pous

See also: Pous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pie (“Spanish unit of length”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

pous (plural podes)

1. The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.

Synonyms

• Greek foot

Anagrams

• PUOs, opus, puso, soup

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paus, from Middle Dutch paus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pous (plural pouse)

1. pope

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpuws]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpows]

Noun

pous

1. plural of pou

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pouce (“thumb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

pous

1. thumb

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 154

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• pus

Etymology

From French pouce.

Noun

pous

1. thumb
2. inch

References

• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 846

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French pouce.

Noun

pous

1. thumb

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 282