PS

See also: Appendix:Variations of “ps”

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

PS

1. (metrology) Symbol for petasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10¹⁵ siemens.

Etymology 2

Symbol

PS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Palestine since 1999.

   Synonym: PSE (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

PS

1. (linguistics) Initialism of a number of proto-languages' names:
   1. Proto-Slavic.
   2. Proto-Semitic.
   3. Proto-Salish, Proto-Salishan.
   4. Proto-Sahaptian.
2. (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
3. (software) Initialism of Photoshop.
4. (computing, file format) PostScript, a page description language.
5. Abbreviation of South Papua: a province of Indonesia.

Derived terms

PlayStation

• PS1
• PS2
• PS3
• PS4
• PS5
• PSN
• PSP
• PSVR
• PSX

Noun

PS (countable and uncountable, plural PSes or PSs)

1. Initialism of postal service.

   Coordinate terms: PO, post, mail

   USPS ― United States Postal Service

2. (education) Initialism of public school.
3. (government) Initialism of public service(s).
4. (video games) Initialism of PlayStation.
5. (nautical) Initialism of paddle steamer.

   Coordinate terms: SS, TS

6. Initialism of power supply.

   Coordinate terms: PU, PM, PA

7. (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
8. (organic chemistry) polystyrene

   Hyponyms: EPS, XPS

9. (sports) Initialism of parallel slalom.

   Coordinate terms: S, GS, PGS, SG, PSG

10. Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.

    Alternative forms: P.S., p.s., ps.

    PS I love you.

12. (in classified ads for used cars, dated) Initialism of power steering.

    PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C   [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]

13. Initialism of Perlman syndrome.

Antonyms

• body

Derived terms

polystyrene

• EPS
• XPS

power supply

• BPS
• PPS
• PSA
• PSU
• SPS

postscript/post scriptum

• PPPPS
• PPPS
• PPS

Related terms

• (polystyrene): ♸

Translations

addendum to a letter

• Arabic: مُلَاحَظَة f (mulāḥaẓa)
• Belarusian: P.S. (P.S.)
• Catalan: PS (ca)
• Czech: PS (cs), P.S.
• Dutch: PS (nl)
• Esperanto: p.s.
• Finnish: PS (fi), JK (fi)
• German: PS (de), (archaic) NS (de)
• Greek: ΥΓ. (el) n (YG.)
• Hebrew: נ״ב (n"b)
• Hungarian: Ui.
• Polish: PS (pl)
• Portuguese: P.S.
• Russian: P. S.
• Spanish: P. D., PD
• Swedish: PS (sv)
• Thai: ป.ล. (th) (bpɔɔ.lɔɔ.)

Adjective

PS (not comparable)

1. (telecommunications) Abbreviation of packet-switched.

See also

• (packet-switched): Packet switching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• p.p.s.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German PS (“Pferdestärke”, literally “horsepower”).

Noun

PS (plural PS)

2. Short for metric horsepower.
   • 2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The powertrain also produces 306 PS (225 kW), enough to propel the 1,858 kg Cross Coupé from zero to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 137 mph. […] The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor which produces 109 PS.

References

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

Anagrams

• S&P, SP, Sp, s.p., s/p, sp

Chinese

Etymology

From English photoshop.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì-áisi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ e¹ si⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: PS
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì-áisi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-ai²-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: pì-ái-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihair.sy
    • Palladius: пиайсы (piajsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹ e¹ si⁴
    • Yale: pī ē sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹ e¹ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹ é¹ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ siː²¹/

Verb

PS

1. to photoshop

Dutch

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

PS

1. initialism of post scriptum

Finnish

Proper noun

PS

1. initialism of Perussuomalaiset (“Finns Party (Finnish political party)”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɛs/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Proper noun

PS m

1. initialism of Parti Socialiste, a socialist political party active in France, Belgium and Switzerland

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

PS

1. abbreviation of Pferdestärke (“metric horsepower”)
2. abbreviation of Postskriptum (“post scriptum”)
3. (education) abbreviation of Proseminar (“proseminar”)
4. (economy) abbreviation of Personenstunde (“man-hour”)

   Coordinate term: PT (“man-day”)

5. (insurance) abbreviation of Personenschaden (“personal injury”)

   Coordinate term: SS (“property damage”)

6. (psychology) abbreviation of Persönlichkeitsstörung (“personality disorder”)

Italian

Proper noun

PS ?

1. abbreviation of Pesaro: a city in the Marche region, Italy

Noun

PS

1. initialism of pubblica sicurezza (“public security”)

Japanese

Etymology

From German Pferdestärke.

Symbol

PS(ピーエス) • (pīesu) 

1. horsepower

Synonyms

• 馬(ば)力(りき) (bariki)

Latin

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Noun

PS

1. (literature) initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript
2. (Late Latin, money) abbreviation of pustulatum or pusulatum

Coordinate terms

• OB (pure gold)

Polish

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: P‧S

Phrase

PS

1. post scriptum

Further reading

• PS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• PS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

PS m (plural PS)

1. (roleplaying games, video games) initialism of punto(s) de salud, HP (hit points / health points)

   Synonym: PV

Swedish

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Phrase

PS

1. post scriptum