nós

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñós

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nós

1. we

Synonyms

• nosotros

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nós

1. superseded spelling of nos (“we (specifically the "royal we", used by a sovereign in the singular)”), deprecated in the 2016 orthographic reform by the Institute of Catalan Studies

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.

Galician

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)

1. we, us

   Synonyms: nosoutros, nosoutras

   A min non se me dá nada , al fin nós fixemos ben.

   I don't care, in the end we did well.

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 vosoutrasf	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	—

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nós

1. plural of nó

References

• “nós”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “nós”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “nós”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nós”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nós”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nós

1. 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: