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onus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?n?s/
- Rhymes: -??n?s
Noun
onus (countable and uncountable, plural onuses or onera)
- A legal obligation.
- (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.
- Stigma.
- Blame.
- Responsibility; burden.
Translations
Anagrams
- Onsu, Osun, Suon, UNOS, Unos, nous, ouns
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).
Pronunciation
Noun
onus m (plural onussen or oni, diminutive onusje n)
- burden
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os from *h?enh?-. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”). See Ancient Greek ?????? (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?o.nus/, [??n?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?o.nus/, [???nus]
Noun
onus n (genitive oneris); third declension
- burden, load
- cargo, freight
- (figuratively) tax, tax burden
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- oner?
- onustus
- onus proband?
Descendants
- Dutch: onus
- English: onus
- Italian: onere
- Portuguese: ónus
References
- onus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- onus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- onus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- onus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
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encumbrance
English
Alternative forms
- incumbrance
Etymology
From Middle English encombraunce, from Old French encombrance, from encombrer.
Noun
encumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural encumbrances)
- Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
- Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance […]
- (law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
- (law) One who is dependent on another.
- a widow without encumbrances, i.e. without children
Synonyms
- encumberment
Translations
Verb
encumbrance (third-person singular simple present encumbrances, present participle encumbrancing, simple past and past participle encumbranced)
- (law) To apply an encumbrance to (property, etc.).
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