pois
English
Noun
pois
- plural of poi
Anagrams
- IOPS, IOPs, IPOs, OPIs, PIOs, SIOP, psoi, sopi
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin pax.
Noun
pois f (plural pois)
- peace
Finnish
Alternative forms
- poikes, poijes, poikkeen (dialectal)
Etymology
poikki- + -s (s-lative singular), through reduction of the earlier and dialectal form poies, poijes (< *poige-s). The variation in the gradation patterns between *-kk- : *-k- and *-k- : *-g- has not been conclusively explained, but the weaker form is found throughout Northern Finnic; see Proto-Finnic *poikki for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯s̠]
- Rhymes: -ois
- Syllabification(key): pois
Adverb
pois (not comparable)
- (lative) away, off
- Synonym: (informal) menemään
- Hän meni pois.
- S/he went away.
- Ota vaatteet pois.
- Take your clothes off.
- (informal, proscribed, stative) away
- Synonym: poissa
- (mathematics) minus, take away
- Synonym: miinus
- Kuudesta pois neljä on kaksi. / Kuusi pois neljä on kaksi.
- Six take away four is two.
- (with an imperative form) just (used to reduce the force of an imperative)
- Kysy pois!
- Just ask! / Go ahead and ask!
Inflection
Declension of pois
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Compounds
- poisjäänti
- poiskuljetus
- poislähtö
- poispano
- poispäin
- poispääsy
- poissulkea
Related terms
- See the inflection table.
- poikkinainen
- poikittainen
- poiketa
Anagrams
- sopi
French
Etymology
From Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσος/ πίσον (písos / píson).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwa/, /pwɑ/
audio (file) - Homophones: poids, poix
Noun
pois m (plural pois)
- pea
- polka dot
Derived terms
- petit pois
- pois chiche
- pois de senteur
- purée de pois
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: pwa (“bean”)
Further reading
- “pois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
- pos, pous
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pois, from Latin post (“after”) or postea. Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpojs]
Adverb
pois
- so; then (in that case)
- Queres ir? Pois vai. ― So you want to go? Then go.
Conjunction
pois
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Synonym: porque
- well, well then
Derived terms
- pois que (“since”)
Related terms
- despois (“after”)
References
- “poys” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “poys” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pois” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pois” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pois” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ingrian
Etymology
Lative of poikki- (“broken”). Akin to Finnish pois.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯z̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯s/, [ˈpo̞i̯ʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -oi̯s
- Hyphenation: pois
Adverb
pois
- (of motion) off, away
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:
- Sao: miltaiset linnut lentäät talveks pois?
- Say: what kind of birds are flying away when winter falls?
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Synonyms
- väljää, vällää
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 421
Interlingua
Adverb
pois
- afterwards
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈa/**, /ˈpwa/**[1]
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
pois m (invariable)
- polka dot
References
- pois in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- ipso-, posi, sopì, spio, spiò
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.
Adverb
pois
- then (indicating chronological order)
- since
Descendants
- French: puis
Etymology 2
From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
Alternative forms
- peis
Noun
pois m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)
- weight
Descendants
- Middle French: poix
- French: poids
Etymology 3
From Latin pīsum.
Alternative forms
- peis
Noun
pois m (plural)
- peas (pulses)
Usage notes
The singular pois may not be attested; attestations of "un pois" all seem to refer to other definitions of pois.
Descendants
- French: pois
- Norman: peis
Etymology 4
See poi
Adverb
pois
- Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔjs/
Adverb
pois
- then
Descendants
- Occitan: puèi
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- poys (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”). Compare with French puis, Spanish pues, Italian poi, and Romanian apoi (from ad post).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpojs/ [ˈpoɪ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpojʃ/ [ˈpoɪ̯ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpojʃ/
- Homophone: pôs (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: pois
Adverb
pois (not comparable)
- so; then (in that case)
- Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.
- So we can finish it.
- emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order
- Pois vai!
- Go!
- Pois sim.
- Indeed.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.
Conjunction
pois
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Gostei do livro, pois foi interessante.
- I liked the book, because it was interesting.
- Synonym: porque
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pois.
Derived terms
- pois é
- pois então
- pois não?
Related terms
- depois