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osseous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɒsi.əs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

composed of or containing bone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • osseous tissue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: osteal, bony

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin osseus (“bony, (attributive) bone”), from os (“bone”) + -eus.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَظْمِيّ (ʕaẓmiyy) — relating to bone
  • Belarusian: касцявы́ (kascjavý) — relating to bone
  • Belarusian: касцяны́ (kascjaný) — relating to bone
  • Bulgarian: ко́стен (kósten) — relating to bone
  • Catalan: ossi — relating to bone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨的 (gǔ de) — relating to bone
  • Czech: kostní — relating to bone
  • Dutch: been- — relating to bone
  • Dutch: benig — relating to bone
  • Dutch: knokig — relating to bone
  • Finnish: luu- — relating to bone
  • Finnish: luinen — relating to bone
  • French: osseux — relating to bone
  • German: knöchern — relating to bone
  • German: Knochen- — relating to bone
  • Ido: ostala — relating to bone
  • Italian: osseo — relating to bone
  • Kazakh: сүйектік (süiektık) — relating to bone
  • Latin: osseus — relating to bone
  • Macedonian: коскен (kosken) — relating to bone
  • Persian: استخوانی (ostoxâni) — relating to bone
  • Polish: kostny — relating to bone
  • Portuguese: ósseo — relating to bone
  • Romanian: osos — relating to bone
  • Russian: ко́стный (kóstnyj) — relating to bone
  • Russian: костяно́й (kostjanój) — relating to bone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀штан — relating to bone
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòštan — relating to bone
  • Slovak: kostný — relating to bone
  • Slovene: kosten — relating to bone
  • Spanish: óseo — relating to bone
  • Ukrainian: кісткови́й (kistkovýj) — relating to bone
  • Ukrainian: кістяни́й (kistjanýj) — relating to bone