l'
/ɔs/
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
Examples
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The dog hid a bone in the garden.
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He broke a bone in his arm when he fell.
Cette ' .
This meat has too many bones for my taste.
'aux .
The cold chills me to the bone.
l' .
The doctor looked at the broken bone on the X-ray.
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