pois
English
Noun
pois
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
Noun
pois f (plural pois)
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pois
Etymology
From lative singular poikki- + -s.
Adverb
pois
- (of movement) away, off
- Hän meni pois. ― S/he went away. (cf. poissa)
- (of clothes) off
- (mathematics) minus, take away
- Synonym: miinus
- Kuudesta pois neljä on kaksi. / Kuusi pois neljä on kaksi.
- Six take away four is two.
Inflection
Declension of pois
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Related terms
- See the inflection table.
- poikkinainen
- poikittainen
- poiketa
Compounds
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).
Pronunciation
Noun
pois m (plural pois)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Adverb
pois
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pois m (uncountable)
References
- ^ pois in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.
Adverb
pois
Descendants
- French: puis
Etymology 2
From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
Alternative forms
Noun
pois oblique singular, m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)
Descendants
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
pois m (plural)
- 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
Etymology 4
See poi
Adverb
pois
- Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post, or from Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea.
Pronunciation
Adverb
pois
Descendants
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
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- Hyphenation: pois
Adverb
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- so; then (in that case)
- Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.
- So we can finish it.
- 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
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Gostei do livro, pois foi interessante.
- I liked the book, because it was interesting.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.
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