different between ounce vs pounds

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”), from ?nus (“one”). Doublet of inch.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces) abbreviation oz. or ?

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹?₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹?₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
5. A little bit.

Synonyms

• (avoirdupois ounce): symbol: ? (pharmacy)
• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum

Descendants

• ? Tokelauan: aunehe

Related terms

• inch

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces)

1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect:

     The Ounce or the wilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met withall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man […].

   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     Halloa! another prey,
     The nimble Antelope!
     The ounce is freed; one spring,
     And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
     And his teeth are red in her gore.

2. Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia. [from 18th c.]

References

• snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Cuneo, cuneo-, on cue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unce, ownce, ounse, nounce, nowns

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Old French once, unce, from Latin uncia. Doublet of ynche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?ns(?)/, /?uns(?)/

Noun

ounce (plural ounces or ounce)

1. An ounce (unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of a pound)
2. (rare) A shekel (ancient measure of weight)
3. (rare) A minuscule or insignificant amount or quantity.

4. (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuring time.
5. (rare) A three-inch unit for measuring length.

Descendants

• English: ounce, unce
• Scots: ounce

References

• “?unce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?ndz/

Noun

pounds

1. plural of pound

Verb

pounds

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pound

Anagrams

• pondus, snod up