Amanab

Noun

pou

1. a kind of snake

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin puteus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpow/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpow/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpow/

Noun

pou m ‎(plural pous)

1. well

French

Etymology

From Old French pouil, peouil, püil, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. The singular is a back-formation from the plural (see also genou with the same development).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/
• Homophone: pouls

Noun

pou m ‎(plural poux)

1. louse (insect)

Usage notes

Only seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou, pou.

Related terms

• pouilleux

See also

• lente f

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pour ‎(“for”).

Preposition

pou

1. for

Mandarin

Romanization

pou

1. Nonstandard spelling of pōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of póu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pòu.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

pou

1. pillar

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French poi.

Adverb

pou

1. little (not much, not a lot)

Descendants

• French: peu

Old French

Adverb

pou

1. Alternative form of poi