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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norwegian_Bokmål"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Norwegian Bokmål</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Norwegian Bokmål subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norwegian_Nynorsk"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Norwegian Nynorsk</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Norwegian Nynorsk subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swedish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swedish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Swedish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Swedish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" 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title="puss – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/puss" title="puss – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="puss" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary, the free dictionary</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/pus" title="pus">pus</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">cat, woman, vulva; mouth, face</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">po͝os</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pʊs/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="En-au-puss.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-au-puss.ogg" title="File:En-au-puss.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%CA%8As" title="Rhymes:English/ʊs"><span class="IPA">-ʊs</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Probably from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/pus#Middle_Low_German" title="pus">pūs</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/w/index.php?title=puskatte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="puskatte (page does not exist)">pūskatte</a></i> or <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/poes#Dutch" title="poes">poes</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">puss, cat”, slang for “vulva</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, ultimately from a common <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages" class="extiw" title="w:Germanic languages">Germanic</a></span> word for cat, perhaps ultimately <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imitative" title="Appendix:Glossary">imitative</a> of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A9" title="بسة">بسة</a> (bissa)). </p><p>Akin to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/poes#West_Frisian" title="poes">poes</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a href="/wiki/Puus#Low_German" title="Puus">Puus</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Puuskatte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Puuskatte (page does not exist)">Puuskatte</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/pus#Danish" title="pus">pus</a></i>, dialectal <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kattepus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kattepus (page does not exist)">kattepus</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Norwegian language">Norwegian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/pus#Norwegian" title="pus">pus</a></i>. </p><p>Found also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Romanian language">Romanian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/pisic%C4%83#Romanian" title="pisică">pisică</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Persian language">Persian</a></span> <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C#Persian" title="پیشی">پیشی</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn"><i>piši</i></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" class="extiw" title="w:Tamil language">Tamil</a></span> <i class="Taml mention" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88#Tamil" title="பூசை">பூசை</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">pūcai</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language" class="extiw" title="w:Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/pusa#Tagalog" title="pusa">pusa</a></i> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Sardinian language">Sardinian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pisittu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pisittu (page does not exist)">pisittu</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">puss</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pusses#English" title="pusses">pusses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> often as a term of address</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/cat" title="cat">cat</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Our local theatre is showing <i><b>Puss</b> in Boots</i>.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Come here, <b>puss</b>! I've got some milk for you.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/endearing" title="endearing">endearing</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/girl" title="girl">girl</a> or young <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a>, or any <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/hunting#Noun" title="hunting">hunting</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/hare" title="hare">hare</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1749</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Fielding">Henry Fielding</a>, “In which is seen a more moving Spectacle, than all the Blood in the Bodies of <i>Thwackum</i> and <i>Blifil</i> and of Twenty other such, is capable of producing”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Tom_Jones,_a_Foundling" class="extiw" title="w:The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling">The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling</a></cite>, volume II, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Millar" class="extiw" title="w:Andrew Millar">A<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ndrew<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Millar</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="over-against Catharine-street in the Strand">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/928184292">→OCLC</a></small>, book V, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IZ9aAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA220">page <span class="None" lang="und">220</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He then began to beat about, in the ſame Language, and in the ſame Manner, as if he had been beating for a Hare, and at laſt cried out, 'Soho! <b>Puſs</b> is not far off. Here's her Form, upon my Soul; I believe I may cry <i>ſtole away</i>.'</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1881</b></span>, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [<i>i.e.</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Christen_Asbj%C3%B8rnsen" class="extiw" title="w:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen">Peter Christen Asbjørnsen</a>], “A Day with the Capercailzies”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., <cite>Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales</cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_Low" class="extiw" title="w:Sampson Low">Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1266658027">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Mu8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77">page <span class="None" lang="und">77</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">'<span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> It won't kill <b>Puss</b> any better for that.' / "'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/vulva" title="vulva">vulva</a> (female <a href="/wiki/genitalia" title="genitalia">genitalia</a>).</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#metonymically" title="Appendix:Glossary">metonymically</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/sex" title="sex">Sex</a> with a woman. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1986</b></span>, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Last_Night_(1986_film)" class="extiw" title="w:About Last Night (1986 film)">About Last Night</a></cite>, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi):</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of <b>puss</b>?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vulgar" title="Appendix:Glossary">vulgar</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> chiefly <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/coward" title="coward">coward</a>; a <a href="/wiki/wuss" title="wuss">wuss</a>; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">cat</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/moggie#English" title="moggie">moggie</a></span>/<a href="/wiki/moggy" title="moggy">moggy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/glamourpuss#English" title="glamourpuss">glamourpuss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss_caterpillar#English" title="puss caterpillar">puss caterpillar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss-gentleman#English" title="puss-gentleman">puss-gentleman</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss_in_a_bag#English" title="puss in a bag">puss in a bag</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss_in_the_corner#English" title="puss in the corner">puss in the corner</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss_moth#English" title="puss moth">puss moth</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss_out#English" title="puss out">puss out</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/puss-puss#English" title="puss-puss">puss-puss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sea-puss#English" title="sea-puss">sea-puss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sea_puss#English" title="sea puss">sea puss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sour_puss#English" title="sour puss">sour puss</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pussy#English" title="pussy">pussy</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_languages" class="extiw" title="w:Celtic languages">Celtic</a></span> origin, from or akin to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Irish language">Irish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/pus#Irish" title="pus">pus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">mouth, lip</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Irish" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Irish">Middle Irish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="mga"><a href="/wiki/bus#Middle_Irish" title="bus">bus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">puss</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pusses#English" title="pusses">pusses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/mouth" title="mouth">mouth</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Shut your <b>puss</b> before I shut it for you.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1991</b></span>, <cite>New York Magazine</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">24</span>, number <span class="None" lang="und">21</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">62</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine <b>puss</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/face" title="face">face</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">She gave him a slap in the <b>puss</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">mouth</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cakehole#English" title="cakehole">cakehole</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gob#English" title="gob">gob</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mush#English" title="mush">mush</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/trap#English" title="trap">trap</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sourpuss#English" title="sourpuss">sourpuss</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">puss</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative spelling of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pus#English" title="pus">pus</a></i></span></span> <ul><li><b>2010</b> Alien Purgatory <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=vpRdxWcpKeMC&pg=PA40">page 40</a> <dl><dd>It didn't move as much, and the same teary <b>puss</b> leaked from its eyes.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>2012</b> Southern Supposition <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=3Vft41-fWEsC&pg=PA132">page 132</a> <dl><dd>People called him <b>Puss</b> Head because if you crossed him, he went to great lengths to make sure that before you died, <b>puss</b> leaked from your head.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>2016</b> When Crickets Cry <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=8xt3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT267">page 267</a> <dl><dd><b>Puss</b> leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.</dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>, 1884–1928, and <i>First Supplement</i>, 1933.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/PSUs#English" title="PSUs">PSUs</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/USPS#English" title="USPS">USPS</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/USPs#English" title="USPs">USPs</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sups#English" title="sups">sups</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/susp#English" title="susp">susp</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Norwegian Bokmål phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pʉs/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pusse#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pusse">pusse</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to clean, polish, plaster, render</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_4">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pussen">pussen</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pusser#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pusser">pusser</a></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pussene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pussene (page does not exist)">pussene</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/polish" title="polish">polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/finery" title="finery">finery</a></li> <li>(a layer of) <a href="/wiki/plaster" title="plaster">plaster</a> (mortar), <a href="/wiki/plastering" title="plastering">plastering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/finery" title="finery">finery</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/no:puss" class="extiw" title="w:no:puss">puss</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/no:puss" class="extiw" title="w:no:puss">Wikipedia <sup>no</sup></a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/pus#Latin" title="pus">pus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_5">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pussen">pussen</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pusset#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pusset">pusset</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/pathology" title="pathology">pathology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/pus" title="pus">pus</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">yellowish fluid from infected tissue</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3_2">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/putze#Middle_Low_German" title="putze">putze</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/pusse#Middle_Low_German" title="pusse">pusse</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/posse#Middle_Low_German" title="posse">posse</a></i>. Ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bautan%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bautaną">*bautaną</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to hit</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, likely in part through <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/boce#Old_French" title="boce">boce</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">bump</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Posse#German" title="Posse">Posse</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/poets#Dutch" title="poets">poets</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_6">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pusset#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pusset">pusset</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/pussa#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="pussa">pussa</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pussene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pussene (page does not exist)">pussene</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/trick" title="trick">trick</a>, <a href="/wiki/prank" title="prank">prank</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References_2">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/bm/search?q=puss">“puss”</a> in <i>The Bokmål Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_3">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pusse#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pusse">pusse</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to clean, polish, plaster, render</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_7">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pussen">pussen</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pussar#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pussar">pussar</a></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pussane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pussane (page does not exist)">pussane</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/polish" title="polish">polish</a>, <a href="/wiki/finery" title="finery">finery</a></li> <li>(a layer of) <a href="/wiki/plaster" title="plaster">plaster</a> (mortar), <a href="/wiki/plastering" title="plastering">plastering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/finery" title="finery">finery</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_3">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian Nynorsk <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:puss" class="extiw" title="w:nn:puss">puss</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:puss" class="extiw" title="w:nn:puss">Wikipedia <sup>nn</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/pus#Latin" title="pus">pus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_8">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pussen">pussen</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pusset#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pusset">pusset</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/pathology" title="pathology">pathology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/pus" title="pus">pus</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">yellowish fluid from infected tissue</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/putze#Middle_Low_German" title="putze">putze</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/pusse#Middle_Low_German" title="pusse">pusse</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/posse#Middle_Low_German" title="posse">posse</a></i>. Ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bautan%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bautaną">*bautaną</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to hit</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, likely in part through <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/boce#Old_French" title="boce">boce</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">bump</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Posse#German" title="Posse">Posse</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/poets#Dutch" title="poets">poets</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_9">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pusset#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pusset">pusset</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/pussa#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="pussa">pussa</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/trick" title="trick">trick</a>, <a href="/wiki/prank" title="prank">prank</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References_3">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/nn/search?q=puss">“puss”</a> in <i>The Nynorsk Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Swedish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Swedish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/pɵs/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Sv-en_puss.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Sv-en_puss.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Sv-en_puss.ogg/Sv-en_puss.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Sv-en_puss.ogg" title="File:Sv-en puss.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_4">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Disputed origin. Likely <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#onomatopoeic" title="Appendix:Glossary">onomatopoeic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_10">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/peck" title="peck">Peck</a>; a light or dispassionate <a href="/wiki/kiss" title="kiss">kiss</a> performed with closed lips, used for example as a greeting or in non-sensual/non-sexual contexts.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declension">Declension</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-indigo inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82767548">.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper{padding:3px;margin:0.5em 0;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue);border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-narrow{}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-no-title{border:0;padding:0}@media all and (max-width:639px){.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-narrow{position:relative;overflow:auto;max-width:100%;width:auto!important}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-collapsed tbody{display:none}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper 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.inflection-table-brown.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer">singular </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Swedish" title="pussen">pussen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussens#Swedish" title="pussens">pussens</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer">plural </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|nom|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussar#Swedish" title="pussar">pussar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|gen|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussars#Swedish" title="pussars">pussars</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|nom|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussarna#Swedish" title="pussarna">pussarna</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|gen|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussarnas#Swedish" title="pussarnas">pussarnas</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussa#Swedish" title="pussa">pussa</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kram#Swedish" title="kram">kram</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kyss#Swedish" title="kyss">kyss</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%B6zz#Swedish" title="pözz">pözz</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_4">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussig#Swedish" title="pussig">pussig</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pusta#Swedish" title="pusta">pusta</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A5se#Swedish" title="påse">påse</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%B6sa#Swedish" title="pösa">pösa</a></i><span class="serial-comma">,</span><span class="serial-and"> and</span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pysa#Swedish" title="pysa">pysa</a></i>. One theory is that it was borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Pf%C3%BCtze#German" title="Pfütze">Pfütze</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_11">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">puss</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/puddle" title="puddle">puddle</a>, a <a href="/wiki/plash" title="plash">plash</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declension_2">Declension</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-indigo inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r82767548"> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer">singular </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">puss</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussen#Swedish" title="pussen">pussen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussens#Swedish" title="pussens">pussens</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer">plural </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|nom|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussar#Swedish" title="pussar">pussar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|gen|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussars#Swedish" title="pussars">pussars</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|nom|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussarna#Swedish" title="pussarna">pussarna</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|gen|p-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/pussarnas#Swedish" title="pussarnas">pussarnas</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/vattenpuss#Swedish" title="vattenpuss">vattenpuss</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/tre/?sok=puss">puss</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/">Svenska Akademiens ordböcker</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/svetym/0698.html">puss</a> in Elof Hellquist, <i>Svensk etymologisk ordbok</i> (1st ed., 1922)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams_2">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=puss&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/sups#Swedish" title="sups">sups</a></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img 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