puix

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *postius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpuʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpujʃ]

Conjunction

puix

1. (usually with que) since, because

Further reading

• “puix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “puix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “puix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “puix”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *posseō, alteration of earlier possō, a regularization of Latin possum. Compare French puis.

Verb

puix

1. first-person singular present indicative of poder

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “poder”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)