Estonian

Noun

puis

1. Inessive plural form of puu.

French

Etymology

From *postius, a Vulgar Latin comparative of Latin post.^[1] Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, Italian poi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɥi/
• Homophone: puits

Adverb

puis

1. then

Related terms

• depuis

Conjunction

puis

1. and

Verb

puis

1. (archaic or literary) first-person singular present indicative of pouvoir
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 24:

     —Monsieur, dit-il, je vous salue et vous serais obligé de m'indiquer si je puis être reçu par M. de Sartine.

     ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘I bid you good-day, and would be obliged if you could tell me whether I might be received by M. Sartine.’

Usage notes

• Now generally used only in the highly formal inverted question form (puis-je "may I"). A common alternative is Est-ce que je peux or more simply in a colloquial context: Je peux or J'peux (pronounced /ʃpø/).

References

1. ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pˠɪʃ]

Noun

puis

1. genitive singular of pus

Mutation

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French pois, from Latin *postius, from post.

Preposition

puis

1. since; after (with respect to time)
   • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     Oncques puis la mort de son frere, il n'y vint

     Never since the death of his brother has he gone there

   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 47:

     puis dist a l'enfant

     then he said to the child

Etymology

From Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

Noun

puis m (plural puis)

1. well (man-made hole from which water is drawn)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin puteus.

Noun

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

1. well (place from which water is drawn)

Descendants

• French: puits