oscar

See also: Oscar, OSCAR, Óscar, and Òscar

Translingual

Noun

oscar

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oscar of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

oscar (plural oscars)

  1. A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
    Synonyms: marble cichlid, velvet cichlid

Further reading

Noun

oscar

  1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From osca + -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to nick, to dent (a blade)
    S'osca el coltell més dur si és mal usat.
    The hardest knife will become nicked if it's ill used.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • oscadís

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish oscar (outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

  1. (literary) warrior, hero

Etymology 2

From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (leap, bound).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

  1. leap, bound; agility
  2. (swimming) stroke
Alternative forms

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
oscar n-oscar hoscar t-oscar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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