# oscar
## Translingual
### Noun

oscar
* Alternative letter-case form of Oscar of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

## English
### Etymology 1

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#### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɑs.kɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɒs.kə/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

#### Noun

oscar (plural oscars)
* A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
    Synonyms: marble cichlid, velvet cichlid

#### Further reading

* Oscar (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

oscar
* (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

### Anagrams

* ASROC, ROSCA, orcas, Carso, Rasco, sarco-, ocras, AOCRs, Arcos, Rocas, sacro-, Coras

## Catalan
### Etymology

From osca +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [usˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [osˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [osˈkaɾ]

### Verb

oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to nick, to dent (a blade)
    S'osca el coltell més dur si és mal usat.The hardest knife will become nicked if it's ill used.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | oscar | oscar | oscar | oscar | oscar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | oscant | oscant | oscant | oscant | oscant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | oscat | oscat | oscada | oscada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | oscats | oscats | oscades | oscades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | osco | osques | osca | osquem | osqueu | osquen |
| indicative | imperfect | oscava | oscaves | oscava | oscàvem | oscàveu | oscaven |
| indicative | future | oscaré | oscaràs | oscarà | oscarem | oscareu | oscaran |
| indicative | preterite | osquí | oscares | oscà | oscàrem | oscàreu | oscaren |
| indicative | conditional | oscaria | oscaries | oscaria | oscaríem | oscaríeu | oscarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | osqui | osquis | osqui | osquem | osqueu | osquin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | osqués | osquessis | osqués | osquéssim | osquéssiu | osquessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | osca | osqui | osquem | osqueu | osquin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no osquis | no osqui | no osquem | no osqueu | no osquin |

#### Derived terms

* oscadís

### Further reading

* “oscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈɔsˠkəɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈʌsˠkəɾˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).

#### Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
* (literary) warrior, hero

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (“leap, bound”).

#### Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
* leap, bound; agility
* (swimming) stroke

##### Alternative forms

* ascar

### Declension

First declension

### References

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