pos
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editSymbol
editpos
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editEnglish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒz/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /pɔz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑz/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
editpos (comparative more pos, superlative most pos)
- (UK, slang) Clipping of positive.
- I'm not absolutely pos on that, sir.
- Alternative spelling of poz (“HIV positive”).
- Clipping of possessive.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /poʊz/
Noun
editpos
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editAsturian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post.
Conjunction
editpos
Galician
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpos
Verb
editpos
Verb
editpos
References
edit- “pos”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editpos
Iban
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpos
Ido
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editpos
- after
- Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.
- We had a few beers after the game.
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpos (plural pos-pos, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)
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editFurther reading
edit- “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpos (Jawi spelling ڤوس, plural pos-pos, informal 1st possessive posku, 2nd possessive posmu, 3rd possessive posnya)
- mail
- Synonym: (uncommon, only in compounds) mel
- post (assigned station or appointed position in an organization)
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editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pos” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
editVerb
editpos
Spanish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editpos
- (Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues
Preposition
editpos
Noun
editpos m (uncountable)
- Only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)
Further reading
edit- “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Upper Sorbian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *pь̀sъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpos m animal
Declension
editReferences
edit- “pos” in Soblex
Volapük
editPreposition
editpos
White Hmong
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hmong *-boᴮ (“thorn”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpos
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 233.
- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 280.
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