-ose

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/

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Suffix

-ose

1. full of

   comatose (full of sleep)

Synonyms

• (full of): -ful

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “full of”): -less

Derived terms

• adenose
• adipose
• annulose
• ariose
• bracteose
• callose
• caseose
• comatose
• cormose
• cystose
• dactylose
• epicosity
• esquamulose
• favose
• feldspathose
• foliolose
• glumose
• gneissose
• granulose
• greenschistose
• gummose
• gyrose
• hamose
• lacunose
• lacunulose
• leprose
• lichenose
• mammose
• minutiose
• naevose
• neurose
• nodulose
• plumose
• plumulose
• prionose
• quartzose
• racemulose
• radiculose
• schistose
• scyphose
• squamulose
• strigose
• thallose
• trappose
• tremellose
• venulose
• verbose
• verrucose
• viscose
• zygose

Etymology 2

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Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der.

French glucose

English glucosebf.

English -ose

Back-formation from glucose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /-əʊs/, /-əʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /-oʊs/, /-oʊz/

Suffix

-ose

2. (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
3. (biochemistry) Used to indicate a product of protein breakdown.

Derived terms

• aldohexose
• aldopentose
• aldose
• allose
• altrose
• arabinose
• biose
• cellobiose, cellose
• cellulose
• deoxyribose
• dextrose
• dulcose
• erythrose
• erythrulose
• fructose
• galactose
• garantose
• gulose
• heptose
• hexose
• idose
• ketose
• lactose
• laevulose, levulose
• lyxose
• maltose
• mannose
• pectose
• pentose
• psicose
• pyranose
• ribose
• ribulose
• saccharose
• sedoheptulose
• sorbose
• sucrose
• tagatose
• talose
• tetrose
• threose
• triose
• xylose
• xylulose

Translations

suffix used to form the names of sugars

• Catalan: -osa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -糖 (-táng)

• Danish: -ose c
• Dutch: -ose (nl)
• French: -ose (fr) m
• Galician: -osa (gl)
• Hungarian: -óz
• Irish: -ós m
• Italian: -osio m
• Polish: -oza (pl) f
• Portuguese: -ose (pt) f
• Spanish: -osa f

References

• “-ose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

See also

• (having a considerable amount of): -some

Anagrams

• Eos, Seo, soe, Soe, oes, SOE, OES, OES., ESO, SEO, E&Os, OEs

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈoːsə]

Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose

1. -osis

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

1. -ose

Declension

Declension of -ose

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-ose	-osen	-oser	-oserne
genitive	-oses	-osens	-osers	-osernes

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ose

artrose

cyanose

fruktose

laktose

neurose

psykose

tuberkulose

References

• “-ose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Suffix

-ose

1. (chemistry) -ose (suffix used for sugars)
2. (pathology) -osis (suffix used for diseases)

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ose

avitaminose

fructose

lactose

maltose

sacharose

shigellose

sucrose

vaginose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (pathology) -osis, a functional disease or condition

   ‎fluor (“fluorine”) + ‎-ose → ‎fluorose (“fluorosis”)

   ‎acide (“acid”) + ‎-ose → ‎acidose (“acidosis”)

Derived terms

Category French terms suffixed with -ose (condition) not found

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -ōsus; doublet of the inherited -eux.

Suffix

-ose m (more commonly) or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)

   ‎Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + ‎-ose → ‎fructose m (“fructose”) (surface etymology)

   ‎Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ‎-ose → ‎glucose m (“glucose”)

   ‎Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-, “milk”) + ‎-ose → ‎galactose m or (archaic) f (“galactose”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ose (saccharide)

cellulose

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-oːzə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Suffix

-ose f (genitive -ose, plural -osen)

1. -osis

Declension

Declension of -ose [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	-ose	die	-osen
genitive	einer	der	-ose	der	-osen
dative	einer	der	-ose	den	-osen
accusative	eine	die	-ose	die	-osen

Etymology 2

Via French, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-ose

1. -ose

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ose

Borreliose

Hypovitaminose

Laktose

Mitose

Phagozytose

Further reading

• “-ose”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Italian

Suffix

-ose

1. feminine plural of -oso

Latin

Suffix

-ōse

1. vocative masculine singular of -ōsus

Middle English

Suffix

-ose

1. alternative form of -ous

Ojibwe

Final

-ose

1. walk

Derived terms

• animose (“walk away”)
• babaamose (“walk about, stroll”)
• bimose (“walk (along)”)
• giiwose (“hunt”)

See also

• -a’amii (“step”)
• -aazhagaame (“go along a shoreline or edge”)
• -shin (“fall, lie, contact, tread, hit”)

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/ose-final

Ottawa

Final

-ose (animate intransitive)

1. walk

References

• Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 374

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.zɨ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

Portuguese -ose

Internationalism. Learned borrowing from Latin -ōsis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”).

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (pathology) Forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
2. (biology, chemistry) Forms the names of actions and processes; -osis

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ose (disease)

actinomicose

adenomatose

adenomiomatose

adenose

aftose

cinetose

clorose

endometriose

esquistossomose

histiocitose

ictiose

metempsicose

micose

osteoporose

parasitose

pneumoconiose

poliose

virose

Etymology 2

Internationalism. Back-formation from glicose or glucose.

Suffix

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

1. (chemistry) Forms the names of sugars; -ose

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ose (sugar)

glicose

glucose

lactose

maltose

poliose

sacarose

xilose

Further reading

• “-ose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-ose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026