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Pois
pois
pois
Finnish
Adverb
pois
Inflection
Declension of pois
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Related terms
- See the inflection table.
- poikkinainen
- poikittainen
- poiketa
Compounds
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French pois, from earlier peis from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).
Pronunciation
Noun
pois m (plural pois)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /puˈa*/, /pwa*/
Noun
pois m (invariable)
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea, from postus.
Adverb
pois
Descendants
- French: puis
Etymology 2
From earlier peis, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.
Alternative forms
Noun
pois m (oblique plural pois, nominative singular pois, nominative plural pois)
Descendants
- French: poids
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
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
Etymology 4
See poi
Adverb
pois
- Alternative form of poi (“little, not much”)
Old Provençal
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *pos, from Latin post, postea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔjs/
Adverb
pois
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- poys (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pois, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”). Compare with French puis and with Spanish pues.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpojs/, /ˈpojʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpojʃ/
- (Brazil) Homophone: pôs
- Hyphenation: pois
Adverb
pois (not comparable)
- so; then (in that case)
- Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.
- So we can finish it.
- Podemos, pois, terminá-lo.
- emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an order
- Pois vai!
- Go!
- Pois sim.
- Indeed.
- Pois vai!
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pois.
Conjunction
pois
- because; for (by or for the cause that)
- Gostei do livro, pois ele foi interessante.
- I liked the book, because it was interesting.
- Gostei do livro, pois ele foi interessante.
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pois.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- pois é
- pois então
- pois não?