name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/fɒs/
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rhymes with -ɒs
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General-American: /fɑs/
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General-American: /fɔs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɒs/
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CMU ARPABET: F AA1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town in Washita County, Oklahoma.
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A minor river in North Yorkshire, England, that joins the Ouse in York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of Free and Open Source Software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative spelling of fosse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 7
A waterfall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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History
Etymology
Meaning "fox". From Old Saxon fohs, fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force (“waterfall”).