ons

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English

Verb

ons

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, transitive, colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of on

Anagrams

• -son, SON, Nos, NSO, son, NOS, Nos., nos., nos, Son, Nºˢ

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]

Etymology 1

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Pronoun

ons

1. we (subject)

2. us (object)

See also

Etymology 2

From Dutch ons, inflected onze, from Middle Dutch onse, from Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Alternative forms

• onse (archaic)

Determiner

ons

1. our

See also

Etymology 3

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia.

Noun

ons

1. ounce (unit of measurement)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔns/
• Rhymes: -ɔns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Pronoun

ons (personal)

1. us (objective form of wij or we)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ons
• Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
• Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
• Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ons

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

ons (dependent possessive, inflected form onze, independent possessive onze)

1. our (neuter singular)

   Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood. ― Give us this day our daily bread

Usage notes

• Ons is the only possessive determiner in contemporary Dutch that inflects for gender and number. It becomes onze before masculines, feminines and all plurals.
• As an independent possessive pronoun it becomes de/het onze as well, but this in line with the general rules (cf. mijne, jouwe etc.).

Declension

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.

Noun

ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)

1. metric ounce (100 grams)

Usage notes

Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.

Synonyms

• hectogram

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: os
• → Japanese: オンス
• → Papiamentu: òns

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.

Noun

ons (first-person possessive onsku, second-person possessive onsmu, third-person possessive onsnya)

1. metric ounce (100 grams)

References

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

ons

1. accusative/dative of wi

Descendants

• Dutch: ons
  • Afrikaans: ons
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
  • Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
  • Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ons
• Limburgish: ós
• Zealandic: oôns

Middle English

Adverb

ons

1. Alternative form of ones

Plautdietsch

Pronoun

ons

1. (personal) oblique of wie; us
2. (possessive) our

Samogitian

Alternative forms

• uns

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ).

Pronoun

ons (feminine counterpart ana)

1. third-person masculine singular pronoun: he

References

• “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė‎^[1] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 21: “Ons — jis”

Swedish

Noun

ons

1. indefinite genitive plural of o

Anagrams

• -son, nos, sno, son

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French once.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈons/
• Hyphenation: ons

Noun

ons (definite accusative onsu, plural onslar)

1. ounce

Further reading

• “ons”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ons”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ons”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ons”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3547

Volapük

Pronoun

ons

1. (nominative plural of on) they (neuter or of mixed or unspecified gender)