FromMiddle Englishounce,unce, fromMiddle Frenchonce, fromLatinuncia(“Roman ounce,varioussimilarunits”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*óynos(“one”).Doublet ofa,one,inch,uncia,onça,onza,oka,ouguiya, andawqiyyah.
ounce (pluralounces)
- Anavoirdupois ounce, weighing1⁄16 of anavoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125grams.
- Atroy ounce, weighing1⁄12 of atroy pound, or 480grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
- A USfluid ounce, with a volume of1⁄16 of a USpint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
- A British imperialfluid ounce, with a volume of1⁄20 of animperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
- (figurative) Anysmallamount,a little bit.
He didn't feel even anounce of regret for his actions.
28.3495 g
- Albanian:ons f
- Arabic:أُوقِيَّة f(ʔūqiyya),وِقِيَّة f(wiqiyya),أَوْنْس m(ʔawns),أونصة f(ʔunṣa),أونسة f(ʔunsa)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac:ܐܘܢܩܝܐ f(ʾūnqīyā)
- Armenian:ունցիա (hy)(uncʻia),ունկի (hy)(unki)
- Bengali:আউন্স (bn)(aunśo)
- Bulgarian:унция f(uncija)
- Catalan:unça (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:安士(on1 si6-2)
- Mandarin:盎司 (zh)(àngsī)
- Czech:unce (cs) f
- Esperanto:unco (eo)
- Faroese:unsa f
- Finnish:unssi (fi)
- French:once (fr) f
- Friulian:once f
- Galician:onza f
- Ge'ez:ወቄት(wäḳet)
- German:Unze (de) f
- Greek:ουγγιά (el) f(oungiá)
- Hebrew:אוּנְקִיָה (he) f(unqiyá)
- Hindi:औंस (hi)(a͠us)
- Hungarian:uncia (hu)
- Icelandic:únsa (is) f
- Indonesian:ons (id)
- Irish:unsa m,uinge f(literary)
- Old Irish:ungae f
- Italian:oncia (it) f
- Japanese:オンス (ja)(onsu)
- Khmer:អោនស៍(ʼaon)
- Korean:온스(onseu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:weqî (ku) f,ons (ku) f
- Latin:uncia f
- Latvian:unce f
- Lithuanian:uncija f
- Malay:auns
- Maltese:uqija f
- Maori:aunihi
- Middle English:ounce
- Mongolian:унци(unci)
- Norman:onche f
- Occitan:onça (oc) f
- Polish:uncja (pl) f
- Portuguese:onça (pt) f
- Romanian:uncie (ro) f
- Romansch:onza f,untscha,unza,uonscha
- Russian:у́нция (ru) f(úncija)
- Scottish Gaelic:unnsa m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:у̑нца f
- Roman:ȗnca (sh) f
- Sicilian:oncia f,uncia
- Slovak:unca (sk) f
- Spanish:onza (es) f
- Swahili:wakia
- Swedish:uns (sv)
- Tagalog:onsa
- Thai:ออนซ์
- Turkish:ons (tr)
- Uzbek:untsiya
- Venetan:onsa f,onza,onzha,onça
- Welsh:owns (cy) f
- Zulu:iawunsi class5
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FromMiddle Frenchonce, fromOld Frenchlonce(“lynx”), by false division (thel was thought to be the article), fromItalianlonza, ultimately fromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx,“lynx”).Doublet ofonza andlynx.
ounce (pluralounces)
- (archaic) A large wildfeline, such as alynx orcougar.[from 14th c.]
1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, inNew Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, forIohn Bellamie, […],→OCLC, 1st part,page23:TheOunce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man;[…]
1801,Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, inThalaba the Destroyer, volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]orT[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […],→OCLC:Halloa! another prey,
The nimble Antelope!
Theounce is freed; one spring,
And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
And his teeth are red in her gore.
- Synonym ofsnow leopard,Panthera uncia.[from 18th c.]
- (cryptozoology)Synonym ofonza, aparticularlyaggressivecougar orjaguarundi inMexicanfolklore.
1911, James George Frazer,The Golden Bough, volume 8, page235:Theounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.
FromMiddle Frenchonce, fromOld Frenchonce,unce, fromLatinuncia.Doublet ofynche.
- IPA(key): /ˈuːns(ə)/,/ˈuns(ə)/
ounce (pluralounces orounce)
- Anounce(unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of apound)
- (rare) Ashekel(ancient measure of weight)
- (rare) Aminuscule orinsignificant amount or quantity.
a.1394,Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, inThe Canterbury Tales[1], archived fromthe original on22 February 2019, lines677–678:By ounces henge his lokkes that he hadde / And therwith he his shuldres overspradde- Byvery little hung the locks that he had; / He draped them over his shoulders
- (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuringtime.
- (rare) A three-inch unit for measuringlength.
FromEnglishounce.Doublet ofinch andunse.
ounce m (definite singularouncen,indefinite pluralouncer,definite pluralouncene)
- anavoirdupois ounce
- Synonym:unse
FromEnglishounce.Doublet ofinch andunse.
ounce m (definite singularouncen,indefinite pluralouncar,definite pluralouncane)
- anavoirdupois ounce
- Synonym:unse
snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons