los

See also: Appendix:Variations of "los"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Loniu with s as a placeholder.

Symbol

los

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Loniu.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Loniu terms

English

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒs/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /lɑs/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɒs
    • Homophone: loss
    • Hyphenation: los

    Noun

    los (plural loses)

    1. (obsolete) A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
      Synonym: lynx
      The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.
      • 1592, Thomas Thomasius, Thomae Thomasii Dictionarium tertio ... emendatum ... et longe auctius ... redditum.:
        A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-.

      Noun

      los (plural loses)

      1. Obsolete form of loss.
        • 1673, [Joseph Hill], The Interest Of theſe United Provinces. Being a Defence of the Zeelanders Choice [], Middelburg: Printed by Thomas Berry, page [75]:
          If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.

      Etymology 3

        Noun

        los (uncountable)

        1. Alternative form of loos (praise; fame; reputation).

        Anagrams

        Achang

        Etymology

        From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ləʔ (to come).

        Pronunciation

        • (Myanmar) /lɔ˧˩/
        • (Lianghe) [lɑʔ⁵⁵]
        • (Luxi) [la³¹]
        • (Xiandao) [lɔ⁵⁵]

        Verb

        los

        1. to come

        Further reading

        • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[3], Payap University, page 74

        Afrikaans

        Etymology

        Inherited from Dutch lossen. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

        Pronunciation

        • Hyphenation: los

        Verb

        los (present los, present participle losende, past participle gelos)

        1. to leave, abandon

        Adjective

        los (attributive lose, comparative loser, superlative losste)

        1. loose

        Ambonese Malay

        Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from Dutch los (loose), from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz.

        Adjective

        los

        1. loose

        References

        • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[4], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

        Aragonese

        Etymology

        Derived from Latin illos (those ones).

        Pronoun

        los

        1. them (masculine direct object)

        Synonyms

        Asturian

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.

        Article

        los m pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, feminine plural les)

        1. (definite) the

        Catalan

        Pronunciation

        Etymology 1

        Inherited from Latin illōs; cf. els.

        Pronoun

        los (enclitic, contracted 'ls, proclitic els)

        1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
          perdoneu-losforgive them
          doneu-los una monedagive them a coin
        2. them (feminine, indirect object only)
          digueu-los la veritattell them the truth
        Usage notes
        • -los is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩.
        Declension
        Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
        strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
        proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
        singular 1st
        person
        standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
        majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
        2nd
        person
        standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
        formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
        very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
        3rd
        person
        m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
        f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
        n ho -ho li -li seu
        plural
        1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
        2nd
        person
        standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
        formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
        3rd
        person
        m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
        f elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
        3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
        adverbial ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
        locative hi -hi

        1 Behaves grammatically as plural.   2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
        3 Only as object of a preposition.   4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

        Etymology 2

        Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.

        Article

        los m pl

        1. masculine plural of lo

        Czech

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ˈlos]
        • Rhymes: -os
        • Hyphenation: los

        Etymology 1

        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȏlsь.[1][2] Cognate with English elk, German Elch.

        Noun

        los m anim

        1. elk (British), moose (U.S.)
        Declension

        Etymology 2

        Borrowed from German Los,[3][4] from Middle High German lōz, from Old High German hlōz, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaut, from Proto-Germanic *hlautaz, ablaut variant of *hlutą.

        Noun

        los m inan

        1. lottery ticket
        Declension

        References

        1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “los¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
        2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “los 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
        3. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “los²”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
        4. ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “los 2°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

        Further reading

        Danish

        Etymology 1

        From Dutch los. Related to native løs.

        Adjective

        los

        1. loose

        Etymology 2

        Derived from Middle Low German los, from Old Saxon lohs, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs.

        Noun

        los c (singular definite lossen, plural indefinite losser)

        1. lynx
        Inflection
        Declension of los
        common
        gender
        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative los lossen losser losserne
        genitive los' lossens lossers lossernes

        Etymology 3

        Deverbal from losse, itself from Low German lossen, from Middle Low German lossen, from the adjective los (loose) and thus related to Etymology 1 above.

        Noun

        los n (singular definite losset, plural indefinite los)

        1. to unload something
        2. kick
        Inflection
        Declension of los
        neuter
        gender
        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative los losset los lossene
        genitive los' lossets los' lossenes

        Dutch

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /lɔs/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -ɔs
        • Hyphenation: los

        Etymology 1

        Inherited from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz, related to *lausaz.

        Cognate with Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Luxembourgish lass, lues. Related with Dutch loos, the cognate of German los, lose, English loose.

        Adjective

        los (comparative losser, superlative meest los or lost)

        1. loose
          De losse kleding zat comfortabel.The loose clothing was comfortable.
          Zorg ervoor dat de schroeven goed vastzitten en niet los zijn.Make sure the screws are tightly fastened and not loose.
        2. separate, individual
          Dit product is niet bestemd voor losse verkoop.This product is not intended to be sold individually.
        Declension
        Declension of los
        uninflected los
        inflected losse
        comparative losser
        positive comparative superlative
        predicative/adverbial los losser het lost
        het loste
        indefinite m./f. sing. losse lossere loste
        n. sing. los losser loste
        plural losse lossere loste
        definite losse lossere loste
        partitive los lossers
        Derived terms
        Descendants
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: losi
        • Ambonese Malay: los
        • Manado Malay: los
        • Papiamentu: lòs, los

        Etymology 2

        Inherited from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-Germanic *luhsuz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (light, to shine) or from a substrate language.[1] Doublet of lynx.

        Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old English lox, from a similar Germanic form also Swedish lodjur. Cognates outside Germanic include Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Lithuanian lūšis, Old Church Slavonic рꙑсь (rysĭ), Old Irish lug, Old Armenian լուսանունք (lusanunkʻ).

        Noun

        los m (plural lossen, diminutive losje n)

        1. (dated) synonym of lynx
        Alternative forms
        Derived terms
        • pardellos

        Etymology 3

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

        los

        1. inflection of lossen:
          1. first-person singular present indicative
          2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
          3. imperative

        References

        1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “lynx”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

        Anagrams

        Franco-Provençal

        Etymology 1

        Inherited from Latin illōs.

        Alternative forms

        Determiner

        los m pl

        1. masculine plural of lo (the)

        Pronoun

        los m pl (ORB, broad)

        1. them (third-person plural masculine accusative)
        See also
        Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
        nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
        singular 1st person jo min
        2nd person te tin
        3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
        feminine el la lyé
        neuter o y
        reflexive
        plural 1st person nos noutro
        2nd person vos voutro
        3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
        feminine els les lor / lyés
        reflexive

        1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

        References

        • les in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
        • los in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

        Etymology 2

          Noun

          los (Old Dauphinois)

          1. alternative form of lèc (lake)

          References

          French

          Etymology

          Inherited from Old French los, from Latin laus, probably via the nominative singular form.[1]

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          los m (invariable)

          1. (obsolete) praise; acclaim
            Synonym: (modern) louange

          References

          1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “laus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 211

          Galician

          Etymology

          From a mutation of os.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈlos/ [ˈlʊs̺]
          • Rhymes: -os
          • Hyphenation: los

          Pronoun

          los m (accusative)

          1. alternative form of os (them, masculine plural)

          See also

          Galician personal pronouns
          number person nominative
          (subject)
          accusative
          (direct object)
          dative
          (indirect object)
          prepositional prepositional
          with con
          non-declining
          singular first eu me min comigo
          second ti te che ti contigo vostede
          third m el o (lo, no) lle el con el
          f ela a (la, na) ela con ela
          plural first nós
          nosoutros m
          nosoutras f
          nos nós connosco
          second vós
          vosoutros m
          vosoutras f
          vos vós convosco vostedes
          third m eles os (los, nos) lles eles con eles
          f elas as (las, nas) elas con elas
          reflexive third /
          indefinite
          se si consigo

          German

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /loːs/ (standard)
          • IPA(key): /lɔs/ (regionally; chiefly as interjection or when meaning “going on”)
          • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

          Etymology 1

          Inherited from Middle High German and Old High German lōs. Compare English loose.

          Adjective

          los (strong nominative masculine singular loser, comparative loser, superlative am losesten)

          1. (colloquial or dated) alternative form of lose (loose)

          Adverb

          los (only used in combination with a verb)

          1. rid of, free of
            Ich bin meine Erkältung los.I've gotten rid of my cold.
          2. off, out, used to indicate leaving motion.
            Morgen fahren wir los.Tomorrow we head out.
            Ich muss los.I have to go.
          3. going on
            Hier ist einiges los.There's a lot going on here.
            Was ist los?What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong?
          4. (colloquial, regional, Westphalia, Lower Saxony) open
            Die Tür stand los.The door stood open.

          Interjection

          los

          1. come on!, let's go!
            Los! An die Arbeit!Come on! Let's get to work!
          2. (motor racing) Go!
          Derived terms
          • gelosen

          Etymology 2

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

          los

          1. singular imperative of losen

          Indonesian

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          Shortening from losmen (hostel).

          Noun

          los (plural los-los)

          1. hostel
          2. longhouse

          Etymology 2

          Borrowed from Dutch loods (pilot).

          Noun

          los (plural los-los)

          1. (navigation) pilot boat

          Etymology 3

          Borrowed from Dutch los (loose).

          Adjective

          los (comparative lebih los, superlative paling los)

          1. (colloquial) loose, free
            Synonyms: lepas, bebas

          Further reading

          Interlingua

          Pronoun

          los

          1. (accusative, dative) them, those

          Ladino

          Etymology

          Inherited from Old Spanish los (the; them), from Latin illōs accusative plural masculine of ille.

          Pronunciation

          • Audio (Paris):(file)

          Article

          los m pl (Hebrew spelling לוס, singular el, feminine las)

          1. masculine plural of el (the) [ca. 1510[1]]
            • 1991, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Djoha ke dize? Kuentos populares djudeo‐espanyoles[5], כנה:
              En los kuentos djidiós Djohá es el furbo ke embrolia el no‐Djidió, komo en los kuentos árabos el Djohá árabo aparese komo el ke riushe a “azersela” al Djidió¹¹.
              In the Jewish accounts Djohá is the cunning one who confuses the gentile, as in the Arab accounts Djohá seems like he succeeds at ‘becoming’ the Jew.

          Pronoun

          los (Hebrew spelling לוס)[2]

          1. accusative of eyos; them [ca. 1510[1]]
            • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur[6], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 12:
              Tu sos envestido i envelupado de giustidad, a ti solo apartiene la sopirioridad
              Si no ai en nozotros ovras ⁴) boenas, acodrate de noestros padres i de sus santedad.
              Siempre los tengas en tu memoria i apiada a tu comunidad
              You are dressed and enveloped with justice, only to you does superiority belong; were good deeds absent from us, remind yourself of our fathers and their holiness. You always have them in memory; rescue your people.

          References

          1. 1.0 1.1 Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019), “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 46–51
          2. ^ los”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

          Low German

          Etymology

          Inherited from Middle Low German and Old Saxon lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *laus, cognate with Dutch los and English loose.

          Pronunciation

          • Rhymes: -ɔs

          Adjective

          los

          1. (Dutch Low Saxon) open
          2. loose, unbound

          Manado Malay

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Dutch los (loose), from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz.

          Verb

          los

          1. to let go, to let loose

          References

          • Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

          Mauritian Creole

          Etymology

          Derived from French loche (dialectal).

          Noun

          los

          1. slug

          References

          • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987). Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

          Middle Dutch

          Etymology

          Inherited from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *laus (loose, free).

          Adjective

          los

          1. loose, free
          2. free, not encumbered
          3. having lost, robbed

          Inflection

          Adjective
          singular plural
          masculine feminine neuter
          nominative indefinite los losse los losse
          definite losse losse
          accusative indefinite lossen losse los losse
          definite losse
          genitive indefinite los losser los losser
          definite los, lossen los, lossen
          dative lossen losser lossen lossen

          Descendants

          • Dutch: los
          • Limburgish: lósj

          Further reading

          • los”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
          • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “los (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

          Middle English

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          Inherited from Old English los.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /lɔs/, /lɔːs/

          Noun

          los (uncountable)

          1. loss

          Descendants

          References

          Middle Scots

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          Inherited from Middle English losse, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with English los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.

          Noun

          los

          1. lynx

          References

          Norwegian Bokmål

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Low German lots (short form of lotsman); compare with German Lotse.

          Noun

          los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural loser, definite plural losene)

          1. (nautical) a pilot (person who guides ships in and out of a harbour)

          References

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Etymology 1

          Noun

          los m (definite singular losen, indefinite plural losar, definite plural losane)

          1. alternative spelling of lós

          Etymology 2

          Pronunciation

          • Homophones: lòs, lås

          Noun

          los n (definite singular loset, indefinite plural los, definite plural losa)

          1. alternative spelling of lòs

          Occitan

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.

          Pronunciation

          Article

          los (singular lo, feminine la, feminine plural las)

          1. the; masculine plural definite article

          Old Dutch

          Etymology

          From Proto-West Germanic *laus, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

          Adjective

          lōs

          1. deceitful, malicious, false
          2. empty, deserted
          3. loose, unstable

          Inflection

          Derived terms

          Descendants

          References

          • lōs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

          Old English

          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-Germanic *lusą (loss), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (to cut loose; sever; lose). Cognate with Old Norse los (looseness; breaking up).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /los/
          • Rhymes: -os
          • Hyphenation: los

          Noun

          los n (nominative plural los)

          1. loss
          2. destruction

          Declension

          Strong a-stem:

          singular plural
          nominative los los
          accusative los los
          genitive loses losa
          dative lose losum

          Derived terms

          Descendants

          Old French

          Etymology

          See the verb loer (to laud).

          Noun

          los oblique singularm (oblique plural los, nominative singular los, nominative plural los)

          1. glory; positive reputation

          Descendants

          Old High German

          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *laus, see also Old English lēas, Old Norse lauss.

          Adjective

          lōs

          1. loose

          Old Polish

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Old High German hlōz. First attested in the 14th century.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲɔs/
            • IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲɔs/

            Noun

            los m inan (related adjective losowy)

            1. (attested in Lesser Poland) lot (thing used for determining chances)
              • 1930 [c. 1455], “Num”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)transliteration, transcription, 33, 54:
                Wyøczsim daycze szirsze a mnyeysim wøssze, wszitkim iakos los przipadnye (ut sors ceciderit)
                [Więcszym dajcie szyrsze a mniejszym węższe. Wszytkim jakoż los przypadnie (ut sors ceciderit)]
              • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 21, 19, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
                Rozdzelili sobe odzene moie y na odzew moy pusczili loos (super vestem meam miserunt sortem)
                [Rozdzielili sobie odzienie moje i na odziew moj puścili los (super vestem meam miserunt sortem)]
            2. (attested in Lesser Poland) drawing lots (act of determining using lots)
              • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 77, 60, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
                Y wirzuczil od oblicza gich pogani, y losem rozdzelil gim zemø (sorte divisit eis terram)
                [Y wyrzucił od oblicza jich pogany, i losem rozdzielił jim ziemię (sorte divisit eis terram)]

            Descendants

            References

            • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “los”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
            • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “los”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
            • Mańczak, Witold (2017), “los”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
            • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “los”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
            • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “los”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

            Old Spanish

            Etymology

            Inherited from Latin illōs accusative plural masculine of ille.

            Article

            los m pl (singular el, feminine las)

            1. masculine plural of el (the)
              • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 118v:
                Et dixieron los ſabios en el libro de las piedras que la uerde atal uirtut. que quien la engaſtonare en ſortija. la traxiere conſigo. nõ aura la enfermedat a que dizen ydropiſia.
                And in the Book of Stones the wise men claimed that the green stone possesses such virtue that he who mounts it on a ring and has it with him will not suffer from the illness they call dropsy.

            Pronoun

            los

            1. accusative of ellos; them
              • c. 1140 to 1207, anonymous, Poem of the Cid 1263-1266:
                Mando los venir ala corth ⁊ a todos loᷤ iuntar
                Qͣndo los fallo por cuenta fizo los nonbrar
                Tres mill & ſeys çientos auie myo çid el de biuar
                Alegras le el coraçon ⁊ tornos aſonrriſar
                He ordered them to come to the court and to assemble,
                and when he found them there, he had them counted and recorded.
                My Cid of Vivar had 3600 men,
                his heart was pleased, and he began to smile.

            Descendants

            Polish

            Etymology

              Inherited from Old Polish los. Doublet of lotto.

              Pronunciation

               
              • IPA(key): /ˈlɔs/
              • Audio:(file)
              • Rhymes: -ɔs
              • Syllabification: los

              Noun

              los m inan (related adjective losowy)

              1. (uncountable) fate (presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events)
              2. (countable) fate (effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause)
                Synonym: dola
              3. (countable) fate (event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time; destiny)
                Synonym: przeznaczenie
              4. (countable) lot (slip of paper, or less often a die or ball, used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will)
                1. lottery ticket
                2. (Middle Polish) gambling
                  Synonym: hazard
                3. (Middle Polish, figuratively) trick, ploy, ruse (action intended to deceive or swindle)
                  Synonym: sztuczka
              5. (Middle Polish) cut, inheritance, property received by lot
              6. (Middle Polish) person of dialogue

              Declension

              Derived terms

              adjectives
              • zdany na łaskę losu
              adverbs
              • (obsolete) losem
              • na los szczęścia
              nouns
              verbs
              verbs
              • kusić los impf
              • los zadrwił pf, los drwi impf
              • pozostawić własnemu losowi pf, pozostawiać własnemu losowi impf
              • wygrać los na loterii pf, wygrywać los na loterii impf
              • wyzwać los pf, wyzywać los impf
              • zostać na łasce losu pf, zostawać na łasce losu impf
              • zostawić na pastwę losu pf, zostawiać na pastwę losu impf

              Descendants

              Trivia

              According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), los is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 11 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 16 times in essays, 22 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 71 times, making it the 907th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

              References

              1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “los”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 222

              Further reading

              Portuguese

              Pronunciation

               

              Pronoun

              los

              1. alternative form of os (third-person masculine plural objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

              Scottish Gaelic

              Etymology 1

              Inherited from Old Irish los, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lew- (to divide, to split). Cognate with Welsh llost.

              Noun

              los m (genitive singular lois)

              1. purpose, intention
              2. control
              3. (obsolete) tail, end
              Derived terms
              • a los (in order to)
              • air los (for the purpose of; in search of)
              • an los (in the intention of; bent on)
              • d' aon los (intentional)
              • fo los (under the control of)
              • los-leathann (beaver)

              Etymology 2

              Shortening of a los.

              Conjunction

              los

              1. in order to

              Serbo-Croatian

              Etymology

              Borrowed from Russian лось (losʹ), from Proto-Slavic *ȏlsь.[1] First attested in the 19th century.

              Pronunciation

              • IPA(key): /lôs/

              Noun

              lȍs m anim (Cyrillic spelling ло̏с)

              1. moose
              2. elk

              Declension

              Declension of los
              singular plural
              nominative lȍs lȍsovi
              genitive losa lòsōvā
              dative losu losovima
              accusative losa losove
              vocative lose losovi
              locative losu losovima
              instrumental losom losovima

              References

              1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “los”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 565

              Further reading

              • los”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

              Silesian

              Etymology

                Inherited from Old Polish los.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /ˈlɔs/
                • Audio:(file)
                • Rhymes: -ɔs
                • Syllabification: los

                Noun

                los m inan

                1. fate (presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events)
                2. lot (slip of paper used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will)

                Declension

                Declension of los
                singular plural
                nominative los losy
                genitive losu losōw
                dative losowi losōm
                accusative los losy
                instrumental losym losami/losōma
                locative losie losach
                vocative losie losy

                Further reading

                • los in silling.org
                • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “los”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 93

                Slovene

                Etymology

                Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olsь.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /lóːs/

                Noun

                lọ̑s m anim

                1. elk, moose

                Declension

                The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                Masculine anim., hard o-stem
                nom. sing. lós
                gen. sing. lósa
                singular dual plural
                nominative
                (imenovȃlnik)
                lós lósa lósi
                genitive
                (rodȋlnik)
                lósa lósov lósov
                dative
                (dajȃlnik)
                lósu lósoma lósom
                accusative
                (tožȋlnik)
                lósa lósa lóse
                locative
                (mẹ̑stnik)
                lósu lósih lósih
                instrumental
                (orọ̑dnik)
                lósom lósoma lósi

                Further reading

                • los”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

                Spanish

                Etymology

                Inherited from Old Spanish los (the; them), from Latin illōs accusative plural masculine of ille.

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /los/ [los]
                • Audio (Colombia):(file)
                • Rhymes: -os
                • Syllabification: los

                Article

                los m pl (singular el, feminine las)

                1. masculine plural of el (the)
                  ¿Qué hacen los muchachos?
                  What do the boys do?
                  • 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español[7]:
                    Después de eso, dijo, lo pusieron en confinamiento solitario. “Mi cuerpo estuvo ardiendo durante días porque los residuos del gas pimienta seguían en mi cuerpo”.
                    After that, he said, he was put in solitary confinement. "My body was burning for days because the residues of the pepper spray was still in my body".

                Pronoun

                los

                1. accusative of ellos; them
                2. accusative of ustedes (when referring to more than one man); you all (formal or (Latin America) informal)
                3. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
                  los que no hablan
                  those who do not speak

                See also

                Spanish personal pronouns
                Nominative Disjunctive Dative Accusative Comitative
                First-person Singular yo me conmigo
                Plural Masculine1 nosotros nos
                Feminine nosotras
                Second-person Singular Tuteo ti te contigo
                Voseo vos
                Formal2 Masculine1 usted le, se3 lo
                Feminine la
                Plural Familiar4 Masculine1 vosotros os
                Feminine vosotras
                Formal/general2 Masculine1 ustedes les, se3 los
                Feminine las
                Third-person Singular Masculine1 él le, se3 lo
                Feminine ella la
                Neuter ello5 lo
                Plural Masculine1 ellos les, se3 los
                Feminine ellas las
                Reflexive se consigo
                1. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
                2. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
                3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
                4. Used primarily in Spain.
                5. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

                Anagrams

                Swedish

                Noun

                los

                1. indefinite genitive singular of lo

                Anagrams

                White Hmong

                Etymology

                Inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ləwX (to come back).[1]

                Pronunciation

                • IPA(key): /lɒ˩/

                Verb

                los

                1. to come, return (to one's home or to a place where one resides)
                  Synonym: tuaj

                Derived terms

                • los nag (to rain, literally come rain)

                References

                • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary[8], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
                1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010), Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 276.

                Zazaki

                Etymology

                Compare Armenian լոշ (loš).

                Noun

                los (genitive singular losi)

                1. lavash