different between poes vs pyes
poes
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
- (South Africa, vulgar, slang) The female genitalia.
- (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)
- (vulgar) A vagina; female genitalia.
- (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)
- A female cat.
- Synonym: kattin
- (endearing) A cat of either sex.
- (vulgar) A vagina, pussy.
- (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
- inessive singular of pood
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pyes
English
Noun
pyes
- plural of pye
Anagrams
- Espy, Spey, espy, spye, yeps
Albanian
Alternative forms
- pyet, pys, pves (Gheg)
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *p?ta, related to Latin put? (“to reckon, to ponder”), Proto-Slavic *pytati.
Verb
pyes (first-person singular past tense pyeta, participle pyetur)
- I ask, demand
Derived terms
- pyetje
Synonyms
- ves
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
From pye (“pie”) +? -es (“plural suffix”).
Noun
pyes
- plural of pye (“pie”)
Etymology 2
From pye (“magpie”) +? -es (“plural suffix”).
Noun
pyes
- plural of pye (“magpie”)
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