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Yes. The word hos is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

H4O1S1

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3-letter words (4 found)

HOS,OHS,SHO,SOH,

2-letter words (5 found)

HO,OH,OS,SH,SO,

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Definitions and meaning of hos

hos

English

Noun

hos

  1. plural of ho

Anagrams

  • OHS, OHs, Osh, SHO, Sho, Soh, ohs, osh, sho, sho', soh

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish *hoet, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (hence Breton houad and Welsh hwyad), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /hɔs/, [hɔz]

Noun

hos m (plural heyji)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”). Displaced Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɔs]

Preposition

hos

  1. at X's abode
    Vi var på besøg hos Svend.
    We visited Svend at his abode.
    Jeg sov hos en veninde.
    I slept at a friend's place.
  2. in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings

References

  • “hos” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “hos” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hos

  1. inflection of hossen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Irish

Noun

hos m

  1. h-prothesized form of os

Latin

Pronoun

hōs

  1. accusative masculine plural of hic

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz.

Alternative forms

  • hose, hoos, hoose, hoce, hase, haase, hayse, hors, horse, hoorse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːs/, /hɔːrs/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /hɑːs/, /hɑːrs/

Adjective

hos (plural and weak singular hose)

  1. Hoarse; harsh-sounding.
  2. (rare) Unclear-sounding; hard to detect.
Related terms
  • hosely
  • hosnesse
Descendants
  • English: hoarse
  • Scots: hairse, hairsh, haise
References
  • “hōs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Noun

hos (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being hoarse or an example of it.
References
  • “hōs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hos

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). Cognate with German Hase, English hare.

Noun

hos m

  1. hare

References

  • “hos” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʊsː/

Preposition

hos

  1. at, by, with

References

  • “hos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

Preposition

hos

  1. at, by, with

Synonyms

  • hjå

References

  • “hos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Cornish

Etymology

from Old English hosan.

Noun

hos

  1. hose (historical garment)
    • c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 9 verso:

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hansu. Cognate with Old High German hansa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xoːs/, [hoːs]

Noun

hōs f

  1. escort; company; troop
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xoːs/, [hoːs]

Noun

hōs f

  2. bramble
  3. thorn
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

  • hoss, hōs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xos/, [hos]

Noun

hos m

  1. sprout, shoot, tendril
  2. bramble
Declension
a-stem

Strong a-stem:

u-stem

Strong u-stem:

Sundanese

Verb

hos (Sundanese script ᮠᮧᮞ᮪)

  1. (inchoative) to draw one's last breath

Further reading

  • "HOS", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swedish

Etymology 1

Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʊs/
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Preposition

hos

  1. at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
  2. with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)
Derived terms
  • hemma hos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

hos

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ho

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English horse.

Noun

hos

  1. horse

Source: wiktionary.org