osmose

Etymology

Back-formation from osmosis.

Verb

osmose (third-person singular simple present osmoses, present participle osmosing, simple past and past participle osmosed)

1. (intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
2. (transitive) To cause to diffuse by osmosis.

Noun

osmose

1. Archaic form of osmosis.

Anagrams

• mooses

Noun

osmose c (singular definite osmosen, not used in plural form)

1. osmosis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.moz/

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Noun

osmose m (uncountable)

1. osmosis

Further reading

• “osmose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

osmose f (plural osmoses)

1. osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)