different between doos vs dors

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans doos, from Dutch doos. Doublet of dose.

Noun

doos

1. (South Africa, vulgar) vagina
2. (South Africa, vulgar) stupid person

Anagrams

• SoDo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch doos (“box, vagina, stupid”), from Middle Dutch dose.

Noun

doos (plural dose, diminutive dosie)

1. box
2. (vulgar) vagina, cunt
3. (derogatory, slang) idiot, stupid person

Synonyms

• (box): boks

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dose (since 1361), probably from Latin dosis (“the small box in which a dose of medication was given”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?s/
• Hyphenation: doos
• Rhymes: -o?s

Noun

doos f (plural dozen, diminutive doosje n)

1. box
2. (vulgar) vagina
3. (derogatory, vulgar) stupid female, cunt (objectionable woman)
4. (informal) prison

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: doos
  • ? English: doos
• ? Indonesian: dus (“box”)
• ? Sranan Tongo: dosu

English

Noun

dors

1. plural of dor

Anagrams

• DROs, ODRs, OSRD, ords, rods, sord

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?rs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch dorst, from Middle Dutch dorst, from Old Dutch thurst, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.

Noun

dors (plural dorste)

1. thirst

Derived terms

• dorstig

Adjective

dors (attributive dors, not comparable)

1. thirsty

Etymology 2

From Dutch dorsten, from Middle Dutch dorsten, from Old Dutch thursten.

Verb

dors (present dors, present participle dorstende, past participle gedors)

1. (intransitive) to thirst [+ na (after)]

Etymology 3

From Dutch dorsen, from Middle Dutch derschen, dorschen, from Old Dutch *threscan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskan?.

Verb

dors (present dors, present participle dorsende, past participle gedors)

1. (transitive) to thresh

Derived terms

• dorsvloer

Catalan

Alternative forms

• dos (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin dorsum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?dos/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?do?s/

Noun

dors m (plural dorsos)

1. (anatomy) back

   Synonym: esquena

2. backside, reverse

Related terms

Further reading

• “dors” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dors” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dors” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dors” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?rs/
• Hyphenation: dors
• Rhymes: -?rs

Etymology 1

From dorsen.

Noun

dors m (plural dorsen)

1. threshing floor, usually in a barn

   Synonym: dorsvloer

2. (dialectal) a barn or shed where agricultural equipment is stored

Alternative forms

• dars (dialectal)
• dorsch (obsolete)

See also

• dorsschuur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dors

1. first-person singular present indicative of dorsen
2. imperative of dorsen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

dors

1. first-person singular present indicative of dormir
2. second-person singular present indicative of dormir
3. second-person singular imperative of dormir