English - Etymology 1

From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n-sme- (“us”). Cognate with West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: ŭs, IPA^(key): /ʌs/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /əs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs

Pronoun

us

1. (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
2. (colloquial) me

   Give us a look at your paper.

   Give us your wallet!

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Translations

See also

• we
• our
• ours

Determiner

us

1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.

   It's not good enough for us teachers.

See also

• we

English - Etymology 2

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

Symbol

us

1. Alternative spelling of µs

English - Etymology 3

u +‎ -s.

Noun

us

1. plural form of u

Usage notes

• There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states at page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states at paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual at page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

English - Anagrams

• SU, Su

Catalan - Pronoun

us (proclitic and contracted enclitic, enclitic vos)

1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)
2. Contraction of vos.

Declension

French - Etymology

From Old French us, from Latin usus.

French - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ys

French - Noun

us m pl

1. (plural only) mores; traditional practices or manners

Usage notes

Only used in Modern French as us et coutumes (mores and customs).

French - Anagrams

• su

French - External Links

• “us” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Gothic - Romanization

us

1. Romanization of

Old English - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s, *nes. Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Low German os, ons), Dutch ons, Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːs/

Old English - Pronoun

ūs (personal pronoun)

1. us: accusative or dative plural form of iċ

Old French - Etymology

From Latin usus.

Old French - Noun

us m (oblique plural us, nominative singular us, nominative plural us)

1. tradition or custom

Old Frisian - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Old Frisian - Pronoun

ūs

1. Accusative and dative form of wī

Declension

Descendants

• West Frisian: ús

Turkish - Noun

us (definite accusative usa, plural uslar)

1. Synonym of akıl.

Derived terms

• usa vurma metodu

Tz'utujil - Noun

us

1. fly (insect)

Volapük - Adverb

us

1. there

West Frisian - Pronoun

us

1. alternative form of ús

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