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los.

loose

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/lɔs/
  1. loose

    De losse kleding zat comfortabel.
    Zorg ervoor dat de schroeven goed vastzitten en niet los zijn.
  2. separate, individual

    Dit product is niet bestemd voor losse verkoop.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *lus (a-stem), from Proto-Germanic *lusaz, related to *lausaz. Cognate with Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Luxembourgish lass, lues. Related with Dutch loos, the cognate of German los, lose, English loose.

noun/lɔs/
  1. synonym of lynx

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, to shine”) or from a substrate language. Doublet of lynx. Cognate with Old Saxon lohs, Old High German luhs, Old English lox, from a similar Germanic form also Swedish lodjur. Cognates outside Germanic include Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Lithuanian lūšis, Old Church Slavonic рꙑсь (rysĭ), Old Irish lug, Old Armenian լուսանունք (lusanunkʻ).

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