loos

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: lo͞oz, IPA(key): /luːz/ Rhymes: -uːz Homophone: lose === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== loos plural of loo === Etymology 2 === From Middle English loos, lōs (“reputation, renown, fame, infamy, rumor, news”), from Old French los, from Latin laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”). Doublet of laud. ==== Noun ==== loos (uncountable) (obsolete) Praise; fame; reputation. ===== Alternative forms ===== lose, los === References === “† lose, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “loos”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === OOLs, Oslo, sloo, solo, sool == Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish loys, from Old Cornish luit, from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos. Cognate with Breton louet, Irish and Scottish Gaelic liath, Manx lheeah, and Welsh llwyd. === Pronunciation === (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [loːz] (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [luːz] === Adjective === loos grey Synonym: glas mouldy ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loːs/ Hyphenation: loos Rhymes: -oːs === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch loos, from Old Dutch *lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *laus, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz. ==== Adjective ==== loos (comparative lozer, superlative meest loos or loost) blank, empty idle amiss, wrong, problematic sly, cunning (obsolete) clever, insightful ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== loosheid ===== See also ===== -loos === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== loos inflection of lozen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === Oslo == Middle English == === Noun === loos loos: praise, fame, reputation == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *lās (attested only in compounds as -lās), from Proto-West Germanic *laus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loːs/ Hyphenation: loos Rhymes: -oːs === Adjective === loos (masculine lozen, feminine, plural or definite loze, comparative lozer, superlative loost) empty loose free, liberated ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “empty”): ful (antonym(s) of “loose”): ääng === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “loos”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN == Tetum == === Adjective === loos straight correct right (-side)