ost

See also: ōṣṭ, Ost, OST, ôt, öst, øst, osť, -ost, and -osť

Translingual

Symbol

ost

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Osatu terms

English

Noun

ost (plural osts)

1. Obsolete form of oast.

References

• “ost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• sto, OTs, ToS, TOs, Tso, OTS, sot, SOT, ots, TOS, TSO

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish oost, Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *jūstaz, *justaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈost/, [ˈɔ̝sd̥], [ˈɔ̽st]

Noun

ost c (singular definite osten, plural indefinite oste)

1. cheese

Inflection

Declension of ost

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ost	osten	oste	ostene
genitive	osts	ostens	ostes	ostenes

Derived terms

• ostehaps
• ostekniv

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German ōst (“east”), from Proto-Germanic *austrą. Cognate of Danish øster, Danish øst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoˀsd̥]

Adverb

ost

1. (obsolete) east

Noun

ost

1. (obsolete) east

Synonyms

• øst

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoˀsd̥]

Verb

ost

1. past participle of ose

Estonian

Noun

ost (genitive ostu, partitive ostu)

1. purchase

Declension

Declension of ost (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ost	ostud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ostu
genitive			ostude
partitive		ostu	oste ostusid
illative		ostu ostusse	ostudesse ostesse
inessive		ostus	ostudes ostes
elative		ostust	ostudest ostest
allative		ostule	ostudele ostele
adessive		ostul	ostudel ostel
ablative		ostult	ostudelt ostelt
translative		ostuks	ostudeks osteks
terminative		ostuni	ostudeni
essive		ostuna	ostudena
abessive		ostuta	ostudeta
comitative		ostuga	ostudega

Further reading

• “ost”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ost”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• ost in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Homophone: ást

Noun

ost

1. accusative singular of ostur

French

Etymology

From Middle French ost, from Old French ost, host, from Latin hostis. An archaic or literary term referring to an army from the Middle Ages, taken from Middle French (i.e. no longer reflecting a popularly inherited form). The modern pronunciation is based on the spelling, differing from the original one, which was /o/. Has survived as an inherited form in the dialects of the Picardy and Maine regions as o (“herd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔst/

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Noun

ost m (plural osts)

1. (archaic, literary) host, army

Related terms

• hostile

Further reading

• “ost”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Icelandic

Noun

ost

1. indefinite accusative singular of ostur