los

See also: Appendix:Variations of "los"

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Article

los m pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, feminine plural les)

  1. (definite) the

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illōs; cf. els.

Pronoun

los (enclitic, contracted 'ls, proclitic els)

  1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
  2. them (feminine, indirect object only)

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlos]
  • Rhymes: -os

Etymology 1

Noun

los m anim

  1. elk (British), moose (U.S.)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

los m inan

  1. lottery ticket

Declension

Danish

Adjective

los

  1. loose

Noun

los c (singular definite lossen, plural indefinite losser)

  1. lynx

Inflection

Noun

los n (singular definite losset, plural indefinite los)

  1. kick

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusaz.

Adjective

los (comparative losser, superlative meest los or lost)

  1. loose
  2. separate
Inflection
Inflection of los
uninflected los
inflected losse
comparative losser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial loslosserhet lost
het loste
indefinite m./f. sing. losselossereloste
n. sing. loslosserloste
plural losselossereloste
definite losselossereloste
partitive loslossers—
Derived terms

Verb

los

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lossen
  2. imperative of lossen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *luhsuz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, to shine”) or from a substrate language.[1] Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old English lox, from a similar Germanic form also Swedish lodjur. Cognates outside Germanic include Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Lithuanian lūšis, Old Church Slavonic роусь (rusĭ), Old Irish lug, Old Armenian լուսանունք (lusanunkʿ).

Noun

los m (plural lossen, diminutive losje n)

  1. (archaic) lynx (specifically the Eurasian lynx)
Synonyms

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “lynx”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Old Saxon lōs, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, cognate with Dutch los and English loose.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Adjective

los

  1. open

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo/

Noun

los m (plural los)

  1. (obsolete) praise; acclaim

Synonyms

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːs/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /lɔs/ (regionally; chiefly as interjection or when meaning “going on”)

Etymology 1

From Old High German lōs.

Adjective

los (comparative loser, superlative am losesten)

  1. Alternative form of lose (“loose”)

Adverb

los (only used in combination with a verb)

  1. off, rid of
    Ich bin meine Erkältung los.
    I've got rid of my cold.
  2. going on
    Hier ist einiges los.
    There's a lot going on here.

Interjection

los

  1. come on!, let's go!
    Los! An die Arbeit!
    Come on! Let's get to work!

Usage notes

In compound verbs it is generally vain to distinguish those in which los is the adjective los(e) from those in which it is the adverb. For example, in losmachen (“loosen”) it seems to be the adjective, in losfahren (“leave”) and loswerden (“get rid”) it is the adverb.

Derived terms

  • gelosen

Etymology 2

Verb

los

  1. Imperative singular of losen.

Interlingua

Pronoun

los

  1. (accusative, dative) them, those

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French loche (dialectal)

Noun

los

  1. slug

Reference

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusaz.

Adjective

los

  1. loose, free
  2. free, not encumbered
  3. having lost, robbed

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: los
  • Limburgish: lósj

Further reading

  • “los”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “los (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Low German lots (short form of lotsman); compare with German Lotse.

Noun

los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural loser, definite plural losene)

  1. (nautical) a pilot (person who guides ships in and out of a harbour)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • lós

Etymology

Borrowing from Low German lots (short form of lotsman).

Noun

los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural losar, definite plural losane)

  1. (nautical) a pilot (as above)

References

Novial

Pronoun

los

  1. they (all male); them (all male)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illōs, from ille.

Article

los (singular lo, feminine la, feminine plural las)

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lusą (“loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut loose; sever; lose”). Cognate with Old Norse los (“looseness; breaking up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlos/

Noun

los n (nominative plural los)

  1. loss
  2. destruction

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

See the verb loer (“to laud”).

Noun

los m (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural los)

  1. glory; positive reputation

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also Old English lēas, Old Norse lauss.

Adjective

lōs

  1. loose

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German lōz, from Old High German hlōz, from Proto-Germanic *hlautiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔs/
  • audio(file)

Noun

los m inan

  1. fate
  2. lottery ticket

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (verb) losować
  • (adjective) losowy

Further reading

  • los in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

los

  1. Alternative form of os (third-person masculine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ôlsь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lôs/

Noun

lȍs m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏с)

  1. moose
  2. elk

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlóːs/
  • Tonal orthography: lọ̑s

Noun

lós m anim (genitive lósa, nominative plural lósi)

  1. elk, moose

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /los/

Etymology 1

From Latin illōs accusative plural masculine of ille.

Article

los m pl

  1. the
    ¿Qué hacen los muchachos?
    "What do the boys do?"

Etymology 2

Pronoun

los

  1. Accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
  2. Plural masculine or neuter pronoun, e.g. los que no hablan, "those who do not speak"

See also

Swedish

Noun

los

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lo

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Borrowing from Low German lots (short form of lotsman); compare with German Lotse.

Noun

los m (definite singular losn, dative singular losåm, indefinite plural losa, definite plural losan)

  1. (nautical) a pilot (person who guides ships in and out of a harbour)

Derived terms

White Hmong

Verb

los

  1. come, return (to one's home / to a place where one resides)

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Armenian լոշ (loš).

Noun

los (genitive singular losi)

  1. lavash
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