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== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Ono with s as a placeholder. === Symbol === ons (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ono. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ono terms == English == === Verb === ons (Singapore, Malaysia, transitive, colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of on === Anagrams === -son, SON, Nos, NSO, son, NOS, Nos., nos., nos, Son, Nºˢ == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s] === Etymology 1 === From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. ==== Pronoun ==== ons we (subject) us (object) ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Dutch ons, inflected onze, from Middle Dutch onse, from Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. ==== Alternative forms ==== onse (archaic) ==== Determiner ==== ons our ==== See also ==== === Etymology 3 === From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia. ==== Noun ==== ons ounce (unit of measurement) == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === ons (plural ons dem, quantified ons) ounce == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔns/, (Netherlands) [õs] Rhymes: -ɔns === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. ==== Pronoun ==== ons us; first-person plural objective personal pronoun Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood. ― Give us today our daily bread. ourselves; first-person plural reflexive pronoun ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: ons Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns Negerhollands: ons, oṅ Skepi Creole Dutch: ons === Etymology 2 === From Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. ==== Determiner ==== ons (dependent possessive, inflected form onze, independent possessive onze) our; first-person plural possessive determiner Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood. ― Give us this day our daily bread ===== Usage notes ===== Ons is the only possessive determiner in contemporary Dutch that inflects for gender and number. It becomes onze before masculines, feminines and all plurals. As an independent possessive pronoun it becomes de/het onze as well, but this in line with the general rules (cf. mijne, jouwe etc.). ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once. ==== Noun ==== ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n) metric ounce (100 grams) ===== Usage notes ===== Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used. ===== Synonyms ===== hectogram ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: ons → Caribbean Javanese: os → Japanese: オンス → Papiamentu: òns === References === == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === on (nonstandard, colloquial) === Etymology === From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once. === Noun === ons (plural ons-ons) metric ounce (100 grams) === References === === Further reading === “ons”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle Dutch == === Pronoun === ons accusative/dative of wi ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: onsAfrikaans: onsBerbice Creole Dutch: ensiJersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈nsNegerhollands: ons, oṅSkepi Creole Dutch: ons Limburgish: ós Zealandic: oôns == Middle English == === Adverb === ons alternative form of ones == Plautdietsch == === Pronoun === ons (personal) oblique of wie; us (possessive) our == Samogitian == === Alternative forms === uns === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ). === Pronoun === ons (feminine counterpart ana) third-person masculine singular pronoun: he === References === “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė‎[1] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 21: “Ons — jis” == Swedish == === Noun === ons indefinite genitive plural of o === Anagrams === -son, nos, sno, son == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French once. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈons/ Hyphenation: ons === Noun === ons (definite accusative onsu, plural onslar) ounce === Further reading === “ons”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ons”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ons”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ons”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3547 == Volapük == === Pronoun === ons (nominative plural of on) they (neuter or of mixed or unspecified gender)