# puis
## Estonian
### Noun

puis
* inessive plural of puu

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɥi/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: puits, puy
* Rhymes: -ɥi

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *postius, a comparative of Latin post (“after”). Compare Portuguese pois, Spanish pues, Italian poi, and Romanian apoi (archaic păi).

#### Adverb

puis
* then; after; next

##### Derived terms

* et puis quoi encore

##### Related terms

* depuis

#### Conjunction

puis
* and

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *posseō, alteration of earlier possō, a regularization of Latin possum. Compare Old Catalan puix.

#### Verb

puis
* (archaic or literary) first-person singular present indicative of pouvoir
** 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine:—Dans tous les cas, ce que je puis dire, c’est que, s’il a eu toutes ces idées, il n’en a rien marqué, même pour moiIn any case, all I can say is that, if that is what he thought, he showed nothing of it, not even to me
** 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès, published 2012, page 24:—Monsieur, dit-il, je vous salue et vous serais obligé de m’indiquer si je puis être reçu par M. de Sartine.‘Sir,’ he said, ‘I bid you good-day, and would be obliged if you could tell me whether I might be received by M. Sartine.’

##### Usage notes

* Now generally used only in the highly formal inverted question form (puis-je "may I"). A common alternative is Est-ce que je peux or more simply in a colloquial context: Je peux or J'peux (pronounced /ʃpø/).

### References

* ↑ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

### Further reading

* “puis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pˠɪʃ/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

puis f
* gust (of wind)

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

puis! puis!
* Puss! Puss! (call to cat)

##### Derived terms

* puisín m (“pussy-cat; kitten”)

#### Noun

puis m sg
* vocative/genitive singular of pus (“(protruding) mouth; sulky expression, pout; snout”)

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “puis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Middle French
### Etymology 1

From Old French pois, from Latin *postius, from post.

#### Preposition

puis
* since; after (with respect to time)
** c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:Oncques puis la mort de son frere, il n'y vintNever since the death of his brother has he gone there
** 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 47:puis dist a l'enfantthen he said to the child

### Etymology 2

From Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

#### Noun

puis m (plural puis)
* well (man-made hole from which water is drawn)

## Mirandese
### Alternative forms

* pus (informal, slang)

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post (“after”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpujs̺]

### Adverb

puis
* of course
    Puode, puis, falar cun nós.(He/She) can, of course, talk with us.
* way to agree
    Puis.Indeed.

### Conjunction

puis
* because; for (by or for the cause that)
    Synonym: porque
    Me gusta l pan, puis creci cun el.I like (the) bread, because (I) grew up with it.

#### Related terms

* açpuis

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin puteus.

#### Noun

puis oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural puis)
* well (place from which water is drawn)

##### Descendants

* French: puits
* Franc-Comtois: pouche
* Norman: pyit
* Walloon: pousse

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

puis
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* “puisne, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Portuguese
### Verb

puis
* second-person singular present indicative of puir