pois

pois

1. plural of poi

• IOPS, IOPs, IPOs, OPIs, PIOs, SIOP, psoi

From Latin pax.

pois f (plural pois)

1. peace

• poijes (dialectal)
• poikkeen (dialectal)

• Hyphenation: pois

From lative singular poikki- +‎ -s.

pois

1. (of movement) away:

   Hän meni pois. ― S/he went away. (cf. poissa)

• See the inflection table.
• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa

• poisjäänti
• poiskuljetus
• poislähtö
• poispano
• poispäin
• poispääsy
• poissulkea

• sopi

From Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

• IPA^(key): /pwɑ/, /pwa/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: poids, poix

pois m (plural pois)

1. pea

• pois chiche

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

pois

1. afterwards

Borrowed from French pois.

IPA^(key): /puˈa/, /ˈpwa/[1]

pois m (invariable)

1. polka dot

• posi, sopì, spio, spiò

From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.

pois

1. then (indicating chronological order)
2. since

• French: puis

From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

• peis

pois m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)

1. weight

• Middle French: poix
  • French: poids

From Latin pīsum.

• peis

pois m (plural)

1. peas (pulses)

The singular pois may not be attested; attestations of "un pois" all seem to refer to other definitions of pois.

• French: pois
• Norman: peis

See poi

pois

1. Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post, or from Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea.

• IPA^(key): /pɔjs/

pois

1. then

• Old Catalan: puis, puixes
  • Catalan: puix
• Occitan: puèi

• poys (obsolete)

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).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpojs/, /ˈpojʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpojʃ/
• (Brazil) Homophone: pôs
• Hyphenation: pois

pois (not comparable)

1. so; then (in that case)

   Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.

   So we can finish it.

2. emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order

   Pois vai!

   Go!

   Pois sim.

   Indeed.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pois.

pois

1. because; for (by or for the cause that)

   Gostei do livro, pois foi interessante.

   I liked the book, because it was interesting.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pois.

• porque

• pois é
• pois então
• pois não?

• depois