pos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pos"

Languages (15)

Translingual • English

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Asturian • Dutch • Galician • German • Iban • Ido • Indonesian • Malay • Portuguese • Spanish • Upper Sorbian • Volapük • White Hmong

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Translingual

Symbol

pos

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sayula Popoluca.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sayula Popoluca terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɒz/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /pɔz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɑz/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

pos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)

1. (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.

   I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.

2. Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”).
3. Clipping of possessive.

Derived terms

• pos pron

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊz/

Noun

pos

1. plural of po

Anagrams

• sop, ops, Ops, SPO, OPS+, -spo, OPS, PSO, OPs, SOP, S.O.P.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• pues (formal, literary)
• pus (Western)
• pes (Eastern)
• puös (Eastern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese pos from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: pos

Conjunction

pos

1. so, then

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “pos”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “pos”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Dutch

Alternative forms

• post

Etymology

From Middle Dutch posch, from Old Dutch *posc, of unknown descent. Compare West Frisian poask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

pos f (plural possen, diminutive posje n)

1. ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

Galician

Alternative forms

pois, pões (eastern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs/ [ˈpɔs̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

pos

1. plural of po

Verb

pos

1. second-person singular present indicative of poñer

Verb

pos

1. second-person singular present indicative of pór

References

• “pos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

pos

1. singular imperative of posen

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊs/

Noun

pos

1. mail
2. post, station

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pos/, /pɔs/

Preposition

pos

1. after

   Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.

   We had a few beers after the game.

Derived terms

• posa (“after”)
• pose (“then, afterwards”)
• depos (“since, afterward”)
  • depose (“since, from that time”)
• pos-

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpɔs]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: pos

Etymology 1

From Dutch post (“post”), from French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.

Noun

pos (plural pos-pos)

1. mail
   1. the (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
   2. the postal service or system in general.
   3. a stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
   4. (Internet) email, electronic mail

      Synonym: surat elektronik

2. post
   1. a station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
   2. an organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
   3. (Internet) a message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
3. station
   1. a stopping place

      Synonyms: stasiun, perhentian

   2. an official building from which police or firefighters operate.
4. ellipsis of kantor pos (“post office”)

Derived terms

• mengepos
• mengeposkan
• pengepos
• pengeposan
• perposan

• pos ekspres
• pos elektronik
• pos kilat
• pos kilat khusus
• pos laut
• pos lokal
• pos paket
• pos parasut
• pos persepsi
• pos suara
• pos terbuka
• pos udara
• pos wesel

• kantor pos
• kartu pos
• kode pos

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch post (“post”), from Italian posto, from Latin postus, from positus.

Noun

pos (plural pos-pos)

1. post
   1. an assigned station; a guard post.
   2. an appointed position in an organization, job.
2. position (a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be)
3. (colloquial) meeting place

Derived terms

• mengepos

• pos anggaran
• pos duga air
• pos jaga
• pos liabilitas
• pos lintas batas negara
• pos pemadam
• pos pemantauan
• pos pendakian
• pos pengaduan
• pos pengamatan
• pos penjaga
• pos polisi
• pos ronda
• pos sekat
• pos terdepan

Etymology 3

Contraction of pos anggaran (“line item”).

Noun

pos (plural pos-pos)

1. line item:
   1. (accounting) an item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report.
   2. (accounting) a budget appropriation.
2. (accounting) budget

Derived terms

• mengepos
• pengeposan

• pos bukan kas
• pos silang

Further reading

• “pos”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]

Noun

pos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos or pos²)

1. mail

   Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel

2. post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)

Derived terms

• kantor pos
• pejabat pos

Related terms

• poskod
• posmen

Further reading

• "pos" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Contraction of para +‎ os.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /puʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ/

• Hyphenation: pos

Contraction

pos

1. (colloquial) masculine plural of po; nonstandard form of pros

Etymology 2

See pôs.

Verb

pos

1. obsolete spelling of pôs

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos/ [ˈpos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: pos

Etymology 1

Modification of pues.

Conjunction

pos

1. (colloquial) synonym of pues

Etymology 2

From Latin post (“after, behind”).

Preposition

pos

1. (archaic) after, behind

Noun

pos m (uncountable)

1. only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)

Further reading

• “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “pos”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: pos

Noun

pos m animal

1. dog

   Synonym: psyk

Declension

Declension of pos (masculine hard hissing stem irreg-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pos	psaj	psy
genitive	psa	psow	psow
dative	psej	psomaj	psam
accusative	psa	psaj	psy
instrumental	psom	psomaj	psami
locative	psu	psomaj	psach
vocative	pso	psaj	psy

Further reading

• “pos”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “pos” in Soblex

Volapük

Preposition

pos

1. after, behind

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmongic *-boᴮ (“thorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒ˩/

Noun

pos

1. thorn

Derived terms

• pos nphuab

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 233.
• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)