different between pus vs snot
pus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s, meaning the same.
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?s, IPA(key): /p?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
pus (uncountable)
- A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
Derived terms
- pussy, pusy
- puss (alternate spelling)
Translations
Verb
pus (third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)
- (rare) To emit pus.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.
Anagrams
- 'sup, PSU, SUP, Sup., UPS, UPs, USP, psu, sup, sup., ups
Albanian
Etymology
Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin puteum. Compare Romanian pu?, Italian pozzo.
Noun
pus m
- well
Synonyms
- ubël
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?pus/
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s (early 19th century), meaning the same.
Noun
pus m (uncountable)
- pus
Related terms
- purulent
Etymology 2
From Old Occitan plus, from Latin pl?s, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-, *pelh?u- (“many”). Compare Occitan pus, French plus, Italian più.
Adverb
pus
- (archaic) more
- (Mallorca) more (in negative sentences)
- no en vull pus
- I don't want more of it
- no en vull pus
Etymology 3
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin post.
Conjunction
pus
- after
References
Further reading
- “pus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pus]
- Rhymes: -us
Noun
pus
- genitive plural of pusa
Anagrams
- sup
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?s/
- Hyphenation: pus
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
pus n or m (uncountable)
- pus (whitish-yellow bodily substance)
- Synonym: etter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py/
- Homophones: pu, pue, pues, puent, put, pût
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Middle French from Latin pus, meaning the same.
Noun
pus m (plural pus)
- pus
Etymology 2
See pouvoir
Verb
pus
- first-person singular past historic of pouvoir
- second-person singular past historic of pouvoir
Etymology 3
See paître
Verb
pus
- (extremely rare) masculine plural past participle of paître
Further reading
- “pus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish bus (“lip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s?/
Noun
pus m (genitive singular puis, nominative plural pusa or pusanna)
- (protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout
- (anatomy) snout
Declension
- Alternative declension
Synonyms
- (snout): cab m, glomhar m, gulba f, smaois f, smuilc f, smúrlach f, smut m, soc m, srubh f
Derived terms
- pusach (“pouting, in a huff; whimpering, ready to cry”, adjective)
- pusaire m, pusaí m, pusaíoch m (“sulky person; blubberer, whimperer”)
- puslach m (“muzzle”)
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “4 bus (‘lip’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- "pus" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pus/
Noun
pus m (invariable)
- pus, matter
Related terms
Further reading
- pus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *puos, from Proto-Indo-European *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os, from *puH-.
Cognate with Sanskrit ????? (púvas), Ancient Greek ???? (p?ós), ???? (púth?, “to rot”), Gothic ???????????????? (fuls, “foul”), Old English f?l (“foul”), English foul.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu?s/, [pu?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pus/, [pus]
Noun
p?s n (genitive p?ris); third declension
- pus
- foul, corrupt matter
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- pus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Lushootseed
Noun
pus
- Southern Lushootseed form of ??pus.
Miskito
Noun
pus
- cat
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French plus, from Latin.
Adverb
pus
- (Jersey) more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
Noun
pus m (plural pus)
- (Jersey, mathematics) plus sign
Etymology 2
Verb
pus
- first-person singular preterite of pouver
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
pus m (definite singular pusen, indefinite plural pusar, definite plural pusane)
- (informal) cat
Synonyms
- katt
- pusekatt, kattepus
References
- “pus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- pu (Mistralian)
Etymology
From Old Occitan plus, from Latin plus.
Adverb
pus
- more
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?pu?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pus/
- Hyphenation: pus
Noun
pus m (uncountable)
- pus
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?pu?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?pu(j)s/
Verb
pus
- First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of pôr
Romanian
Etymology
Past participle of pune. Probably formed on the basis of the simple perfect, puse, or from a hypothetical earlier form *post, from Latin postus, syncopated form of positus (compare also ad?post, where this was preserved).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pus]
Participle
pus
- past participle of pune
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin p?s.
Noun
pus m or f (plural puses)
- pus
Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bus (“steam”). Cognate withTuvan ??? (bus, “steam”),Bashkir ??? (bo?, “steam”),Chuvash ??? (p?s, “steam”),etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pus/
Noun
pus (definite accusative pusu, plural puslar)
- haze
Declension
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
- (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /p?us/
Noun
pus
- steam bath
References
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Walloon
Etymology
From Latin pl?s, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?-, *pelu- (“many”).
Adverb
pus
- more
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snot
English
Etymology
From Middle English snot, snotte, from Old English ?esnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz (“nasal mucus”), from the same base as snout. Related also to snite.
Cognate with North Frisian snot (“snot”), Saterland Frisian Snotte (“snot”), West Frisian snotte (“snot”), Dutch snot (“snot”), German Low German Snött (“snot”), dialectal German Schnutz (“snot”), Danish snot (“snot”), Norwegian snott (“snot”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sn?t, IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snot (countable and uncountable, plural snots)
- (informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- Once, I remember, the little fair-haired boy had a choking fit at dinner, and a stream of snot ran out of his nose on to his plate in a way horrible to see.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- (slang, countable) A contemptible child.
- 2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart (page 19)
- With no warning a gang of little snots — none larger or older than I was — threw me to the ground, pulled my knickers below my knees — without any explanation, and allowed me to get up.
- 2010, Ernest L. Rhodes, A Coal Miner's Family at Mooseheart (page 19)
- (slang, obsolete) A mean fellow.
Synonyms
- booger (US) (but note this noun is countable)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
snot (third-person singular simple present snots, present participle snotting, simple past and past participle snotted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
- (intransitive) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
- 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 148:
- I was snotting all into my mouth and having to eat it, silently shuddering.
- 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 148:
Translations
Anagrams
- NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, tons
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German snotte
Noun
snot n (definite singular snottet) (uncountable)
- snot (nasal mucus) (informal in English, not in Danish)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch snotte, from Old Dutch *snotto, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Hyphenation: snot
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snot n (uncountable)
- snot, nasal mucus
Derived terms
- snotaap
- snotneus
Anagrams
- Sont
Middle English
Alternative forms
- snotte, snott, snothe
Etymology
From Old English ?esnot, *snott, from Proto-Germanic *snuttuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sn?t(?)/
Noun
snot (uncountable) (rare)
- Snot, mucus (matter accreting in the nose)
- The remnants of a burnt and expired candle wick.
Descendants
- English: snot
- Scots: snot
References
- “snotte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-26.
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