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os

French, noun/ɔs/

os is spelled O-S (2 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Os is a French masculine noun meaning “bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément du squelette des animaux vertébrés, fait de ce tissu dur et calcifié”.

What does os mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebone

    Le chien a enterré un os.

  2. 2

    informalmasculinesnag, hitch

    Il y a un os.

suffix

as -os
  1. 1

    Suffix forming slang words.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Élément du squelette des animaux vertébrés, fait de ce tissu dur et calcifié. 2. Tissu conjonctif dur et minéralisé formant la structure des os des vertébrés, composé d’une matrice de collagène et de cristaux de phosphate de calcium (principalement sous forme d’hydroxyapatite). 3. Problème, difficulté, obstacle ou imprévu. 4. Instrument de musique composé d’os utilisés pour leurs propriétés acoustiques.

suffix: 1. Suffixe adjectival. 2. Suffixe adverbial (→ voir -ment). 3. Suffixe nominal. 4. Suffixe verbal.

noun: 1. Ouvrier spécialisé.

noun: 1. Système d’exploitation.

noun: 1. Organisation syndicale.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of os

  • O.S.

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce os?

  • singular /ɔs/
  • plural /o/
  • /os/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to os

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is os in French?

os appears 31 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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