pois

See also põis, and POIS

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pois

Adverb

pois

1. (of movement) away:

   • Hän meni pois.
     • S/he went away. (cf. poissa)

Inflection

Declension of pois noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative poikki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative pois – inessive poissa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative poikki (poikitse) – essive – – situative poikittain – translative – – oppositive – – instructive – poikin abessive – – comitative – –

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa

Compounds

poismeno

Anagrams

• sopi

---

French

Etymology

From an earlier peis from Latin pisum.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /pwa/, X-SAMPA: /pwa/

Noun

pois m (plural pois)

1. pea

Derived terms

• pois chiche

---

Interlingua

Adverb

pois

1. afterwards

---

Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

pois m (invariable)

1. polka dot

Anagrams

• posi, sopì, spio, spiò

---

Old Provençal

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post, postea.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔjs/

Adverb

pois

1. then

---

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• poys (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”). Compare with French puis and with Spanish pues.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pojʃ/
• IPA: /pojs/
• (Brazil) Homophone: pôs

Adverb

pois (not comparable)

1. so; then (in that case)

   Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.

   So we can finish it.

2. emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order

   Pois vai!

   Go!

   Pois sim.

   Indeed.

Conjunction

pois

1. because; for (by or for the cause that)

   Gostei do livro, pois ele foi interessante.

   I liked the book, because it was interesting.

Synonyms

• porque

Derived terms

• pois é
• pois então
• pois não?