-ose
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /-əʊs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /-oʊs/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Suffix
-ose
- full of
- comatose (full of sleep)
Synonyms
- (full of): -ful
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “full of”): -less
Derived terms
- adenose
- adipose
- annulose
- ariose
- bracteose
- callose
- caseose
- comatose
- cormose
- cystose
- dactylose
- epicosity
- esquamulose
- favose
- feldspathose
- foliolose
- glumose
- gneissose
- granulose
- greenschistose
- gummose
- gyrose
- hamose
- lacunose
- lacunulose
- leprose
- lichenose
- mammose
- minutiose
- naevose
- neurose
- nodulose
- plumose
- plumulose
- prionose
- quartzose
- racemulose
- radiculose
- schistose
- scyphose
- squamulose
- strigose
- thallose
- trappose
- tremellose
- venulose
- verbose
- verrucose
- viscose
- zygose
Etymology 2
Back-formation from glucose.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /-əʊs/, /-əʊz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /-oʊs/, /-oʊz/
Suffix
-ose
- (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
- (biochemistry) Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown
Derived terms
- aldohexose
- aldopentose
- aldose
- allose
- altrose
- arabinose
- biose
- 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
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
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-ˈoːsə]
Etymology 1
Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).
Suffix
-ose
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ose
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -ose | -osen | -oser | -oserne |
| genitive | -oses | -osens | -osers | -osernes |
Derived terms
References
- “-ose” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Suffix
-ose
Derived terms
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 f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin -ōsus; doublet of the inherited -eux.
Suffix
-ose m (more commonly) or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)
- (chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)
- Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + -ose → fructose m (“fructose”) (surface etymology)
- Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + -ose → glucose m (“glucose”)
- Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-, “milk”) + -ose → galactose m or (archaic) f (“galactose”)
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).
Suffix
-ose
Declension
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ose
Derived terms
Latin
Suffix
-ōse
- vocative masculine singular of -ōsus
Middle English
Suffix
-ose
- alternative form of -ous
Ojibwe
Final
-ose
Derived terms
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)
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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.zɨ/
Suffix
-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)
- (chiefly biology and chemistry) forms the names of actions and processes; -osis
- (pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
- (chemistry) forms the names of sugars; -ose