Estonian

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Noun

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puis

  1. inessive plural of puu

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *postius, a comparative of Latin post (after).[1] Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, Italian poi, and Romanian apoi (archaic păi).

Adverb

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puis

  1. then; after; next
Derived terms
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Conjunction

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puis

  1. and

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *posseō, alteration of earlier possō, a regularization of Latin possum. Compare Old Catalan puix.

Verb

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puis

  1. (archaic or literary) first-person singular present indicative of pouvoir
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine:
      —Dans tous les cas, ce que je puis dire, c’est que, s’il a eu toutes ces idées, il n’en a rien marqué, même pour moi
      In any case, all I can say is that, if that is what he thought, he showed nothing of it, not even to me
    • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès, published 2012, page 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.’
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  • 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

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

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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puis f

  1. gust (of wind)

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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puis! puis!

  1. Puss! Puss! (call to cat)
Derived terms
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  • puisín m (pussy-cat; kitten)

Noun

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puis m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of pus ((protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
puis phuis bpuis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle French

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Etymology 1

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

Preposition

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puis

  1. since; after (with respect to time)
    • c. 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 2

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From Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

Noun

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puis m (plural puis)

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

Mirandese

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Alternative forms

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  • pus (informal, slang)

Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (after).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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puis

  1. of course
    Puode, puis, falar cun nós.
    (He/She) can, of course, talk with us.
  2. way to agree
    Puis.
    Indeed.

Conjunction

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puis

  1. because; for (by or for the cause that)
    Synonym: porque
    Me gusta l pan, puis creci cun el.
    I like (the) bread, because (I) grew up with it.
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Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin puteus.

Noun

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

  1. well (place from which water is drawn)
Descendants
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  • French: puits
  • Franc-Comtois: pouche
  • Norman: pyit
  • Walloon: pousse

Etymology 2

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    Adverb

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    puis

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    Portuguese

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    Verb

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    puis

    1. second-person singular present indicative of puir