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English
Pronunciation
Noun
pois
- plural of poi
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin pax.
Noun
pois f (plural pois)
- peace
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
poikki- + -s (s-lative singular), through reduction of the earlier and dialectal form poies, poijes (< *poige-s). The variation in the gradation patterns between *-kk- : *-k- and *-k- : *-g- has not been conclusively explained, but the weaker form is found throughout Northern Finnic; see Proto-Finnic *poikki for more.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois (not comparable)
- (lative) away, off
- Synonym: (informal) menemään
Hän meni pois.- S/he went away.
Ota vaatteet pois.- Take your clothes off.
- (informal, proscribed, static) away
- Synonym: poissa
- (mathematics) minus, take away
- Synonym: miinus
Kuudesta pois neljä on kaksi. / Kuusi pois neljä on kaksi.- Six take away four is two.
- (with an imperative form) just (used to reduce the force of an imperative)
Kysy pois!- Just ask! / Go ahead and ask!
Inflection
Compounds
Related terms
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσος / πίσον (písos / píson).
Pronunciation
Noun
pois m (plural pois)
- pea
- polka dot
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: pwa (“bean”)
Further reading
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *postius (“after”). Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois
- so; then (in that case)
- Queres ir? Pois vai. ― So you want to go? Then go.
Conjunction
pois
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Synonym: porque
- well, well then
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “poys” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “poys” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pois” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pois” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pois” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ingrian
Etymology
Lative of poikki- (“broken”). Akin to Finnish pois.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois
- (of motion) off, away
1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:Sao: miltaiset linnut lentäät talveks pois?- Say: what kind of birds are flying away when winter falls?
Synonyms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 421
Interlingua
Adverb
pois
- afterwards
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pois.
Pronunciation
Noun
pois m (invariable)
- polka dot
References
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.
Adverb
pois
- then (indicating chronological order)
- since
Descendants
Etymology 2
From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
Alternative forms
Noun
pois oblique singular, m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)
- weight
Descendants
Etymology 3
From Latin pīsum.
Alternative forms
Noun
pois m (plural)
- peas (pulses)
Usage notes
The singular pois may not be attested; attestations of "un pois" all seem to refer to other definitions of pois.
Descendants
Etymology 4
See poi
Adverb
pois
- Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois
- then
Descendants
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”). Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi, and Romanian apoi (from ad post).
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois (not comparable)
- so; then (in that case)
Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.- So we can finish it.
- emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.
Conjunction
pois
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Synonym: porque
Gostei do livro, pois foi interessante.- I liked the book, because it was interesting.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.
Derived terms
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