nós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñós

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nós

1. we

Synonyms

• nosotros

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnos]

Pronoun

nós

1. Pre-2016 spelling of nos (“we (specifically the "royal we", used by a sovereign in the singular)”).

Usage notes

• The spelling nós was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/ [ˈnɔs̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Homophone: (seseo) noz

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Pronoun

nós (accusative nos, dative nos)

1. we, us

   Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nós

1. plural of nó

Further reading

• “nós”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

See also

Galician personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with con
singular	first		eu	me		min	comigo
	second		ti	te	che	ti	contigo
	third	m	el	o (lo, no)	lle	el	con el
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	con ela
plural	first		nós nosoutros m nosoutras f	nos		nós	connosco
	second		vós vosoutros m vosoutrasf	vos		vós	convosco
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lles	eles	con eles
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	con elas
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nós

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)

1. custom
2. manner, style

Declension

Declension of nós (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative nós nósanna vocative a nóis a nósanna genitive nóis nósanna dative nós nósanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an nós na nósanna genitive an nóis na nósanna dative leis an nós don nós leis na nósanna

Derived terms

• ar aon nós
• ar nós
• ar nós cuma/chuma liom (“indifferent”)
• ardnós
• ardnósach
• bun-nós
• dea-nós
• nósmhar
• nósúil
• sean-nós

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nós (‘custom’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis)

1. (literary) fame, renown

Declension

Declension of nós (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative nós vocative a nóis genitive nóis dative nós forms with the definite article singular nominative an nós genitive an nóis dative leis an nós don nós

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nós (‘fame, renown’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mirandese

Pronoun

nós

1. we (the first-person plural pronoun)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

Alternative forms

• nos (obsolete)
• nòs (obsolete)
• nóis (pronunciation spelling, Brazil)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)s/ [ˈnɔ(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)s/ [ˈnɔ(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)ʃ/ [ˈnɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

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Pronoun

nós m pl or f pl by sense

1. first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we

   Synonyms: (informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros

   Nós estamos aqui.

   We are here.

   • 2008, Tom Azevedo, Me sinto propenso a perdoar os mortos, Clube de Autores, page 49:

     Nós devíamos baixar a cabeça, baixar o topete. E fazer honestamente o nosso trabalho. Parar de invejar o sucesso do outro, de viver sempre tentando dar uma rasteira no nosso colega.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us

   Os pássaros voaram até nós.

   The birds flew towards us.

3. (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) first-person plural objective personal pronoun; us

   Ele derrubou nós!

   He knocked us down!

Usage notes

When the clause features a verb in its first-person plural form, the nominative pronoun nós may be dropped.

The following contraction is usually mandatory in standard usage, but optional when mesmos (“ourselves”) is used for emphasis:

• com (“with”) + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. They might also use nós with third-person singular verbs. Such usages are highly proscribed but common.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with com	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		mim	comigo	—
	second		tu	te		ti	contigo	você o senhor m a senhora f
	third	m	ele	o (lo, no)	lhe	ele	com ele	o mesmo
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	com ela	a mesma
plural	first		nós	nos		nós	connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)	a gente
	second		vós	vos		vós	convosco com vós	vocês os senhores m as senhoras f
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lhes	eles	com eles	os mesmos
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	com elas	as mesmas
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	o mesmo etc. (reflexive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

Noun

nós m

1. plural of nó

Upper Sorbian

Picture dictionary

nós

nop

mozy

woko

huba

nós

huba

broda

čelesno

wucho

templ

tył

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nȍsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs
• Hyphenation: nós
• Syllabification: nós

Noun

nós m inan

1. (anatomy) nose (protruding part of the face, located above the mouth, where the anterior part of the nasal cavities is located, and which constitutes the organ of smell)

Declension

Declension of nós (masculine hard hissing stem quant-alt)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	nós	nosaj	nosy
genitive	nosa	nosow	nosow
dative	nosej	nosomaj	nosam
accusative	nós	nosaj	nosy
instrumental	nosom	nosomaj	nosami
locative	nosu	nosomaj	nosach
vocative	noso	nosaj	nosy

References

• “nós” in Soblex