different between pose vs contour

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /po?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Etymology 1

From Middle English pose, from Old English ?eposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ?epos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus? (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pus?n?, *pusjan? (“to snort, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

Noun

pose (plural poses)

1. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
   • 1586, William Harrison, A Description of England

     Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.

   • 1825, Robert Herrick, The poetical works of Robert Herrick:

     Megg yesterday was troubled with a pose, Which, this night hardned, sodders up her nose.

   • 1903, Thomas Heywood, Lucian (of Samosata.), Desiderius Erasmus, Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's

     The Ague, Cough, the Pyony, the Pose. Aches within, and accidents without, [...]

   • 2009, Eucharius Rösslin, Thomas Raynalde, Elaine Hobby, The Birth of Mankind

     And whereas some say, that they which use oft washing of their heads shall be very prone to headache, that is not true, but only in such that, after they have been washed, roll up their hair (being yet wet) about their heads; the cold whereof is dangerous to bring them to catarrhs and poses, with other inconveniences.

Etymology 2

From Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin paus?re (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (paûsis); influenced by Latin p?nere. Doublet of pause.

Verb

pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)

1. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.

2. (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
3. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
   • 2010, Noam Chomsky, The Iranian threat, Z Magazine, vol 23, number 7:

     Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world.

   • 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:

     The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.

4. (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
5. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
   • 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, A Shabby Genteel Story

     He […] posed before her as a hero.

6. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.

   • She pretended to […] pose him and sift him.

8. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of the Love of God (sermon)

     A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose or puzzle him.

Translations

Noun

pose (plural poses)

1. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
2. Affectation.

Derived terms

• cool pose
• posable
• posing pouch

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.

Alternative forms

• poze

Verb

pose (third-person singular simple present poses, present participle posing, simple past and past participle posed)

1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
   • 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Luke 2

     And hit fortuned that after .iii. dayes, they founde hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours, both hearynge them, and posinge them.

   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, I.9

     'Tis my solitary recreation to pose my apprehension with those involved Ænigmas and riddles of the Trinity, with Incarnation and Resurrection.

2. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
3. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

Derived terms

• poser

Further reading

• pose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, sope

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?p?o?s?]

Noun

pose

1. bag

Usage notes

Do not fail to perceive the distinction between this, being a simple, one-room container open or openable in the top, and a taske.

Inflection

References

• “pose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pose.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: po?se

Noun

pose f (plural posen or poses, diminutive posetje n)

1. stance or pose

Anagrams

• epos, poes, soep

Finnish

Noun

pose

1. (slang) jail

Declension

Anagrams

• peso

French

Etymology

Derived from the verb poser. Compare also Italian posa, Latin pausa.

Noun

pose f (plural poses)

1. installation

Derived terms

• prendre la pose

Noun

pose m (plural poses)

1. extension (in telecommunications)

Descendants

• ? Romanian: poz?

Verb

pose

1. first-person singular present indicative of poser
2. third-person singular present indicative of poser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of poser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of poser
5. second-person singular imperative of poser

Further reading

• “pose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Adverb

pose

1. afterwards

Italian

Pronunciation

• póse, IPA^(key): /?pose/

Verb

pose

1. third-person singular past historic of porre

Anagrams

• peso, pesò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse posi

Noun

pose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural poser, definite plural posene)

1. bag, sack

Derived terms

References

• “pose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse posi.

Noun

pose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural posar, definite plural posane)

1. a bag or sack

Derived terms

• papirpose
• plastpose
• sovepose
• tepose

References

• “pose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

pose

1. inflection of posa (“man”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Spanish

Verb

pose

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of posar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of posar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of posar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of posar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French contour, from contourner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nt??(?)/, /-t??(?)/
• Homophone: kontor

Noun

contour (plural contours)

1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.

2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth.

   Synonym: contour line

3. (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.

   Hyponyms: diphthong, contour tone, affricate

Translations

Verb

contour (third-person singular simple present contours, present participle contouring, simple past and past participle contoured)

1. (transitive) To form a more or less curved boundary or border upon.
2. (transitive) To mark with contour lines.
3. (intransitive) To practise the makeup technique of contouring.

Anagrams

• cornuto, countor, crouton, croûton

French

Etymology

Deverbal of contourner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.tu?/

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour

Spanish

Noun

contour m (plural contours)

1. contour