ounce
/aʊns/ · noun
Meaning
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
- A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- Any small amount, a little bit.
- A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
- Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
- Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
- *óynos(ine-pro)→
- uncia(Latin)→
- once(frm)→
- ounce(Middle English)→
- ounce (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der
Related words
ounce(Middle English)once(frm)uncia(Latin)*óynos(ine-pro)onça(Catalan)安士(Chinese)盎司(Chinese)onza(Galician)オンス(Japanese)អោនស៍(Khmer)ounce(Norwegian Bokmål)ounce(Norwegian Nynorsk)onça(Portuguese)unca(Serbo-Croatian)унца(Serbo-Croatian)onza(Spanish)aunsi(Swahili)aunehe(Tokelauan)i-awunsi(Xhosa)i-awunsi(Zulu)
Descendant words
- onça(Catalan) (cog)
- 安士(Chinese) (bor)
- 盎司(Chinese) (bor)
- onza(Galician) (cog)
- オンス(Japanese) (bor)
- オンス(Japanese) (cog)
- អោនស៍(Khmer) (bor)
- ounce(Norwegian Bokmål) (bor)
- ounce(Norwegian Nynorsk) (bor)
- onça(Portuguese) (der)
- onça(Portuguese) (cog)
- unca(Serbo-Croatian) (bor)
- унца(Serbo-Croatian) (bor)
- onza(Spanish) (cog)
- aunsi(Swahili) (bor)
- aunehe(Tokelauan) (bor)
- i-awunsi(Xhosa) (bor)
- i-awunsi(Zulu) (bor)
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