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5-letter words (4 found)

ACROS,ARCOS,ORCAS,OSCAR,

4-letter words (15 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ARCS,CARS,CORS,OARS,OCAS,ORCA,ORCS,OSAR,ROCS,SCAR,SOAR,SOCA,SORA,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARC,ARS,CAR,COR,COS,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORS,RAS,ROC,SAC,SAR,SOC,

2-letter words (5 found)

AR,AS,OR,OS,SO,

You can make 39 words from oscar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of oscar

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Definitions and meaning of oscar

oscar

Translingual

Noun

oscar

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oscar of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒs.kə/

Noun

oscar (plural oscars)

  1. A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
    Synonyms: marble cichlid, velvet cichlid

Further reading

  • Oscar (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

oscar

  1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Anagrams

  • AOCRs, ASROC, Carso, ROSCA, Rasco, Rocas, ocras, orcas, sacro-, sarco-

Catalan

Etymology

From osca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [usˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [osˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [osˈkaɾ]

Verb

oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to nick, to dent (a blade)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • oscadís

Further reading

  • “oscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɔsˠkəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌsˠkəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish oscar (outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

  1. (literary) warrior, hero

Etymology 2

From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (leap, bound).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

  1. leap, bound; agility
  2. (swimming) stroke
Alternative forms
  • ascar

Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 oscar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oscor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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