pos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pos"

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. (slang) Clipping of 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

• OPS, OPS+, OPs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop

Galician

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

German

Pronunciation

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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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs]
• Hyphenation: pos

Noun

pos (plural pos-pos, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)

1. mail
2. post, station
3. (colloquial) meeting place
4. (accounting) budget

Derived terms

• mengepos
• mengeposkan
• pengeposan

 

• pos ekspres
• pos elektronik
• pos kilat
• pos kilat khusus
• pos laut
• pos paket
• pos suara
• pos udara
• pos wesel

 

• kantor pos

 

Further reading

• “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos/, [ˈpos]

Noun

pos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos, informal 1st possessive posku, 2nd possessive posmu, 3rd possessive posnya)

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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Verb

pos

1. Obsolete spelling of pôs

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

pos

1. (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun

pos m animal

1. dog

Further reading

• “pos” in Soblex

Volapük

Preposition

pos

1. after, behind

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *-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)