different between urine vs poo

English

Etymology

From Middle English uryne, from Old French orine, from Latin ?r?na (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh?r-, zero grade of *weh?r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h?ewHd?r?- (see udder). Displaced native English land (“urine”), (Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: yo?or??n, yûr??n, IPA^(key): /?j???n/, /?j??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo?or??n, yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j????n/, /?j???a?n/
• (General Australian) enPR: yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j?????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

urine (usually uncountable, plural urines)

1. (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

urine (third-person singular simple present urines, present participle urining, simple past and past participle urined)

1. (archaic) To urinate.
   • 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal (volume 31, page 226)

     He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Nueir, in ure, inure, ruine

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?ri.n?/
• Hyphenation: uri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

   Synonyms: blaasvocht, pies, pis, plas, zeik

Derived terms

• urineleider

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: urine

French

Etymology

From Middle French urine, respelled from Old French orine to reflect the original Latin spelling, from Latin urina. Old French orine likely derived from a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *aurina, which was influenced by aurum (“gold”). Compare also Italian orina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.?in/

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Verb

urine

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of uriner
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of uriner
3. second-person singular imperative of uriner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nuire, réuni, ruine, ruiné

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch urine, from Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??rin?]
• Hyphenation: uri?nê

Noun

urinê (first-person possessive urineku, second-person possessive urinemu, third-person possessive urinenya)

1. (physiology) urine: liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: air kemih, air seni

Alternative forms

• urin (nonstandard)
• urin (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “urine” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?ri.ne/

Noun

urine f

1. plural of urina

Anagrams

• unire

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French orine, respelled urine to reflect the Latin spelling urina.

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Portuguese

Verb

urine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of urinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of urinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of urinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of urinar

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)