Kilo Lingo

l'

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.

' .

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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This word is part of lesson 27.