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-os

-os suffix: used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah. Also the plural of -o.

Suffix

-os

  1. Used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah.
    Synonyms:
    -as, -ahs, -ot, -oth

Also used as

-os is also the plural of -o.

Synonyms of -os

Origin of -os

From the traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ־וֹת (“-ót”), and its descendant, Yiddish ־ות (-es).

Words formed from -os

Questions about -os

What does -os mean?
-os means used to form plurals of some Hebrew and Yiddish loanwords, usually ending in -a or -ah.
What part of speech is -os?
-os is a suffix.

Words near -os in the dictionary

  1. -orphan
  2. -orphine
  3. -orphone
  4. -ors
  5. -ory
  6. -os
  7. -os-
  8. -ose
  9. -oses
  10. -osin
  11. -osis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -os (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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