piss

English

Etymology

Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiō, probably of echoic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪs/, SAMPA: /pIs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

piss (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) Urine.

   1611 Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation. — Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1.

   2005 There in a puddle of piss sat Princess Fatima, her dress up over her knees, vomit dripping onto her bodice - Richard Connelly Miller, Tanglefoot

2. (vulgar, slang) Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:urine

Translations

urine

Arabic: شخاخ (ar) (shoxāx) m., بول (ar) (bawl) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 小便 (cmn) (xiǎobiàn) Danish: pis (da) Dutch: pis (nl) Estonian: kusi, piss uriin Finnish: kusi (vulgar), pissa (euphemistic), virtsa (standard) French: pisse (fr) f., (formally) urine (fr) f., (childish) pipi (fr) m. German: Pisse (de) f. Greek: κατουρώ (el) (katouró) Icelandic: hland (is) n. Indonesian: pipis (id) Irish: mún (ga)

Italian: orina f., piscio m. (vulgar), piscia f. (vulgar) Japanese: 小便 (ja) (しょうべん, shōben), (childish) おしっこ (ja) (o-shikko) Korean: 오줌 (ko) (ojum), 소변 (ko) (sobyeon) (小便 (ko)) Kurdish: mîz (ku) Macedonian: мочка (mk) (móčka) f. Northern Sami: gožža, gužža Persian: شاش (fa) (šâš), (children’s speech) جیش (fa) (jiš) Polish: siki (pl) pl. Portuguese: mijo m., xixi (childish) m. Russian: ссаки (ru) (ssáki) f. pl. (vulgar), сцаки (ru) (scáki) f. pl. (vulgar, dated) Spanish: meado (es) m., orina (es) f., meada (es) f. Swedish: piss (sv) n. Thai: ฉี่ (th) (chèe) Turkish: çiş (tr), idrar (tr)

alcohol

French: (vulgar) pisse (fr) Icelandic: sull (is) n.

Russian: бухло (ru) (buxló) n., пойло (ru) (pójlo) n.

Verb

piss (third-person singular simple present pisses, present participle pissing, simple past and past participle pissed)

1. (intransitive, vulgar) To urinate.

   1601 O Jove, a beastly fault! And then another fault in the semblance of a fowl; think on ’t, Jove; a foul fault! When gods have hot backs, what shall poor men do? For me, I am here a Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i’ the forest. Send me a cool rut-time, Jove, or who can blame me to piss my tallow? Who comes here? my doe? — Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5.

2. (transitive, vulgar) To discharge as or with the urine.

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Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:urinate

Translations

urinate

Arabic: بول (ar) (báwwala), شخ (ar) (shákhkha) Armenian: միզել (hy) (mizel), (vulgar) շռել (hy) (šṙel) Catalan: pixar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 撒尿 (cmn) (sāniào), 尿泡 (cmn) (niàopāo) Czech: čurat, chcát (vulgar) Dutch: (vulgar) piesen (nl), (vulgar) pissen (nl) Esperanto: pisi (eo) Finnish: (vulgar) kusta (fi), (euphemistic, childish) pissata (fi) French: pisser (fr) German: Wasser lassen (de), pinkeln (de), (vulgar) pissen (de), (vulgar) strullen (de) Icelandic: pissa (is), míga (is) Indonesian: kencing (id) Irish: mún (ga) Italian: (vulgar) pisciare (it)

Japanese: 小便をする (ja) (shōben-o surú) Korean: 오줌싸다 (ko) (ojumssada) Latin: meio (la) Macedonian: моча (mk) (móča) Persian: شاشیدن (fa) (šâšidan) Polish: sikać (pl), (vulgar) szczać (pl) Portuguese: mijar (pt) Romanian: pișa (ro) Russian: ссать (ru) (ssat’) impf., поссать (ru) (possát’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: mùin (gd) Serbo-Croatian: pišati (sh), пишати (sh) Slovak: pišať (sk), cikať (sk), (vulgar) šťať (sk) Spanish: mear (es), empapar de meado (es) Swedish: pissa (sv) Turkish: işemek (tr), çiş yapmak (tr), çiş etmek (tr)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb "piss"

on the piss piss and vinegar piss artist pissed pissed off piss on that pisshead pissing contest

piss in someone's pocket pissy piss off piss-poor piss pot piss-prophet piss-take piss-up

piss-weak take the piss weak as piss piss away piss oneself

Anagrams

• sips

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪs/

Verb

piss

1. Imperative singular of pissen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of pissen.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From pissa (“to pee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʰɪsː/

  Rhymes: -ɪsː

Noun

piss n. (genitive singular piss, uncountable)

1. (informal) pee, piss, urine

Declension

declension of piss

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	piss	pissið	-	-
accusative	piss	pissið	-	-
dative	pissi	pissinu	-	-
genitive	piss	pissins	-	-

Synonyms

• (urine): hland, þvag