tus

See also: TUS, tus', tuš, tuş, tús, tùs, tüs, tüş, and -tus

Albanian

Alternative forms

tut Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tutja, cognate to Old Norse þeya (“to melt”), Old High German douwen (“id”), with 'being silent' as an intermediary stage of semantic development.[1] Alternatively related to tund.[2]

Verb

tus (first-person singular past tense tuta, participle tutë)

to frighten

Related terms

ftoh
tund

References

Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.198

Asturian

Alternative forms

tos

Etymology

From Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun

tus f (plural tus)

cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

Related terms

tusir

Catalan

Verb

tus

third-person singular present indicative form of tossir
second-person singular imperative form of tossir

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tʉd, from Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [tyːz]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [tiːz]

Noun

tus m pl

men
people, persons

Danish

Alternative forms

tusch

Etymology

Attested since 1974, of obscure origin, but probably related to German tuschen (“to paint with watercolors”).

Noun

tus c (singular definite tussen, plural indefinite tusser)

felt-tip pen

Inflection

Declension of tus

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tus	tussen	tusser	tusserne
genitive	tus'	tussens	tussers	tussernes

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ty/
Audio (file)
Audio (file)
Homophones: tu, tue, tues, tuent, tut, tût
Rhymes: -y

Verb

tus

first/second-person singular past historic of taire

Participle

tus m pl

masculine plural of the past participle of taire

Anagrams

sut, sût

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtuʃ]
Hyphenation: tus
Rhymes: -uʃ

Etymology 1

From German Tusche (“Indian ink”), from tuschen, from French toucher.[1] First attested in 1782.[1]

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

Indian ink (black ink made from lampblack)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tus	tusok
accusative	tust	tusokat
dative	tusnak	tusoknak
instrumental	tussal	tusokkal
causal-final	tusért	tusokért
translative	tussá	tusokká
terminative	tusig	tusokig
essive-formal	tusként	tusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tusban	tusokban
superessive	tuson	tusokon
adessive	tusnál	tusoknál
illative	tusba	tusokba
sublative	tusra	tusokra
allative	tushoz	tusokhoz
elative	tusból	tusokból
delative	tusról	tusokról
ablative	tustól	tusoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tusé	tusoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tuséi	tusokéi

Possessive forms of tus
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tusom	tusaim
2nd person sing.	tusod	tusaid
3rd person sing.	tusa	tusai
1st person plural	tusunk	tusaink
2nd person plural	tusotok	tusaitok
3rd person plural	tusuk	tusaik

Derived terms

tuskihúzó
tusrajz

Etymology 2

From German Tusch, possibly from tuschen.[1] First attested in 1784.[1]

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

(music) flourish (ceremonious passage)
- 1848, Sándor Petőfi, Lehel vezér, canto 1, stanza 46, lines 5–8:
  És mikor vége lett a jókivánságnak, / A muzsikusok rá hangos tust huzának, / A sok összeveszett hang forgott a légben, / Mint a por a forgószélnek örvényében.
- 1869, Mór Jókai, A kőszívű ember fiai, part 1, chapter 1:
  A háttérbe állított egyiptomi zenekar vezetőjének nyirettyűje a levegőbe volt emelve, hogy amint a tósztnak vége szakad, friss lelkesüléssel rándítsa rá a pohárzaj-elnémító tust, […]
- 1892, Mór Jókai, Rákóczy fia, chapter 15:
  De még fényesebb volt a pékek parádéja […] Császári lovasság kísérte őket elöl-hátul, közben céhzászlókat emelve, s a hírhedett pékbillikomot ürítgetve, járultak a daliás péklegények nagy muzsikaszóval, s minden pékbolt előtt riadó tust húzattak, égre emelt kardokkal esküdve, hogy míg a nap az égen jár, nem lesz a világon párja a bécsi császárzsemlyének és perecnek!
(obsolete) drinking to someone's health
Tust ittak az egészségére. — They drank to his health.

Declension

Same as above.

Etymology 3

From German Dusche (“shower”), from French douche (“shower”).[1] First attested in 1900.[1]

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

shower

Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms

tusfürdő
tusol

Etymology 4

From the dialectal tusa (“large end of a stick”), of unknown origin.[1][2] First attested in 1838.[1]

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

butt (of a rifle)
(dialectal) large end of a stick

Declension

Same as above.

Synonyms

(butt): agy, puskaagy, puskatus

Derived terms

puskatus

Etymology 5

From French touche (“touch”), from toucher (“to touch”).[1] First attested in 1878.[1]

Noun

tus (plural tusok)

(fencing) touch
(wrestling) fall, pinfall (instance of being pinned to the mat)

Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms

tussol

References

tus in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tuːs/, [t̪uːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tus/, [t̪us]

Noun

tūs n (genitive tūris); third declension

Alternative spelling of thūs

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tūs	tūra
Genitive	tūris	tūrum
Dative	tūrī	tūribus
Accusative	tūs	tūra
Ablative	tūre	tūribus
Vocative	tūs	tūra

Middle English

Adverb

tus

(Early Middle English, before dentals) Alternative form of þus

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

tus m (plural tuss)

(Jersey) tuft

Synonyms

toupet
tun

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tōth.

Noun

tus m (plural tes)

(Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) tooth

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit युष्मद् (yuṣmad, “pron. 2 pl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tus/

Pronoun

tus (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling تُس)

you (2pl nom)

References

Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tus”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Somali

Verb

tus

to show

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tus/ [t̪us]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: tus

Determiner

tus pl

plural of tu

Related terms

Spanish possessive determiners

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

White Hmong

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tu˩/

Classifier

tus

used for nouns that are long, or persons or animals

Wolof

**Wolof cardinal numbers**
	0	1 >
Cardinal : tus

Numeral

tus

zero

[1] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

[2] Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.198

[zaicz-3] tus in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[4] Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

tus

Albanian

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References

Asturian

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Etymology

Noun

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Catalan

Verb

Cornish

Etymology

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Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

Noun

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Etymology 4

Noun

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Synonyms

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Etymology 5

Noun

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Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

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Middle English

Adverb

Norman

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

North Frisian

Etymology

Noun

Phalura

Etymology

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References

Somali

Verb

Spanish

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White Hmong

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