-ose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.

Suffix

-ose

1. full of

   comatose (full of sleep)

Synonyms

• (full of): -ful

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “full of”): -less

Derived terms

(excluding the ones listed below)

English terms suffixed with -ose

Etymology 2

Back-formation from glucose.

Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
2. (biochemistry) Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown

Derived terms

• aldohexose
• aldopentose
• aldose
• allose
• altrose
• arabinose
• cellobiose, cellose
• cellulose
• deoxyribose
• dextrose
• dulcose
• erythrose
• erythrulose
• fructose
• galactose
• garantose
• gulose
• heptose
• hexose
• idose
• ketose
• lactose
• laevulose, levulose
• lyxose
• maltose
• mannose
• pectose
• pentose
• psicose
• pyranose
• ribose
• ribulose
• saccharose
• sedoheptulose
• sorbose
• sucrose
• tagatose
• talose
• tetrose
• threose
• triose
• xylose
• xylulose

 

Translations

suffix used to form the names of sugars

• Catalan: -osa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -糖 (-táng)

• Dutch: -ose (nl)
• French: -ose (fr) m
• Galician: -osa (gl)
• Hungarian: -óz
• Irish: -ós m
• Italian: -osio m
• Polish: -oza (pl) f
• Portuguese: -ose (pt) f
• Spanish: -osa f

References

• “-ose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

See also

• (having a considerable amount of): -some

Anagrams

• E&Os, Eos, OES, OES., SEO, SOE, Seo, Soe, oes, soe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) -ose (suffix used for sugars)
2. (pathology) -osis (suffix used for diseases)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Suffix

-ose

1. (pathology) -osis, a functional disease or condition

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -osus; doublet of the inherited -eux.

Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ose

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-oːzə/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

1. -osis

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

1. -ose

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ose

Latin

Suffix

-ōse

1. vocative masculine singular of -ōsus

Middle English

Suffix

-ose

1. Alternative form of -ous

Ojibwe

Final

-ose

1. walk

Derived terms

• animose (“walk away”)
• babaamose (“walk about, stroll”)
• bimose (“walk (along)”)
• giiwose (“hunt”)

See also

• -a’amii (“step”)
• -aazhagaame (“go along a shoreline or edge”)
• -shin (“fall, lie, contact, tread, hit”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ose-final

Ottawa

Final

-ose (animate intransitive)

1. walk

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 374

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zɨ/

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (chiefly biology and chemistry) forms the names of actions and processes; -osis
2. (pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
3. (chemistry) forms the names of sugars; -ose

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ose