pus

Translingual

Symbol

pus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Pashto.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

pus

Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs, IPA^(key): /pʌs/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌs

Noun

pus (uncountable)

1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

   Pus was seeping out of the wound.

Derived terms

• pus-gutted
• pussy, pusy
• puss (alternative spelling)

Related terms

• purulent

Translations

Verb

pus (third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)

1. (rare) To emit pus.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

Anagrams

• 'sup, PSU, SUP, Sup., UPS, UPs, USP, psu, sup, sup., ups

Albanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin puteum. Compare Romanian puț, Italian pozzo.

Noun

pus m (plural puse, definite pusi, definite plural puset)

1. well (source of water)

Declension

Synonyms

• ubël

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch poes.

Noun

pus

1. cat

   Synonym: tusa

   Lebe bai beta kasi makang pus dar mau kas makang orang pamalas.

   I would rather give food to the cat than to give food to the lazy.

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs (early 19th century), meaning the same.

Noun

pus m (uncountable)

1. pus

Related terms

• purulent

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan pus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”). Compare Occitan pus, French plus.

Adverb

pus

1. (archaic) more
2. (Mallorca) more (in negative sentences)

   no en vull pus

   I don't want (any) more of it

Usage notes

• Found in expressions like despús-ahir o despús-demà

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Catalan pus, from Latin post.

Conjunction

pus

1. after

References

Further reading

• “pus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

pus

1. genitive plural of pusa

Anagrams

• sup

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʏs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

Noun

pus n or m (uncountable)

1. pus (whitish-yellow bodily substance)

   Synonym: etter

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: pus

Finnish

Etymology

See pusu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpus/,
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification^(key): pus

Interjection

pus (informal)

1. mwah, smooch

See also

• pus kii

Further reading

• “pus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: pu, pue, pues, puent, put, pût

Etymology 1

Borrowed into Middle French from Latin pus, meaning the same.

Noun

pus m (plural pus)

1. pus

Related terms

• purulent

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of pouvoir

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

pus m pl

1. (extremely rare) masculine plural of pu

Further reading

• “pus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pus f (invariable)

1. pus

   Synonyms: materia, apostema

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese pos, pus, from Latin post.

Alternative forms

• pos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Preposition

pus

1. (archaic) after, behind

Etymology 3

Verb

pus

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of pôr

References

• “pus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pus” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pus” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bus (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠʊsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠʌsˠ/

Noun

pus m (genitive singular puis, nominative plural pusa or pusanna)

1. (protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout
2. snout

   Synonyms: cab, glomhar, gulba, smaois, smuilc, smúrlach, smut, soc, srubh

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

• pusach (“pouting, in a huff; whimpering, ready to cry”, adjective)
• pusaire m, pusaí m, pusaíoch m (“sulky person; blubberer, whimperer”)
• puslach m (“muzzle”)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: pùs

Noun

pus m (invariable)

1. pus, matter

Related terms

Further reading

• pus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• sup

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *puos, from Proto-Indo-European *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os, from *puH-.

Cognate with Sanskrit पुवस् (púvas), Ancient Greek πύον (púon), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”), English foul.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pus/,

Noun

pūs n (genitive pūris); third declension

1. pus
2. foul, corrupt matter

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “pus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous) astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    

Lushootseed

Noun

pus

1. Southern Lushootseed form of ʔəpus.

Miskito

Noun

pus

1. cat

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French plus, from Latin.

Adverb

pus

1. (Jersey) more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)

Noun

pus m (plural pus)

1. (Jersey, mathematics) plus sign

Etymology 2

Verb

pus

1. first-person singular preterite of pouver

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʉːs/

Noun

pus m (definite singular pusen, indefinite plural pusar, definite plural pusane)

1. (informal) cat

   Synonyms: katt, kattepus, pusekatt

References

• “pus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• pu (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan plus, from Latin plus.

Adverb

pus

1. more
   • 19^th Century, Joseph Roumanille, Poésies diverses recueillies par Joseph Roumanille:

     Mai iéu siéu pus urous qu'un rèi !

     But I am happier than a king!

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

pus

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pus

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Noun

pus m (plural puses)

1. pus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pus

1. plural of pu

Etymology 3

Latin posuī

Verb

pus

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of pôr
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 234:

     Não pus nada no suco!

     I didn't put anything in the juice!

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of pune. Probably formed on the basis of the simple perfect, puse, or from a hypothetical earlier form *post, from Latin postus, syncopated form of positus (compare also adăpost, where this was preserved).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

Participle

pus

1. past participle of pune

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Noun

pus m or (also in some parts of Latin America) f (plural puses)

1. pus

Further reading

• “pus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bus (“steam”). Cognate with Tuvan бус (bus, “steam”), Bashkir боҫ (boś, “steam”), Chuvash пӑс (păs, “steam”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

pus (definite accusative pusu, plural puslar)

1. haze

Declension

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /pʰus/

Noun

pus

1. steam bath

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin plūs, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/

Adverb

pus

1. more