# hos
## English
### Noun

hos
* plural of ho
** 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times‎:talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.

### Anagrams

* OHS, OHs, Osh, SHO, Sho, Soh, ohs, osh, sho, sho', soh

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Old Cornish *hoet, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (hence Breton houad and Welsh hwyad), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /hɔs/, [hɔz]

### Noun

hos m (plural heyji)
* duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

#### Derived terms

* heyjik (“duckling”)
* hos loos (“gadwall”)
* kulyek hos (“drake”)
* poll heyji (“duck pond”)

## Danish
### Etymology

Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”). Displaced Old Norse hjá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hɔs]

### Preposition

hos
* at X's abode
    Vi var på besøg hos Ahmad.
       We visited Ahmad in his abode.
    Jeg sov hos en veninde.
       I slept at a friend's place.
* in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings
** 1877, Fredrik Petersen, Dr. Søren Kierkegaards Christendomsforkyndelse, page 544:Maalet er hos Kierkegaard som hos Hegel et selvbevidst Liv, der af begge kaldes Aand, ...The goal, according to Kierkegaard is, as according to Hegel, a self-conscious life, which both of them call spirit/spirituality, ...
** 2001, Sundhedsplejerske-institutionens dannelse: en kulturteoretisk og kulturhistorisk analyse af velfaerdsstatens embedsvaerk, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 132:Muligheden for at vælge forkert er hos Hegel til stede.The possibility of choosing wrong is present in the view that Hegel expresses.
** 2015, Svend Brinkmann, Identitet, Klim, →ISBN:Etik er derfor hos Foucault noget andet end moral, der er det filosofiske studium af gode, rigtige handlinger.In Foucault's writings, ethics is therefore different from morality, which is the philosophical study of good, right actions.

### References

* “hos” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “hos” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hos
* inflection of hossen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Irish
### Noun

hos m
* h-prothesized form of os

## Latin
### Pronoun

hōs
* accusative masculine plural of hic

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz.

#### Alternative forms

* hose, hoos, hoose, hoce, hase, haase, hayse, hors, horse, hoorse

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔːs/, /hɔːrs/
* (Northern) IPA: /hɑːs/, /hɑːrs/

#### Adjective

hos (plural and weak singular hose)
* Hoarse; harsh-sounding.
* (rare) Unclear-sounding; hard to detect.

##### Related terms

* hosely
* hosnesse

##### Descendants

* English: hoarse
* Scots: hairse, hairsh, haise

##### References

* “hōs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

#### Noun

hos (uncountable)
* (rare) The state of being hoarse or an example of it.

##### References

* “hōs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

hos
* (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-West Germanic *hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). Cognate with German Hase, English hare.

### Noun

hos m
* hare

### References

* “hos” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʊsː/

### Preposition

hos
* at, by, with

### References

* “hos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Developed from hus; cognate with Danish hos, Swedish hos. Partially displaced inherited hjå from Old Norse hjá.

### Preposition

hos
* at, by, with

#### Synonyms

* hjå

### References

* “hos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Cornish
### Etymology

from Old English hosan.

### Noun

hos
* hose (historical garment)
** c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 9 verso:
    Ocrea⹎ hos.Leggings. — hose.

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hansu. Cognate with Old High German hansa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoːs/, [hoːs]

#### Noun

hōs f
* escort; company; troop

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoːs/, [hoːs]

#### Noun

hōs f
* bramble
* thorn

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

### Etymology 3

Unknown.

#### Alternative forms

* hoss, hōs

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xos/, [hos]

#### Noun

hos m
* sprout, shoot, tendril
* bramble

##### Declension
###### a-stem

Strong a-stem:

###### u-stem

Strong u-stem:

## Sundanese
### Verb

hos (Sundanese script ᮠᮧᮞ᮪)
* (inchoative) to draw one's last breath
    Hos baé manéhna paéh kena pélorHe instantly died, struck by a bullet.

### Further reading

* "HOS", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʊs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊs

#### Preposition

hos
* at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
    Jag är hos djävulen.I am at the devil's place; I am in hell.
    Johan är hos sig.Johan is at his own place.
* with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)
    Stanna hos mig!Stay with me!

##### Derived terms

* hemma hos

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːs/
* Rhymes: -uːs

#### Noun

hos
* indefinite genitive singular of ho

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English horse.

### Noun

hos
* horse