An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
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Ounce
//aʊns//
Synonyms for "ounce" (120 found)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
80 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ons noun (28.3495 g)
Arabic
4 entries- أونسة noun (28.3495 g)
- أونصة noun (28.3495 g)
- أَوْنْس noun (28.3495 g)
- أُوقِيَّة noun (28.3495 g)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܘܢܩܝܐ noun (28.3495 g)
Armenian
2 entries- ունկի noun (28.3495 g)
- ունցիա noun (28.3495 g)
Bengali
1 entries- আউন্স noun (28.3495 g)
Bulgarian
1 entries- унция noun (28.3495 g)
Catalan
1 entries- unça noun (28.3495 g)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 安士 noun (28.3495 g)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 盎司 noun (28.3495 g)
Czech
1 entries- unce noun (28.3495 g)
Esperanto
1 entries- unco noun (28.3495 g)
Faroese
1 entries- unsa noun (28.3495 g)
Finnish
1 entries- unssi noun (28.3495 g)
French
2 entries- once noun (28.3495 g)
- once noun (large wild feline)
Friulian
1 entries- once noun (28.3495 g)
Galician
1 entries- onza noun (28.3495 g)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ወቄት noun (28.3495 g)
German
1 entries- Unze noun (28.3495 g)
Greek
1 entries- ουγγιά noun (28.3495 g)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוּנְקִיָה noun (28.3495 g)
Hindi
1 entries- औंस noun (28.3495 g)
Hungarian
1 entries- uncia noun (28.3495 g)
Icelandic
1 entries- únsa noun (28.3495 g)
Indonesian
1 entries- ons noun (28.3495 g)
Irish
2 entries- uinge noun (28.3495 g)
- unsa noun (28.3495 g)
Italian
1 entries- oncia noun (28.3495 g)
Japanese
1 entries- オンス noun (28.3495 g)
Khmer
1 entries- អោនស៍ noun (28.3495 g)
Korean
1 entries- 온스 noun (28.3495 g)
Latin
1 entries- uncia noun (28.3495 g)
Latvian
1 entries- unce noun (28.3495 g)
Lithuanian
1 entries- uncija noun (28.3495 g)
Malay
1 entries- auns noun (28.3495 g)
Maltese
1 entries- uqija noun (28.3495 g)
Middle English
1 entries- ounce noun (28.3495 g)
Mongolian
1 entries- унци noun (28.3495 g)
Māori
1 entries- aunihi noun (28.3495 g)
Norman
1 entries- onche noun (28.3495 g)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- ons noun (28.3495 g)
- weqî noun (28.3495 g)
Occitan
1 entries- onça noun (28.3495 g)
Old Irish
1 entries- ungae noun (28.3495 g)
Polish
4 entries- irbis noun (large wild feline)
- irbis śnieżny noun (large wild feline)
- pantera śnieżna noun (large wild feline)
- uncja noun (28.3495 g)
Portuguese
1 entries- onça noun (28.3495 g)
Romanian
1 entries- uncie noun (28.3495 g)
Romansch
4 entries- onza noun (28.3495 g)
- untscha noun (28.3495 g)
- unza noun (28.3495 g)
- uonscha noun (28.3495 g)
Russian
1 entries- у́нция noun (28.3495 g)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- unnsa noun (28.3495 g)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȗnca noun (28.3495 g)
- у̑нца noun (28.3495 g)
Sicilian
2 entries- oncia noun (28.3495 g)
- uncia noun (28.3495 g)
Slovak
1 entries- unca noun (28.3495 g)
Spanish
2 entries- onza noun (28.3495 g)
- onza noun (large wild feline)
Swahili
1 entries- wakia noun (28.3495 g)
Swedish
1 entries- uns noun (28.3495 g)
Tagalog
1 entries- onsa noun (28.3495 g)
Thai
1 entries- ออนซ์ noun (28.3495 g)
Turkish
1 entries- ons noun (28.3495 g)
Uzbek
1 entries- untsiya noun (28.3495 g)
Venetan
4 entries- onsa noun (28.3495 g)
- onza noun (28.3495 g)
- onzha noun (28.3495 g)
- onça noun (28.3495 g)
Welsh
1 entries- owns noun (28.3495 g)
Zulu
1 entries- iawunsi noun (28.3495 g)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Source: tatoeba (324722)
It took Tom every ounce of courage he had to admit to Mary that he had once been part of a terrorist group.
Source: tatoeba (1096163)
An ounce of wit that is bought is worse a pound that is taught.
Source: tatoeba (2176041)
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