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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)

  1. (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
    I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
  2. (slang) Clipping of HIV positive.
  3. Clipping of possessive.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

pos

  1. plural of po

Verb

pos

  1. second-person singular present indicative of poñer

Verb

pos

  1. second-person singular present indicative of pór

German

Pronunciation

Verb

pos

  1. singular imperative of posen

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

Noun

pos

  1. mail
  2. 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

  1. after
    Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.
    We had a few beers after the game.

Derived terms

  • posa (after)
  • pose (then, afterwards)
  • depos (since, afterward)
    • depose (since, from that time)
  • pos-

Indonesian

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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)

  1. mail
  2. post, station
  3. (colloquial) meeting place
  4. (accounting) budget

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

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Wikipedia ms

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)

  1. mail
    Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel
  2. post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

pos

  1. 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

  1. (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues

Preposition

pos

  1. (archaic) after, behind

Noun

pos m (uncountable)

  1. Only used in en pos de (in pursuit of)

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun

pos m animal

  1. dog

Further reading

  • pos” in Soblex

Volapük

Preposition

pos

  1. after, behind

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *-boᴮ (thorn).

Pronunciation

Noun

pos

  1. 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)
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.