nós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Alternative forms

ñós

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nós

we

Synonyms

nosotros

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nós

Pre-2016 spelling of nos (“we (specifically the "royal we", used by a sovereign in the singular)”).

Usage notes

The spelling nós was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/ [ˈnɔs̺]
Rhymes: -ɔs
Homophone: (seseo) noz

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

nós (accusative nos, dative nos)

we, us
Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nós

plural of nó

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nós

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:

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/^[1]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuːsˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠõːsˠ/^[2]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis, nominative plural nósanna)

custom
manner, style

Declension

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Declension of nós (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	nós	nósanna
vocative	a nóis	a nósanna
genitive	nóis	nósanna
dative	nós	nósanna

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an nós	na nósanna
genitive	an nóis	na nósanna
dative	leis an nós don nós	leis na nósanna

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Etymology 2

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

Noun

nós m (genitive singular nóis)

(literary) fame, renown

Declension

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Declension of nós (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	nós
vocative	a nóis
genitive	nóis
dative	nós

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an nós
genitive	an nóis
dative	leis an nós don nós

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References

[1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
[2]
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

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Pronoun

nós

we (the first-person plural pronoun)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

nos (obsolete)
nòs (obsolete)
nóis (pronunciation spelling, Brazil)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)s/ [ˈnɔ(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ(j)ʃ/ [ˈnɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

Homophone: noz
Hyphenation: nós
Audio (São Paulo): (file)

Pronoun

nós m pl or f pl by sense

first-person plural nominative personal pronoun: we
Synonyms: (informal) a gente, (obsolete) nós outros

Nós estamos aqui.
We are here.
first-person plural prepositional pronoun: us
Os pássaros voaram até nós.
The birds flew towards us.
(Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) first-person plural objective personal pronoun; us
Ele derrubou nós!
He knocked us down!

Usage notes

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)

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. They might also use nós with third-person singular verbs. Such usages are highly proscribed but common.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nós.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of nó (“knot”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔʃ/

Homophone: noz
Hyphenation: nós

Noun

nós m

plural of nó

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nó.

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nȍsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnʊs/
Rhymes: -ʊs
Hyphenation: nós
Syllabification: nós

Noun

nós m inan

(anatomy) nose (protruding part of the face, located above the mouth, where the anterior part of the nasal cavities is located, and which constitutes the organ of smell)

Declension

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	singular	dual	plural
nominative	nós	nosaj	nosy
genitive	nosa	nosow	nosow
dative	nosej	nosomaj	nosam
accusative	nós	nosaj	nosy
instrumental	nosom	nosomaj	nosami
locative	nosu	nosomaj	nosach
vocative	noso	nosaj	nosy

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Declension of nós (masculine hard hissing stem quant-alt)

References

“nós” in Soblex

[1] [1]
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68

[2] [2]
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 17

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Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
Number	Person	m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
	Third	ele	ela	se			si		consigo		o mesmo	a mesma
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
	Third	eles	elas	se			si		consigo		os mesmos	as mesmas
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

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