Noun: osso
Gender: m
Hyphenation: òs‧so
| Singular m | osso |
| Plural m | ossi |
| Plural f | ossa |
Sample Sentences
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bagnato fino all'osso (drenched to the skin)
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ossi di albicocche (apricot stones)
Nouns inflected like osso
lenzuolo,
budello,
fondamento,
cervello,
calcagno,
grido,
corno,
midollo,
entragno,
labbro,
membro,
dito,
filo,
muro,
osso,
urlo,
riso,
Etymology
1. From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
2. Compare Catalan, French, and Romanian os; Portuguese osso; Corsican, Sardinian, and Sicilian ossu; Spanish hueso. See: Latin Nouns '
ossum', Portuguese Nouns '
osso', Spanish Nouns '
hueso'.
Verbs referencing "osso"
Romanian Nouns
os, Spanish Nouns
hueso.
Translations