English

Noun

pus ‎(uncountable)

1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

Derived terms

• pussy

Translations

Verb

pus ‎(third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)

1. (rare) To emit pus.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pus.

Anagrams

• PSU; sup, 'sup, Sup., SUP; ups, UPS; USP

Albanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin puteum. Compare Romanian puț, Italian pozzo.

Noun

pus m

1. well

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpus/

Etymology 1

From Latin pus, meaning the same.

Noun

pus m ‎(uncountable)

1. pus

Etymology 2

From Latin plūs, from Proto-Indo-European *plē-, *pelu- ‎(“many”).

Adverb

pus

1. more

Etymology 3

From Latin post

Conjunction

pus

1. after

French

Etymology 1

From Latin pus, meaning the same.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/
• Homophones: pu, pue, pues, puent, put, pût

Noun

pus m ‎(plural pus)

1. pus

Etymology 2

See pouvoir

Verb

pus

1. first-person singular past historic of pouvoir
2. second-person singular past historic of pouvoir

Etymology 3

See paître

Verb

pus

1. (extremely rare) masculine plural of the past participle of paître

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bus ‎(“lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠʊsˠ/

Noun

pus m ‎(genitive singular puis, nominative plural pusa)

1. (protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout
2. (anatomy) snout

Declension

Alternative declension

Synonyms

• (snout): cab m, glomhar m, gulba f, smaois f, smuilc f, smúrlach f, smut m, soc m, srubh f

Derived terms

• pusach ‎(“pouting, in a huff; whimpering, ready to cry”, adj)
• pusaire m, pusaí m, pusaíoch m ‎(“sulky person; blubberer, whimperer”)
• puslach m ‎(“muzzle”)

Mutation

References

• "pus" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “4 bus (‘lip’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “pus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pus.

Noun

pus m ‎(invariable)

1. pus, matter

Related terms

• mucopus
• purulento
• purulenza
• pustola
• pio-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pu-; compare Sanskrit पूयति ‎(pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον ‎(pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω ‎(púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 ‎(fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl ‎(“foul”) and Latin puteō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpus/

Noun

pūs n ‎(genitive pūris); third declension

1. pus
2. foul, corrupt matter

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• pūrulentus
• suppūrō

Descendants

References

• pus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    
  • (ambiguous) astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    

Lojban

Rafsi

pus

1. rafsi of pu'i.

Miskito

Noun

pus

1. cat

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French plus, from Latin.

Adverb

pus

1. (Jersey) more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)

Noun

pus m ‎(plural pus)

1. (Jersey, mathematics) plus sign

Etymology 2

Verb

pus

1. first-person singular preterite of pouver

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʉːs/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

pus m ‎(definite singular pusen, indefinite plural pusar, definite plural pusane)

1. (informal) cat

Synonyms

• katt
• pusekatt, kattepus

References

• “pus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• pu (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Provençal plus, from Latin plus.

Adverb

pus

1. more
   • 19^th Century, Joseph Roumanille, Poésies diverses recueillies par Joseph Roumanille:

     Mai iéu siéu pus urous qu'un rèi !

     But I am happier than a king!

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin pus, from Proto-Indo-European *pu- ‎(“to rot, stink”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpus/
• Hyphenation: pus

Noun

pus m (uncountable)

1. pus

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu(j)s/

Verb

pus

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of pôr
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 234:

     Não pus nada no suco!

     I didn't put anything in the juice!

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of pune. Probably formed on the basis of the simple perfect, puse, or from a form *post, from Latin postus, from positus. (compare also adăpost, where this was preserved)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pus]

Participle

pus

1. past participle of pune

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pus

Noun

pus m ‎(plural puses)

1. pus

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic bus, from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

pus ‎(definite accusative pusu, plural puslar)

1. haze

Declension

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /pʰus/

Noun

pus

1. steam bath

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin plūs, from Proto-Indo-European *plē-, *pelu- ‎(“many”).

Adverb

pus

1. more