ounce
English
/aʊns/
noun
Definitions
- An avoirdupois ounce, weighing of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
- A troy ounce, weighing of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
- A US fluid ounce, with a volume of of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
- A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
- A little bit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ounce derived from Middle French once derived from Latin uncia (twelfth part, ounce, one-twelfth part, 1 12 part, inch, a twelth, a twelfth part).
Origin
Latin
uncia
Gloss
twelfth part, ounce, one-twelfth part, 1 12 part, inch, a twelth, a twelfth part
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ouncer English
- unce English
- uncial English
- deunx Latin
- quincunx Latin
- septunx Latin
- sescuncia Latin
- teruncius Latin
- uncia Latin
- oncia Italian
- onderonsje Dutch, Flemish
- ons Dutch, Flemish
- once French
- ouguiya French
- onza Spanish, Castilian
- οὐγγία Ancient Greek
- オンス Japanese
- ynce Old English
- ynċe Old English
- ounce Middle English
- unsa Irish
- أونصة Arabic
- once Old French
- unca Serbo-Croatian
- únsa Icelandic
- ons Middle Dutch
- ungae Old Irish
- ons Afrikaans
- onche Norman
- once Middle French
- 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 安士 Chinese
- 盎司 Chinese
- aunsi Swahili
- once Friulian