oscar

See also: Oscar, OSCAR, Óscar, and Òscar

Translingual

Noun

oscar

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oscar of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑs.kɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒs.kə/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

oscar (plural oscars)

1. A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

   Synonyms: marble cichlid, velvet cichlid

Further reading

• Oscar (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

oscar

1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Anagrams

• ASROC, ROSCA, orcas, Carso, Rasco, sarco-, ocras, AOCRs, Arcos, Rocas, sacro-, Coras

Catalan

Etymology

From osca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [usˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [osˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [osˈkaɾ]

Verb

oscar (first-person singular present osco, first-person singular preterite osquí, past participle oscat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to nick, to dent (a blade)

   S'osca el coltell més dur si és mal usat.

   The hardest knife will become nicked if it's ill used.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of oscar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			oscar
gerund			oscant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		oscat		oscada
		plural		oscats		oscades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	osco	osques	osca	osquem	osqueu	osquen
	imperfect	oscava	oscaves	oscava	oscàvem	oscàveu	oscaven
	future	oscaré	oscaràs	oscarà	oscarem	oscareu	oscaran
	preterite	osquí	oscares	oscà	oscàrem	oscàreu	oscaren
	conditional	oscaria	oscaries	oscaria	oscaríem	oscaríeu	oscarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	osqui	osquis	osqui	osquem	osqueu	osquin
	imperfect	osqués	osquessis	osqués	osquéssim	osquéssiu	osquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	osca	osqui	osquem	osqueu	osquin
	negative (no)	—	no osquis	no osqui	no osquem	no osqueu	no osquin

Derived terms

• oscadís

Further reading

• “oscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔsˠkəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌsˠkəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

1. (literary) warrior, hero

Etymology 2

From Old Irish oscor, oscar m (“leap, bound”).

Noun

oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)

1. leap, bound; agility
2. (swimming) stroke

Alternative forms

• ascar

Declension

Declension of oscar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oscar oscair vocative a oscair a oscara genitive oscair oscar dative oscar oscair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oscar na hoscair genitive an oscair na n-oscar dative leis an oscar don oscar leis na hoscair

Mutation

Mutated forms of oscar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oscar	n-oscar	hoscar	t-oscar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oscar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 oscar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oscor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language