pois

See also: Pois, POIS, POIs, pôis, põis, and pȯis

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pois

1. plural of poi

Anagrams

• IOPS, IOPs, IPOs, OPIs, PIOs, SIOP, psoi, sopi

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin pax.

Noun

pois f (plural pois)

1. peace

Finnish

Alternative forms

• poikes, poijes, poikkeen (dialectal)

Etymology

poikki- +‎ -s (s-lative singular), through reduction of the earlier and dialectal form poies, poijes (< *poige-s). The variation in the gradation patterns between *-kk- : *-k- and *-k- : *-g- has not been conclusively explained, but the weaker form is found throughout Northern Finnic (e.g. Ingrian pois, Karelian pois); see Proto-Finnic *poikki for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯s̠]
• Rhymes: -ois
• Syllabification^(key): pois
• Hyphenation^(key): pois

Adverb

pois (not comparable)

1. (of motion) away, off

   Synonym: (informal) menemään

   Hän meni pois.

   S/he went away.

   Ota vaatteet pois.

   Take your clothes off.

2. (informal, proscribed, locative) Synonym of poissa (“away”)
3. (mathematics) minus, take away

   Synonym: miinus

   Kuudesta pois neljä on kaksi. / Kuusi pois neljä on kaksi.

   Six take away four is two.

4. (with imperative) just (used to reduce the force of an imperative)

   Kysy pois!

   Just ask! / Go ahead and ask!

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• poistaa

compounds

• poisajo
• poisehdollistaminen
• poisjääminen
• poisjäänti
• poiskuljetus
• poislähtö
• poismennyt
• poismeno
• poisnukkunut
• poisoppiminen
• poisotto
• poispano
• poispilattu
• poispäin
• poispääsy
• poissiirto
• poissulkea
• poissulkeminen
• poissulkeva

Related terms

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

Further reading

• “pois”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Anagrams

• sopi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσος / πίσον (písos / píson).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa/ ~ /pwɑ/, /pwa/

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• Homophones: poids, poix

Noun

pois m (plural pois)

1. pea
2. polka dot

Derived terms

• petit pois
• pois cassés
• pois chiche
• pois cultivé
• pois de senteur
• pois vivace
• purée de pois

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pwa (“bean”)

Further reading

• “pois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• pos, pous

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *postius (“after”). Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpojs]

Adverb

pois

1. so; then (in that case)

   Queres ir? Pois vai. ― So you want to go? Then go.

Conjunction

pois

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

   Synonym: porque

2. well, well then

Derived terms

• pois que (“since”)

Related terms

• despois (“after”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poys”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poys”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pois”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pois”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pois”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ingrian

Etymology

Lative of poikki- (“broken”). Akin to Finnish pois.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -oi̯s
• Hyphenation: pois

Adverb

pois

1. (of motion) off, away
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:

     Sao: miltaiset linnut lentäät talveks pois?

     Say: what kind of birds are flying away when winter falls?

Synonyms

• pakkoo, väljää, vällää, poikkee

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 421

Interlingua

Adverb

pois

1. afterwards

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈa/^**, /ˈpwa/^**
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

pois m (invariable)

1. polka dot

Anagrams

• ipso-, posi, sopì, spio, spiò

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.

Adverb

pois

1. then (indicating chronological order)
2. since

Descendants

• French: puis

Etymology 2

From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Alternative forms

• peis

Noun

pois oblique singular, m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)

1. weight

Descendants

• Middle French: poix
  • French: poids
• → Middle English: peis
  • → Middle Irish: spéis
    • Irish: spéis

Etymology 3

From Latin pīsum.

Alternative forms

• peis

Noun

pois m (plural)

1. peas (pulses)

Usage notes

The singular pois may not be attested; attestations of "un pois" all seem to refer to other definitions of pois.

Descendants

• French: pois
• Norman: peis

Etymology 4

See poi

Adverb

pois

1. Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• pueis

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔjs/

Adverb

pois

1. then

Descendants

• Occitan: puèi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• poys (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”). Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi, and Romanian apoi (from ad post).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpojs/ [ˈpoɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpojs/ [ˈpoɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpojʃ/ [ˈpoɪ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpojʃ/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): /ˈpøʃ/
• Homophone: pôs (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: pois

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.

Conjunction

pois

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

   Synonym: porque

   Gostei do livro, pois foi interessante.

   I liked the book, because it was interesting.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.

Derived terms

• pois é
• pois então
• pois não?

Related terms

• depois