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Translingual

Symbol

pus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Pashto.

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English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

Pronunciation

Noun

pus (usually uncountable, plural pura)

  1. (medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
    Pus was seeping out of the wound.

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Verb

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

  1. (rare) To emit pus.

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Albanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin puteum. Compare Romanian puț, Italian pozzo.

Noun

pus m (plural puse, definite pusi, definite plural puset)

  1. well (source of water)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

Further reading

  • pus”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch poes.

Noun

pus

  1. cat
    Synonym: tusa
    Lebe bai beta kasi makang pus dar mau kas makang orang pamalas.
    I would rather give food to the cat than to give food to the lazy.

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpus/ [ˈpus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: pus

Conjunction

pus

  1. (Western Asturias) alternative form of pos

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