ús

Borrowed from Latin ūsus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈus]

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• Homophone: us

ús m (plural usos)

1. use

• usar

• “ús”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin ūsus, compare ūsūra (“interest”) and ūsūria (“usury”).

• IPA^(key): /uːsˠ/

ús m (genitive singular úis)

1. (commerce) interest

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ús”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ús”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ús”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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• IPA^(key): /ús/

ús

1. which (clitic interrogative particle used to form question words)

• Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 577

• IPA^(key): /ys/

From Old Frisian ūser, ūse.

ús

1. our (first-person plural possessive determiner)
2. my (when referring to family members)

From Old Frisian ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.

ús

1. object of wy