PS

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

PS

  1. (metrology) Symbol for petasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 1015 siemens.

Etymology 2

Symbol

PS

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Palestine since 1999.
    Synonym: PSE (alpha-3)

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

PS

  1. (linguistics) Initialism of a number of proto-languages' names:
    1. Proto-Slavic.
    2. Proto-Semitic.
    3. Proto-Salish, Proto-Salishan.
    4. Proto-Sahaptian.
  2. (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
  3. (software) Initialism of Photoshop.
  4. (computing, file format) PostScript, a page description language.
Derived terms
PlayStation

Noun

PS (countable and uncountable, plural PSes or PSs)

  1. Initialism of postal service.
    Coordinate terms: PO, post, mail
    USPS ― United States Postal Service
  2. (education) Initialism of public school.
  3. (government) Initialism of public service(s).
  4. (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
  5. (nautical) Initialism of paddle steamer.
    Coordinate terms: SS, TS
  6. Initialism of power supply.
    Coordinate terms: PU, PM, PA
  7. (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
  8. (organic chemistry) polystyrene
    Hyponyms: EPS, XPS
  9. (sports) Initialism of parallel slalom.
    Coordinate terms: S, GS, PGS, SG, PSG
  10. Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript. (initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote)
    Alternative forms: P.S., p.s., ps.
    PS I love you.
Antonyms
Derived terms
polystyrene
power supply
postscript/post scriptum
  • (polystyrene): ♸
Translations

Adjective

PS (not comparable)

  1. (telecommunications) Abbreviation of packet-switched.

See also

Etymology 2

From German PS (“Pferdestärke”).

Noun

PS (uncountable)

  1. metric horsepower

References

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From English photoshop.

Pronunciation

Verb

PS

  1. to photoshop

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

PS

  1. Initialism of post scriptum.

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

PS m

  1. Initialism of Parti Socialiste, a socialist political party active in France, Belgium and Switzerland

German

Pronunciation

Noun

PS

  1. Abbreviation of Pferdestärke (“horsepower”)
  2. Abbreviation of Postskriptum (“post scriptum”)
  3. (education) Abbreviation of Proseminar (“proseminar”)
  4. (economy) Abbreviation of Personenstunde (“man-hour”)
    Coordinate term: PT (“man-day”)
  5. (insurance) Abbreviation of Personenschaden (“personal injury”)
    Coordinate term: SS (“property damage”)
  6. (psychology) Abbreviation of Persönlichkeitsstörung (“personality disorder”)

Italian

Proper noun

PS ?

  1. Abbreviation of Pesaro (Italian town in Marche)

Noun

PS

  1. Initialism of pubblica sicurezza (“public security”).

Japanese

Etymology

From German Pferdestärke.

Symbol

PS(ピーエス) • (pīesu) 

  1. horsepower

Synonyms

Latin

Alternative forms

Noun

PS

  1. (literature) Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript.
  2. (Late Latin, money) Abbreviation of pustulatum, pusulatum.

Coordinate terms

  • OB (pure gold)

Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Syllabification: P‧S

Phrase

PS

  1. post scriptum

Further reading

  • PS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • PS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

Phrase

PS

  1. post scriptum
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