nós

• ñós

From Latin nōs.

nós

1. we

• nosotros

From Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnos/

nós

1. (archaic) we
2. we (majestic)

• (we, non-majestic): nosaltres

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

nós (accusative nos, dative nos)

1. we, us

   Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

nós

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoːsˠ/, /n̪ˠuːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɔːsˠ/

From Old Irish nós (“custom, tradition, precedent”), from a Brythonic language (compare Welsh naws (“nature, disposition”)).

nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)

1. custom
2. manner, style

From Old Irish nós m (“fame, renown, reputation”).

nós m (genitive singular nóis)

1. (literary) fame, renown

• "nós" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 nós (‘custom’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 nós (‘fame, renown’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

nós

1. we (the first-person plural pronoun)

From Latin nōs.

• IPA^(key): /nos/

nós

1. we

• Spanish: nosotros

From Old Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”), from Proto-Italic *nōs.

• nos (obsolete)
• nòs (obsolete)
• nóis (eye dialect, Brazil)

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)s/, /ˈnɔ(j)ʃ/
• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

nós

1. first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we

   Nós estamos aqui.

   We are here.

2. first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us

   Os pássaros voaram até nós.

   The birds flew towards us.

When the clause features a verb in its first-person plural form, the nominative pronoun nós may be dropped.

The following contraction is usually mandatory in standard usage, but optional when mesmos (“ourselves”) is used for emphasis:

• com (“with”) + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)

In Brazil, this pronoun is sometimes used with third-person singular verbs. Such usage is highly proscribed.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nós.

• a gente (more informal), nós outros (obsolete)

Inflected form of nó (“knot”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
• Homophone: noz
• Hyphenation: nós

nós m

1. plural of nó.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nó.

From Proto-Slavic *nosъ, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

nós

1. nose