ounce
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Inflected forms:
form: ounces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
pos: noun
gloss: A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
pos: noun
gloss: A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
pos: noun
gloss: A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
pos: noun
gloss: Any small amount, a little bit.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
Synonyms: oz.
fl. oz.
Derived words: 12-ounce curls
an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure
an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
bounce to the ounce
fine ounce
metric-ounce
metric ounce
ounceland
twelve-ounce curls
with every ounce of one's being
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: ons
lang: Arabic
word: أُوقِيَّة
roman: ʔūqiyya
lang: Arabic
word: وِقِيَّة
roman: wiqiyya
lang: Arabic
word: أَوْنْس
roman: ʔawns
lang: Arabic
word: أونصة
roman: ʔunṣa
lang: Arabic
word: أونسة
roman: ʔunsa
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܘܢܩܝܐ
roman: ʾūnqīyā
lang: Armenian
word: ունցիա
roman: uncʻia
lang: Armenian
word: ունկի
roman: unki
lang: Bengali
word: আউন্স
roman: aunśo
lang: Bulgarian
word: унция
roman: uncija
lang: Catalan
word: unça
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 安士
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 盎司
roman: àngsī
lang: Czech
word: unce
lang: Esperanto
word: unco
lang: Faroese
word: unsa
lang: Finnish
word: unssi
lang: French
word: once
lang: Friulian
word: once
lang: Galician
word: onza
lang: Ge'ez
word: ወቄት
roman: wäḳet
lang: German
word: Unze
lang: Greek
word: ουγγιά
roman: oungiá
lang: Hebrew
word: אוּנְקִיָה
roman: unqiyá
lang: Hindi
word: औंस
roman: a͠us
lang: Hungarian
word: uncia
lang: Icelandic
word: únsa
lang: Indonesian
word: ons
lang: Irish
word: unsa
lang: Irish
word: uinge
lang: Old Irish
word: ungae
lang: Italian
word: oncia
lang: Japanese
word: オンス
roman: onsu
lang: Khmer
word: អោនស៍
roman: ʼaon
lang: Korean
word: 온스
roman: onseu
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: weqî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ons
lang: Latin
word: uncia
lang: Latvian
word: unce
lang: Lithuanian
word: uncija
lang: Malay
word: auns
lang: Maltese
word: uqija
lang: Māori
word: aunihi
lang: Middle English
word: ounce
lang: Mongolian
word: унци
roman: unci
lang: Norman
word: onche
lang: Occitan
word: onça
lang: Polish
word: uncja
lang: Portuguese
word: onça
lang: Romanian
word: uncie
lang: Romansh
word: onza
lang: Romansh
word: untscha
lang: Romansh
word: unza
lang: Romansh
word: uonscha
lang: Russian
word: у́нция
roman: úncija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: unnsa
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̑нца
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȗnca
lang: Sicilian
word: oncia
lang: Sicilian
word: uncia
lang: Slovak
word: unca
lang: Slovene
word: unča
lang: Spanish
word: onza
lang: Swahili
word: wakia
lang: Swedish
word: uns
lang: Tagalog
word: onsa
lang: Thai
word: ออนซ์
roman: ɔɔn
lang: Turkish
word: ons
lang: Uzbek
word: untsiya
lang: Venetan
word: onsa
lang: Venetan
word: onza
lang: Venetan
word: onzha
lang: Venetan
word: onça
lang: Welsh
word: owns
lang: Zulu
word: iawunsi