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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)
- (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
- I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
- (slang) Clipping of HIV positive.
- Clipping of possessive.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
pos
- plural of po
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
pos
- plural of po
Verb
pos
- second-person singular present indicative of poñer
Verb
pos
- second-person singular present indicative of pór
German
Pronunciation
Verb
pos
- singular imperative of posen
Iban
Etymology
Borrowed from English post.
Pronunciation
Noun
pos
- mail
- post, station
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).
Pronunciation
Preposition
pos
- after
Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.- We had a few beers after the game.
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.
Pronunciation
Noun
pos (plural pos-pos, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)
- mail
- post, station
- (colloquial) meeting place
- (accounting) budget
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.
Pronunciation
Noun
pos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos, informal 1st possessive posku, 2nd possessive posmu, 3rd possessive posnya)
- mail
- Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel
- post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Verb
pos
- Obsolete spelling of pôs
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpos/
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: pos
Conjunction
pos
- (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues
Preposition
pos
- (archaic) after, behind
Noun
pos m (uncountable)
- Only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)
Further reading
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.
Noun
pos m animal
- dog
Further reading
Volapük
Preposition
pos
- after, behind
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *-boᴮ (“thorn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pos
- thorn
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 233.
- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.