pis
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *peitsa, from Proto-Indo-European *peik/k̑- (“to hate, be hostile”). Close to Lithuanian piktas (“evil”), Latin piget (“it is annoying”), Old English fāh (“hostile”), English foe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pis/
Azerbaijani
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Cyrillic | пис |
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Perso-Arabic | پیس |
Etymology
Probably from Persian پیس (“stained, wrinkled, leprous”) (archaic)[1], whence also Turkish pis (“filthy”), and Northern Kurdish pîs (“dirty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pis]
Adjective
Derived terms
- pislik (“misdoing, evil, harm”)
- pisləmək (“to condemn”)
- pisləşmək (“to get worse, to deteriorate”)
Catalan
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪs
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi/
audio (file)
Derived terms
- de mal en pis
- de pis en pis
- dire pis que pendre de
- en mettant les choses au pis
- pis-aller
- tant pis
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old French piz, peiz (“chest”), inherited from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”). The original meaning of "chest" underwent a semantic shift, as the word was gradually replaced by poitrine in that sense.
Related terms
Etymology 3
Syncope of puis.
Alternative forms
Conjunction
pis
- (Quebec, Acadian, Louisiana, Missouri, colloquial) and, besides.
- 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 78:
- "Je suis habituée, protesta-t-elle. Pis j'ai pas besoin d'un père pour me faire la morale." — I'm used to it, she protested. And I don't need a father to lecture me
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Further reading
- “pis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese peixe. Cognates with Kabuverdianu pexi.
Irish

Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʲɪʃ/
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Middle English
Norman
Tok Pisin
Noun
pis
- fish
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:21:
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