l'os
masculine
/ɔs/
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Translation
bone
Word origin
From Latin os, ossis ('bone'). The same root gives English 'osseous' and 'ossify'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- os
- English cognates
- osseous, ossify
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralosirregular
Examples
.
The dog hid a bone in the garden.
' cassé .
He broke a bone in his arm when he fell.
' .
This meat has too many bones for my taste.
'aux .
The cold chills me to the bone.
l' cassé .
The doctor looked at the broken bone on the X-ray.
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