2. (to) us (first-person plural indirect pronoun)

Synonyms

• mos

Asturian

Alternative forms

• mos (pronoun)
• ños (pronoun)

Etymology 1

From Latin n?s (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nos

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

Etymology 2

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

Contraction

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

1. in the

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin n?s (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *n?s.

Pronoun

nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)

1. us (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Related terms

• nosaltres

Cornish

Etymology 1

Uncertain; 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 *nók?ts.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nos f (plural nosow)

1. night

Etymology 2

From Latin nota. Cognate with Welsh nod, Irish nod, nóta and English note. Doublet of noten.

Noun

nos m (plural nosow)

1. mark
2. token

References

• nos in the Gerlyver Kernewek Cornish Dictionary

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nos]
• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1

From Old Czech nos, from Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Noun

nos m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

Declension

Synonyms

• fr?ák, ?enich, ra?afák

Derived terms

• nosá?
• nosní

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nos

1. second-person singular imperative of nosit

Further reading

• nos in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nos in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin n?s (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nos

1. we (first person plural nominative personal pronoun; the speakers/writers)
2. us (first person plural objective personal pronoun)

French

Etymology

From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/
• Rhymes: -o

Determiner

nos pl

1. plural of notre

Related terms

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

• “nos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• son

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Contraction

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

1. in the

Etymology 2

From a mutation of os.

Pronoun

nos m (accusative)

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

Usage notes

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.

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• los
• os
• nós

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronoun

nos

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun

nos

1. we, first person plural.

Hungarian

Etymology

no (interjection) +? s (“and”, conjunction)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?no?]
• Hyphenation: nos
• Rhymes: -o?

Interjection

nos

1. well

References

Further reading

• nos in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Interlingua

Pronoun

nos

1. we
2. us

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Noun

nos m

1. (anatomy) nose

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *n?s, from Proto-Indo-European *n?smé.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /no?s/, [no?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nos/, [n?s]

Pronoun

n?s

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

Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, nostr? 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).

Derived terms

• n?b?scum

Descendants

See also

1st and 2nd person personal pronouns declension together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns.
is, ea, id (“he, she, it”) is not included here.

References

• 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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Lombard

Alternative forms

• nus (Modern orthography)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /nu?s/

Noun

nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)

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

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/

Noun

nos m (diminutive nosk)

1. nose

Declension

Middle English

Noun

nos (plural nosses)

1. Alternative form of nose

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse n?s, from Proto-Germanic *nas?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (nose): nese

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse n?s, from Proto-Germanic *nas?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Noun

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

1. nose
2. steep protruding point on a mountain

Synonyms

• (nose): nase

References

• “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sno, son

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nus/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin n?s.

Pronoun

nos

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nos m (plural noses)

1. knot

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nos/

Noun

nos m

1. (anatomy) nose

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: nos

Further reading

• “nos”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?^[2], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin n?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nus/

Pronoun

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)

Descendants

• Middle French: nous
  • French: nous

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin n?s, in the nominative case, and accusative n?s stressed.

Pronoun

nos

1. nominative of nos: we
2. prepositional of nos: us

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Latin n?s, in the accusative case unstressed, and dative n?b?s.

Pronoun

nos

1. accusative of nos: us
2. dative of nos: to us, for us

Descendants

• Spanish: nos

Etymology 3

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

Contraction

nos

1. not ... (to oneself)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.

Pronoun

nos

1. we, first person plural.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/

Noun

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

1. nose

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) nosowy
• (nouns) nochal, nosacz, nosal

Further reading

• nos in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nus/
• Hyphenation: nos

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin n?s (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *n?s.

Pronoun

nos

1. us; objective case of nós

2. Obsolete spelling of nós

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

See also

Etymology 2

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

Contraction

nos

1. Contraction of em os (“in the”).
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

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

Sardinian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/

Pronoun

nos (possessive nostru)

1. we

   Synonym: nois, nosatros

2. us

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nô?s/

Noun

n?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (anatomy) nose

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nos]

Noun

nos m

1. nose

Further reading

• nos in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nos?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nó?s/

Noun

n??s m inan

1. (anatomy) nose

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin n?s and dative Latin n?b?s, from Proto-Italic *n?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nos/, [nos]

Pronoun

nos (object pronoun)

1. dative of nosotros: to us, for us
2. accusative of nosotros: us
3. (reflexive) reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
4. (archaic, formal) first person; I (singular, cf. vos)

Derived terms

References

• nos

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse n?s, from Proto-Germanic *nas?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s-.

Noun

nos c

1. a nose of an animal

Declension

Related terms

• näsa (human nose)
• nosa
• sötnos

Anagrams

• -son, ons, sno, son

Volapük

Pronoun

nos

1. nothing

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French nos, from Latin nos.

Pronoun

nos

1. we

Related terms

• nozôtes

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nék?ts.

Cognates include Breton noz, Cornish nos and Gaulish nox

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?s/

Noun

nos f (plural nosweithiau, or rarely nosau, count form noson)

1. night

Derived terms

Related terms

Western Apache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nòs]

Noun

nos

1. manzanita plant

Usage notes

• occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect

See also

• dinos "manzanita"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/

Etymology 1

From net soos.

Adverb

nes

1. like; just like

2. as soon as; just as something is about to do something

Synonyms

• (as soon as): sodra

Etymology 2

From Dutch nest, from Middle Dutch nest, from Old Dutch nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

nes (plural neste, diminutive nessie)

1. nest, structure made out of twigs, mud, grass, etc.
2. nest; a group of animals or insects that live together within a nest
3. home or house, usually untidy or cluttered

Verb

nes (present nes, present participle nestende, past participle genes)

1. to nest; to inhabit a nest

Albanian

Etymology

A compound *ne +? *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *n? kwe. From Proto-Albanian *(e)n? ?, from Proto-Indo-European *(h1)n??-, *(h1)n??- (“after, behind, next to/after”). Cognate to Welsh neithiwr (“last night”), Northern Lorung neizœr (“id”), Ancient Greek ???(?) (én?(s)), ???? (énas, “the day after tomorrow”) and Gothic ???????????? (n??, “after”).

Adverb

nes

1. after, next after

Derived terms

• nesër

Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. in the

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?s]
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

nes

1. inflection of nést:
   1. second-person singular imperative
   2. past masculine singular transgressive

Anagrams

• sen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• nesse

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nesse. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?s/
• Hyphenation: nes
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

nes f (plural nessen, diminutive nesje n)

1. headland, spit

Synonyms

• landtong
• uitham

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nes (“headland”), from Proto-Germanic *nasj?. Kindred words are Old English næs (English ness and naze); Swedish näs, German nase; Latin nasus (“a nose”) as the Icelandic nös (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

nes n (genitive singular nes, plural nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory
2. peninsula

Declension

See also

• oddi
• hálvoyggj

References

• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (nes)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nes (“headland”), from Proto-Germanic *nasj?. Cognate with Old English næs (> English ness and naze); Swedish näs, German Nase. Compare also Latin nasus (“nose”) and Icelandic nös (“nostril”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

nes n (genitive singular ness, nominative plural nes)

1. a headland, a cape, a ness projecting to the sea or lake, a promontory

Declension

See also

• oddi (“spit of land, point”)

References

• Ensk Vasaorðabók, Orðabókaútgáfan 1985

Latin

Verb

n?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of n?

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an older nesà or n?sà, which Ford interprets as ne- + *so; the latter element being from Proto-Indo-European *so (“conjunctve particle”); compare Hittite ???? (šu-, “preterite conjunctive particle”), Old Irish se (“conjunctive particle”), ultimately deriving most likely from the Proto-Indo-European demonstrative *só, *séh?, *tód. See tas for more. The further parallel drawn by Ford with Hittite ???????????? (naššu, “or”) is neither supported nor ruled out by Kloekhorst.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n??s/

Conjunction

nès

1. (subordinating) because, since (expresses the reason for an action)

   Àš studijúoju, nès nóriu mókytis. - I study because I want to learn.

Synonyms

• kadangi

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nes (“headland”).

Cognate with Faroese nes, Icelandic nes, Danish næs and possibly Norman nez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Hyphenation: nes

Noun

nes n (definite singular neset, indefinite plural nes, definite plural nesa or nesene)

1. a headland (coastal land that juts into the sea)

   Synonyms: forberg, odde, tange

Derived terms

References

• “nes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nes” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “nes” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• ens, sen

Old French

Noun

nes m (oblique plural nes, nominative singular nes, nominative plural nes)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of nés

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nasj?.

Noun

nes n (genitive ness, plural nes)

1. headland

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: næs
• Faroese: nes
• Icelandic: nes
• Norwegian Bokmål: nes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nes
• Swedish: näs

References

• nes in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

From French Nescafé, a trademark, itself a portmanteau of Nestlé and café.

Noun

nes n (plural nesuri)

1. instant coffee

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) nas

Etymology

From Latin n?sus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s.

Noun

nes m

1. (anatomy, Puter) nose

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English nurse.

Noun

nes

1. nurse

Welsh

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nésd-o-s, from *nesd- +? *-os. Cognate with Breton nes (“near”) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas (“nearer”).

Pronunciation

• adjective: IPA^(key): /ne?s/
• conjunction: IPA^(key): /n?s/

Adjective

nes

1. comparative degree of agos: nearer

   Synonym: agosach

Conjunction

nes

1. until

   Synonyms: oni, hyd oni

Derived terms

• nes ymlaen

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• gnes
• gwnes
• gwneuthum (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne?s/

Verb

nes (not mutable)

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of gwneud

References