po

See also Appendix:Variations of "po"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Old English pāwa, from West Germanic, from Latin pāvo. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau.

Noun

Wikipedia po (plural pos)

1. (obsolete) A peacock.

Etymology 2

From French pot.

Noun

po (plural pos)

1. (UK, Australian, New Zealand, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.

Anagrams

• op , op., OP

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Albanian

Pronunciation

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Participle

po

1. yes

Conjunction

po

1. but

Synonyms

• por

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Chickasaw

Pronoun

po

1. our

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Cornish

Conjunction

po

1. or

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Preposition

po + locative

1. after

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oː

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Noun

po m.

1. chamber pot

Anagrams

• op

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Esperanto

Preposition

po

1. A grammatical particle used with quantity words to indicate rate or a distributive quantity: each, apiece, at, @

   Mi kudrados ĉiutage po 10 horoj. — I will sew 10 hours a day.

   Oni povas nokti po 6 frankoj. — You can spend the night for 6 francs (a night).

   La kurso daŭras dum 10 tagoj po 30 minutoj. — The course lasts 10 days at 30 minutes (a day).

   La komitato estas rebalotota ĉiun trian jaron po triono. — A third of the committee is reelected every third year.

   La gastoj trinkis po (unu) glaseton da vino. — The guests each drank one glass of wine.

   Ili ricevis po 5 pomojn. — They received 5 apples apiece.

   Elektu al vi po 3 homojn el ĉiu tribo. — Choose for yourselves 3 people from each tribe.

Antonyms

• -ope

Derived terms

• po-
• poa

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Guaraní

Cardinal number

po

1. five

Noun

po

1. hand

Verb

po

1. to jump

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French peau (“skin”).

Noun

po

1. skin

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Japanese

Syllable

po

1. The hiragana syllable ペ (po) or the katakana syllable ポ (po) in Hepburn romanization.

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂po. Cognates include по (po), Old Prussian pa-, po-, Myceanean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Sanskrit अप (ápa, “away, off”), Latin ab (“from”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of”), Old English æf (“of”).

Preposition

po

1. under (+ instrumental)
2. after (+ genitive)

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Lojban

Cmavo

po

1. belonging to or being uniquely associated with (contrary to pe, the association has to be unique to the object)

Related terms

• pe
• po'e

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Mandarin

Romanization

po

1. Nonstandard spelling of pō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pò.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔ/

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Preposition

po

1. after
2. on
3. along
4. round
5. according to
6. about
7. by
8. in
9. at
10. down
11. for
12. next to
13. upon

Conjunction

po

1. like
2. when

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Rapa Nui

Noun

po

1. night

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pol, from Proto-Slavic *polъ. See po-.

Alternative forms

• pȏl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pôː/

Adverb

pȏ (Cyrillic spelling по̑)

1. half

   sat i po — hour and a half

   četiri i po — four thirty

   čov(j)ek i po — an excellent man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)po.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pô/

Preposition

pȍ (Cyrillic spelling по̏)

1. (with accusative) for

   otići po ml(ij)eko — to go and get the milk

   po c(ij)eli dan — all day long

   po šesti put — for the sixth time

   biti štetan po nekoga/nešto — to be harmful for sb/sth

   dobro/loše po njega — good/bad for him

2. (with locative) over, through, across, in, on

   udariti po glavi — to hit on the head

   sn(ij)eg je pao po cesti — snow fell on the road

   voda se prolila po podu — water spilled over the floor

   šetati po šumi — to walk in the woods

3. (with locative) by, with (using an intermediary)

   poslao sam mu paket po zajedničkom prijatelju — I've sent him a package with a common friend

4. (with locative) by, according to

   sve ide po planu — everything is going according to the plan

   po glavi stanovnika — per capita

   živ(j)eti po principima — to live according to principles

   po mom(e) mišljenju — in my opinion

   po mom računu — by my reckoning

   po meni — in my opinion; as far as I'm concerned

   po zraku/vodi — by air/water

   po zapov(ij)ed — by order

   svirati po sluhu — to play by the ear

   suditi po vanjštini — to judge by appearance

5. (with locative) after

   po svršetku sukoba — after (the end of) the conflict

6. (with locative) during

   po kiši/suncu — in the rain/sun

   po danu — during the day

7. (with locative) in miscellaneous senses in various phrasal constructs

   razum(ij)e se (samo) po sebi — it goes without saying

   neka bude po tvome — let it be your way

   Amerka je prva država po bogatstvu u sv(ij)etu — America is the richest country in the world

   jednak po veličini — equal in size

   sve je po starom — everything is/goes in the accustomed/usual manner

   po običaju — as usual, according to custom

   po vr(ij)ednosti — in value

   po svoj prilici — in all likelihood

   po rodu — by birth

   po naravi/prirodi — in nature

   po toj c(ij)eni — at this price

   po paragrafu 13 — under section 13

   po što po to — by all means

   po mogućnosti — if possible

   po redu — in order, one after another

   po mom ukusu — (according) to my taste

   po kvaliteti — by quality

   po tome — according to this/that, accordingly, consequently, then

   po zakonu — according to the law, by the law

   po duljini — lengthwise

Etymology 3

Particle

po (Cyrillic spelling по)

1. (with accusative or nominative) denoting distribution and succession

   popili smo svi po čašicu rakije — we all drank a glass of rakija

   korak po korak — step by step

   jedan po jedan — one by one

   malo po malo — little by little

   svi smo dobili po jabuku — each of us received an apple

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Slovene

Preposition

po

1. about
2. according to
3. (with adverb) in the manner of

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Spanish

Etymology

From pues

Interjection

po

1. (colloquial, Chile) emphatical

   ¡Si po!

   Yes, of course!

   ¡Ya, po!

   Come on!

Synonyms

• pues

Usage notes

Always used at the end of a the sentence.

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Tagalog

Interjection

po

1. Added within a sentence to show respect to the recipient of the message.

   • Tuloy po kayo. - 'Come on in, Sir/ Madam.'
   • Pupunta po ako sa simbahan, Inay. - 'I am going to church, Mother.'

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Tahitian

Noun

po

1. night

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Volapük

Etymology

From Latin post (“behind”).

Preposition

po

1. behind

Antonyms

• fo