Definitions and meaning of nos
nos
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Nisu with o as a placeholder.
Symbol
nos
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eastern Nisu.
English
Etymology 1
From no + -s.
Alternative forms
Noun
nos
- plural of no
Etymology 2
From no. + -s.
Noun
nos
- Alternative form of nos. Abbreviation of numbers.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Noun
nos (countable and uncountable, plural noses)
- (countable) Acronym of nitrous oxide system.
- Coordinate term: NOx
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).
- Synonym: nox
See also
Anagrams
- -son, NSO, ONS, SON, Son, ons, son
Achang
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na.
Pronunciation
-
- (Myanmar) /nɔ˧˩/
- (Lianghe) [na⁵⁵]
- (Longchuan) [nɔ⁵⁵]
- (Luxi) [na³¹]
- (Xiandao) [nɔ⁵⁵]
Verb
nos
- to be sick, ill
Derived terms
Further reading
- Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 95
Aragonese
Alternative forms
- mos, mo' (Benasquese, Low Ribagorçan)
Etymology
From Latin nos. Akin to Spanish nos and French nous.
Pronoun
nos
- First-person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
See also
References
- “nos”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
Alternative forms
- mos (pronoun)
- ños (pronoun)
Etymology 1
From Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun
nos
- 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)
- in the
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from the unstressed accusative of Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /nus/ (always unstressed)
- (Valencia) IPA(key): /nos/ (always unstressed)
Pronoun
nos (enclitic, contracted 'ns, proclitic ens)
- us (direct or indirect object)
Usage notes
- -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!
Declension
Etymology 2
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.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]
Pronoun
nos
- (archaic) we
- Synonym: nosaltres
- (royal, majestic) we (the so-called royal we, used by a king or queen to refer to themselves in the first person)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]
Noun
nos
- plural of no (“no”)
Further reading
- “nos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “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], 2007 April
Cornish
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
nos f (plural nosow)
- night
Etymology 2
From Latin nota. Cognate with Welsh nod, Irish nod, nóta and English note. Doublet of noten.
Noun
nos m (plural nosow)
- mark
- token
References
- nos in the Gerlyver Kernewek Cornish Dictionary
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnos]
-
- Hyphenation: nos
- Rhymes: -os
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech nos.
Noun
nos m inan (diminutive nosík or nůsek, augmentative nosisko)
- (anatomy) nose
- Synonyms: frňák, čenich, raťafák
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nos
- second-person singular imperative of nosit
Further reading
- “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), 2008–2025
Fala
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun
nos m pl or f pl
- First person plural nominative pronoun; we
- (Mañegu) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
Usage notes
- 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.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) + os (masculine plural definite article).
Alternative forms
- nus (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)
Contraction
nos m pl (singular no, feminine na, feminine plural nas)
- (Mañegu) in the
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nōs (nominative or accusative).
Pronoun
nos (postpositive -nos) (ORB, broad)
- we, us (first-person plural nominative, accusative, dative, or tonic)
See also
References
- nous in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- nos in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
Etymology
From Old French noz, probably from Latin nostros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no/
-
- Rhymes: -o
Determiner
nos pl
- plural of notre; our
Related terms
Further reading
- “nos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
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)
- in the
Etymology 2
From a mutation of os.
Pronoun
nos m (accusative)
- 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 corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
nos
- inflection of nós:
- accusative/dative
- reflexive
See also
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu anos.
Pronoun
nos
- we, first person plural.
Hungarian
Etymology
no (interjection) + s (“and”, conjunction)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnoʃ]
-
- Hyphenation: nos
- Rhymes: -oʃ
Interjection
nos
- well
References
Further reading
- 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.
Interlingua
Pronoun
nos
- we
- us
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɔs
- Syllabification: nos
Noun
nos m inan (diminutive nosk, related adjective nosowi)
- (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
- (rare) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
- (agriculture) tip of a scythe blade
- (agriculture) nose (in a wheelbarrow, the front part of the bar with a hole at the end, in which the movable wheel axis rotates)
- (nautical) beak (front part of a ship)
- brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)
- (chiefly in the plural) remains of dry branches on a tree
- stalk (blade of grass)
Derived terms
Further reading
- 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[3]
- “nos”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nōs, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔs]
Pronoun
nōs
- nominative/accusative plural of ego: we, us
Usage notes
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.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
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
Lombard
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin nucem, accusative singular of nux (“nut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Pronunciation
Noun
nos f (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)
- walnut (fruit and tree)
- (botany) nut
References
- Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 3, 1843, p. 179
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɔs
- Syllabification: nos
Noun
nos m inan (diminutive nosk)
- nose
Declension
Middle English
Noun
nos
- alternative form of nose
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Noun
nos f or m (definite singular nosa or nosen, indefinite plural noser, definite plural nosene)
- (dialectal) nose
- (dialectal) steep protruding point on a mountain
Synonyms
References
- “nos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “nos” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Noun
nos f (definite singular nosa, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)
- nose
- steep protruding point on a mountain
Synonyms
References
- “nos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Occitan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin nōs.
Pronoun
nos
- to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
- ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan nos, nous, nou, from Latin nōdus. Compare Catalan nus, French nœud, Italian nodo.
Noun
nos m (plural noses)
- knot
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ.
Pronunciation
-
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈnos/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈnos/
Noun
nos m inan
- (anatomy) nose
- beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
- toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
- (by extension) any device or object resembling a nose
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- 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
Old French
Alternative forms
- nous (first-person plural subject pronoun)
- nus (first-person plural subject pronoun)
Etymology
From Latin nōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (early) /nos/
- IPA(key): (late) /nus/
Pronoun
nos
- we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
- our (masculine and feminine plural possessive pronoun)
- to us (first-person plural indirect object pronoun)
- ourselves (first-person plural reflexive pronoun)
Descendants
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
-
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /nɔs/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /nɔs/
Noun
nos m animacy unattested
- (attested in Greater Poland, anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
- beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Polish: nos
- Silesian: nos
References
- 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)
- 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, 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
Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nos First attested in 1473.
Pronunciation
-
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /nɔs/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /nɔs/
Noun
nos m inan
- (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
- (by extension) any device or object resembling a nose
- vimba bream, Vimba vimba
Descendants
- Pannonian Rusyn: нос (nos)
- Slovak: nos
References
- 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
Old Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin nōs, in the nominative case, and accusative nōs stressed.
Pronoun
nos
- nominative of nos: we
- prepositional of nos: us
Descendants
- Spanish: nos (archaic or dialectal)
- Spanish: nosotros
Etymology 2
From Latin nōs, in the accusative case unstressed, and dative nōbīs.
Pronoun
nos
- accusative of nos: us
- dative of nos: to us, for us
Descendants
Etymology 3
Contraction of no (“not”) and se (“him/her/itself, themselves”).
Contraction
nos
- not ... (to oneself)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese nós and Kabuverdianu anos.
Pronoun
nos
- we, first person plural.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish nos.
Pronunciation
-
- Rhymes: -ɔs
- Syllabification: nos
Noun
nos m inan (diminutive nosek, augmentative nochal or nosisko, related adjective nosowy)
- (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell, sometimes of animals)
- Synonym: kichawa
- (colloquial) nose (sense of smell)
- Synonym: węch
- nose (intuition in a field)
- (by extension) nose (tip of an object, usually pointed)
- toe cap (long elongated section of a shoe for a toe)
- (obsolete, colloquial) beak, bill (rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.)
- Synonym: dziób
- (obsolete) collar (part of an oil lamp where the wick comes out)
- (Middle Polish) trunk (conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an elephant)
- Synonym: trąba
- (Middle Polish) nostril of a fish or other aquatic swamp animal
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- nos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- 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
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mos (Beira, Trás-os-Montes)
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nos
- inflection of nós:
- accusative
- dative
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronoun
nos
- obsolete spelling of nós
Etymology 3
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, clipping of enos, from en (“in”) + os (“the”).
Pronunciation
Contraction
nos m pl
- contraction of em os (“in the”): masculine plural of no
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nos
- 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
Usage notes
- 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).
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic *nōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nos (possessive nostru)
- we
- Synonyms: nois, nosatros
- us
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Pronunciation
Noun
nȏs m (Cyrillic spelling но̑с, diminutive nòsić, relational adjective nòsnī)
- (anatomy) nose
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nos”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish nos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs/
-
- Rhymes: -ɔs
- Syllabification: nos
Noun
nos m inan
- (anatomy) nose (protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell)
- Synonym: (pejorative) kichŏl
- brush bow (front part of the sled's skid is slightly bent upwards)
Declension
Further reading
- 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
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak nos.
Pronunciation
Noun
nos m inan (relational adjective nosový, diminutive noštek or nosík, augmentative nosisko)
- nose
Declension
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nosъ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nóːs/
- Rhymes: -oːs
- Hyphenation: nos
Noun
nọ̑s m inan
- (anatomy) nose
- Synonyms: kumara, nosek, nosič
- sense of smell
- Synonyms: voh, duh, njuh, vonj
- (figuratively) nose (ability to find, deduce something)
- nose (the tip of something)
- (obsolete) reprimand[→SSKJ]
- Synonym: ukor
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “nos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “nos”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish nos, from accusative Latin nōs and dative Latin nōbīs, from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nos/ [nos]
-
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: nos
Pronoun
nos (object pronoun)
- dative of nosotros: to us, for us
- accusative of nosotros: us
- (reflexive pronoun) reflexive of nosotros: ourselves; each other
- (archaic, formal) first person (except in vocative, and in the oblique it requires a preposition); I (singular; compare vos)
Derived terms
Noun
nos m pl
- plural of no
See also
References
Further reading
- “nos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Noun
nos c
- a nose of an animal
- (colloquial, humorous) the (area around the) nose and mouth of a human
- Synonym: (human nose) näsa
- something that resembles a nose
Declension
Related terms
- näsa (human nose)
- nosa
- sötnos
See also
References
- nos in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- nos in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nos in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronoun
nos
- nothing
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French nos, from Latin nos.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nos
- we
Related terms
Welsh
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːs/
-
- Rhymes: -oːs
Noun
nos f (uncountable, not mutable)
- night, evening
Usage notes
- Nos (“night, evening”) generally refers to the uncoutable 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
Derived terms
Related terms
Western Apache
Pronunciation
Noun
nos
- manzanita plant
Usage notes
- occurs only in Dilzhe’eh (Tonto) dialect
See also
Source: wiktionary.org