hous

See also: Hous and Hous.

Alemannic German

Noun

hous

(Issime) home

References

Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hous (plural hous or houses or housen)

Alternative spelling of hus

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hous

(chiefly Southwest Midland dialect) Alternative form of us

References

“us (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

Old French

Alternative forms

hus, huche, houche, huse, houce, houlx

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).

Noun

hous m (plural houx)

(botany) holly

Descendants

Middle French: hous, houx, houlx
- French: houx
Norman: housse (Jèrriais)
Picard: hoûx (Athois), oûch
Walloon: hoû (Charleroi), hoûssê (Forrières), hoûs

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