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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.
Suffix
-ose
- full of
- comatose (full of sleep)
Synonyms
- (full of): -ful
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “full of”): -less
Derived terms
(excluding the ones listed below)
Etymology 2
Back-formation from glucose.
Suffix
-ose
- (chemistry) Used to form the names of sugars.
- (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
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
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).
Suffix
-ose
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ose
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Suffix
-ose
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).
Suffix
-ose
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin -osus; doublet of the inherited -eux.
Suffix
-ose
- (chemistry) -ose, a saccharide (simple sugar)
Derived terms
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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Via French, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).
Suffix
-ose
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ose
Derived terms
Latin
Suffix
-ōse
Middle English
Suffix
-ose
- alternative form of -ous
Ojibwe
Final
-ose
Derived terms
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)
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 374
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)
- (chiefly biology and chemistry) forms the names of actions and processes; -osis
- (pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis
- (chemistry) forms the names of sugars; -ose
Derived terms
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