sus

See also: Sus, SUS, süs, šus, -sus, sus', Sus., and šūs

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌs

Noun

sus (uncountable)

1. (Britain, informal) Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).
   • 2002, Simon James, British Government: A Reader in Policy Making (page 84)

     The committee […] said 'sus' had acquired a symbolic significance out of all proportion to its significance as a criminal charge.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ãnsus
• nsus
• nsusu
• susu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin sūsum, from Latin sursūm. Compare Daco-Romanian sus.

Adverb

sus

1. up

Antonyms

• ghios/nghios

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Cebuano

Etymology

Shortened form of susmaryosep.

Interjection

sus

1. Used as an expression of anger, frustration or disbelief.

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from English shoes.

Noun

sus

1. shoe

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːs/, [suːˀs]

Noun

sus n (singular definite suset, plural indefinite sus)

1. whistling, singing
2. whisper, soughing
3. whizz
4. rush (pleasurable sensation experienced after use of a stimulant)

Synonyms

• susen

Inflection

Declension of sus

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sus	suset	sus	susene
genitive	sus'	susets	sus'	susenes

Verb

sus

1. imperative of suse

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Finnish

Interjection

sus

1. oh; used only in the expression shown in the example below.
   • Sus siunatkoon!

     Oh my God!

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy/
• Homophones: su, sue, suent, sues, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

Etymology 1

From Old French [Term?], from Vulgar Latin sūsum, from Latin sūrsum. Cognate to Italian su.

Adverb

sus

1. (dated) up

Derived terms

• en sus
• en sus de

Etymology 2

see savoir

Verb

sus

1. first-person singular past historic of savoir
2. second-person singular past historic of savoir

Further reading

• “sus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Irarutu

Noun

sus

1. (woman's) breast

References

• J. C. Anceaux, The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum (2013), page 46

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Compare Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), English swine, sow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suːs/

Noun

sūs m, f (genitive suis); third declension

1. pig

Declension

Third declension, irregular.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sūs	suēs
genitive	suis	suum
dative	suī	suibus sūbus subus
accusative	suem	suēs
ablative	sue	suibus sūbus subus
vocative	sūs	suēs

Synonyms

• porcus, scrofa

Derived terms

Terms derived from sus

• subulcus
• sucerda

• sucidia
• sucula

• suile
• suillus

Descendants

• Italian: suino
• Sardinian: sue (Campidanese)

References

• sus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “sus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “sus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to outlive, survive all one's kin: omnium suorum or omnibus suis superstitem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
    
  • (ambiguous) to employ in the furtherance of one's interests: aliquid in usum suum conferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to use up, make full use of one's spare time: otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to win renown amongst posterity by some act: nomen suum posteritati aliqua re commendare, propagare, prodere
    
  • (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing to heart: demittere aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque suum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be contented: rebus suis, sorte sua contentum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to despair of one's position: desperare suis rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
    
  • (ambiguous) to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to have no debts: in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) (a state) has its own laws, is autonomous: suis legibus utitur (B. G. 1. 45. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    
  • (ambiguous) to assert one's right: ius suum persequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain justice: ius suum adipisci (Liv. 1. 32. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to maintain one's right: ius suum tenere, obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sus.

Adverb

sus

1. on; on top of

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus (obsolete)

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Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Etymology 1

From Old French sus, from Latin sursum.

Preposition

sus

1. (Guernsey) on

Etymology 2

Verb

sus

1. first-person singular preterite of saver

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

sus

1. locative of son

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin subtus.

Preposition

sus

1. under; underneath

Descendants

• French: sous

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Preposition

sus

1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

• French: sus
• Norman: sus

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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin root sūsum, from Latin sūrsum.

Adverb

sus

1. up

Antonyms

• jos

See also

• deasupra
• peste

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sus/

Adjective

sus pl

1. plural of su His, her, its, one's.
2. (formal) Your.

Related terms

    Spanish possessive adjectives

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

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Turkish

Verb

sus

1. second-person singular imperative of susmak

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West Frisian

Etymology

From suster, from Old Frisian swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Dutch zuster, zus, Low German swester, English sister, German Schwester, Danish søster.

Noun

sus c (plural sussen)

1. sister