English Explanatory Dictionary

los

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of loss.
noun
  1. Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).
noun
  1. Initialism of level of service.
  2. Initialism of line of sight.
  3. Initialism of loss of signal.
  4. Initialism of Law of the Sea.
  5. Initialism of line of supply.
  6. Initialism of large offspring syndrome.
  7. Initialism of lipooligosaccharide.
name
  1. Initialism of loan origination system, a software application or ASP solution for originating loans.
  2. Initialism of Land of Smiles (a nickname for Thailand).
noun
  1. plural of LO

Pronunciation

/lɒs/ /lɑs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-los.wav

Word forms

los loses losse LOSs L.O.S. L. O. S.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.

Synonyms

lynx
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