different between poes vs pous

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (poús, “foot”). See ???? (poús).

Pronunciation

Noun

pous (plural podes)

1. The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (????????) or ¹?₆₀₀ stade (??????) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.

Synonyms

• Greek foot

Anagrams

• PUOs, opus, puso, soup

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch paus, from Middle Dutch paus.

Noun

pous (plural pouse)

1. pope

Catalan

Noun

pous

1. plural of pou

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pouce (“thumb”)

Noun

pous

1. thumb