different between poes vs oes

English

Alternative forms

• puss

Etymology

From Afrikaans poes (“vagina”), from Dutch poes (“cat, female cat, vagina”). Doublet of puss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

poes

1. (South Africa, vulgar, slang) The female genitalia.
2. (South Africa, vulgar, slang, derogatory) A disliked person.

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, pose, posé, sope

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch poes (“female cat, vagina”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/

Noun

poes (plural poese, diminutive poesie)

1. (vulgar) A vagina; female genitalia.
2. (derogatory, slang) A cunt; douche; a contemptible person.

Synonyms

• doos
• kont
• kwas

Descendants

• ? English: poes

Dutch

Alternative forms

• puys (obsolete)

Etymology

Ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic ???).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus/
• Hyphenation: poes
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

poes f (plural poezen, diminutive poesje n)

1. A female cat.

   Synonym: kattin

2. (endearing) A cat of either sex.
3. (vulgar) A vagina, pussy.
4. (sometimes derogatory) a woman or girl

Usage notes

In the sense “vagina” the diminutive form (poesje) is highly common. As a term for a woman it can be interpreted as offensive or sexist depending on the context. Compounds are different, snoezepoes is not offensive but pitspoes is more likely to have sexist connotations.

Derived terms

• niet voor de poes zijn
• pitspoes
• poeslief
• poezebeest
• poezelig
• stoeipoes

Descendants

• Afrikaans: poes
  • ? English: poes
• ? Indonesian: pus
• ? Papiamentu: pushi (from the diminutive)
• ? Sranan Tongo: puspusi

See also

• kat
• kater

Anagrams

• epos, pose, soep, oeps, peso, opes

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Estonian

Noun

poes

1. inessive singular of pood

English

Noun

oes

1. (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.
   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic

     Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, / Deep-chested music.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Masques and Triumphs

     The Colours, that shew best by Candlelight, are; White, Carnation, and a Kinde of Sea-Water-Greene; And Oes, or Spangs, as they are of no great Cost, so they are of most Glory.

Anagrams

• -ose, E&Os, Eos, OSE, SEO, SOE, Seo, Soe, soe

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us/

Noun

oes (plural oeste)

1. harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

1. second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oes/, [?o.es]

Noun

oes

1. plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /o???s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?i?s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /o?s/, /we?s/

Etymology 1

Cognate with English "if is", German "ob ist". Probably Celtic "op is" with the p disapearing giving "o is".

Verb

oes

1. (in a question) is there; are there.
2. (in answer to a question beginning with oes) yes.

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *o?s, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

1. age, period

Derived terms

• ers oes oesoedd (“from the beginning of time”)
• goroesi (“to survive, outlast”)
• yr Oesoedd Canol (“the Middle Ages”)
• yn oes oesoedd (“for ever and ever”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 51