pis

See also: Pis, PiS, piś, piš, piș, -pis, pi·š, Piś, and pîs

Languages (21)

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Ainu • Albanian • Azerbaijani • Catalan • Danish • Dutch • French • Guinea-Bissau Creole • Irish • Lithuanian • Manado Malay • Middle English • Norman • Old English • Romanian • Spanish • Tok Pisin • Turkish • Volscian

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English pidgin, Solomon Islands.

Symbol

pis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Pijin.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pijin terms

English

Noun

pis

1. plural of pi

Anagrams

• IPS, IPs, ISP, Isp, PSI, SIP, SPI, iPS, isp, psi, sip

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pis]

Noun

pis

1. shore, beach

   pis un ota

   sand on the beach

   pis ta san.

   go to the beach.

References

• Bugaeva, Anna. Handbook of the Ainu Language, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502859

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پیس (pis, “dirty, filthy, foul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpis/
• Rhymes: -is

Adjective

pis (feminine pise)

1. (colloquial) dirty, filthy

   Synonym: i pistë

Noun

pis m (plural pisë)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) filth, mess

Adverb

pis

1. dirty (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Antonym: pastër

Derived terms

• pisanik
• i pistë

Related terms

• pisllëk

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1487

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		пис
Arabic		پیس

Etymology

Probably from archaic Persian پیس (“stained, wrinkled, leprous”), whence also Turkish pis (“filthy”), and Northern Kurdish pîs (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pis]

• Audio:

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Adjective

pis (comparative daha pis, superlative ən pis)

1. bad

   Synonym: yaman

   Vəziyyətimiz çox pisdir. ― Our situation is very bad.

2. naughty, dirty

   Gecə yatmamışdan əvvəl pis-pis kinolara baxıblar yəqin. ― They must have been watching some naughty movies before they went to sleep

Antonyms

• yaxşı

Derived terms

• pislik (“misdoing, evil, harm”)
• pisləmək (“to condemn”)
• pisləşmək (“to get worse, to deteriorate”)

Descendants

• → Lezgi: пис (pis)

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from pisar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpis]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

pis m (plural pisos)

1. floor (storey)
2. flat (apartment)
3. (castells) each of the levels of a castell

Further reading

• “pis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

A back-formation of pisse.

Noun

pis n (singular definite pisset, not used in plural form) (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) piss

   Synonym: tis

2. (vulgar, slang) cheap beer

Declension

Declension of pis

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pis	pisset
genitive	pis'	pissets

Interjection

pis

1. dammit

Synonyms

• satans

References

• “pis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pisse. By surface analysis, deverbal from pissen.

Noun

pis f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (vulgar) piss

   Synonyms: urine, plas

2. (vulgar, slang) cheap beer

Derived terms

• pisafdrijvend
• pisbloem
• pisgeel
• pisgeur
• pislink
• pisnicht
• pisnijdig
• pispaal
• pispot
• pissig

Descendants

• Negerhollands: pische
• → Manado Malay: pis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pis

1. inflection of pissen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

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• Homophones: pi, pie, pies

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French pis, peis, from Latin peius, from peior. Compare pire.

Adverb

pis

2. (dated) comparative degree of mal: worse

   Antonym: mieux

   Il est, de nos jours, très mal vu d’avouer qu’on a été un bon élève. Encore pis de s’en vanter. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

• In the modern language, the adverbial form pis has fallen out of use in favor of the etymologically adjectival pire.
• It nevertheless survives in all registers of speech as part of fixed idioms, most notably tant pis.

Derived terms

• de mal en pis
• de pis en pis
• dire pis que pendre de
• en mettant les choses au pis
• pis que pendre
• pis-aller
• tant pis

Related terms

• pire

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French piz, peiz (“chest, udder”), inherited from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). The word underwent a semantic shift beginning in Old French and was gradually replaced by poitrine in the sense of “chest”.

Noun

pis m (invariable)

2. udder

Related terms

• poitrine

Etymology 3

Syncope of puis. Cognate to (if not taken from) dialectal forms such as Picard pis (“and”).

Alternative forms

• pi

Conjunction

pis

1. (Northern France, North America, 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.’

Further reading

• “pis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• psi, spi

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese peixe. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pexi.

Noun

pis

1. fish

Irish

piseanna

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲɪʃ/

Noun

pis f (genitive singular pise, nominative plural piseanna)

1. pea

Declension

Declension of pis (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative pis piseanna vocative a phis a phiseanna genitive pise piseanna dative pis piseanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an phis na piseanna genitive na pise na bpiseanna dative leis an bpis don phis leis na piseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of pis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pis	phis	bpis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Lithuanian

Verb

pis

1. third-person singular future of pisti
2. third-person plural future of pisti

Manado Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch pis (“pis”), from Middle Dutch pisse.

Noun

pis

1. piss

References

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Middle English

Noun

pis

1. alternative form of pisse

Norman

Noun

pis m pl

1. plural of pi

Old English

Etymology

From Latin pēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːs/

Adjective

pīs

1. heavy, weighty

Declension

Declension of pīs — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pīs	pīs	pīs
Accusative	pīsne	pīse	pīs
Genitive	pīses	pīsre	pīses
Dative	pīsum	pīsre	pīsum
Instrumental	pīse	pīsre	pīse
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pīse	pīsa, pīse	pīs
Accusative	pīse	pīsa, pīse	pīs
Genitive	pīsra	pīsra	pīsra
Dative	pīsum	pīsum	pīsum
Instrumental	pīsum	pīsum	pīsum

Declension of pīs — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pīsa	pīse	pīse
Accusative	pīsan	pīsan	pīse
Genitive	pīsan	pīsan	pīsan
Dative	pīsan	pīsan	pīsan
Instrumental	pīsan	pīsan	pīsan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pīsan	pīsan	pīsan
Accusative	pīsan	pīsan	pīsan
Genitive	pīsra, pīsena	pīsra, pīsena	pīsra, pīsena
Dative	pīsum	pīsum	pīsum
Instrumental	pīsum	pīsum	pīsum

Derived terms

• pīsian
• pīslīċ
• pīslīċe

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “pīs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pis

1. call used for cats

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpis/ [ˈpis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: pis

Noun

pis m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) pee, wee

   Synonym: orina

Derived terms

• hacer pis
• hacerse pis

Further reading

• “pis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English fish.

Noun

pis

1. fish
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:21:

     Orait God i mekim kamap ol traipela pis na snek bilong solwara, na ol arapela kain samting bilong solwara, na ol kain kain pisin.

     →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

Probably from Persian پیس (“stained, wrinkled, leprous”) (archaic), whence also Azerbaijani pis (“bad, dirty”), Northern Kurdish pîs (“dirty”) and Armenian փիս (pʻis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis/

• Audio:

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Adjective

pis

1. dirty

   Synonym: kirli

Declension

Predicative forms of pis

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	pisim	pis miyim?
sen (you are)	pissin	pis misin?
o (he/she/it is)	pis / pistir	pis mi?
biz (we are)	pisiz	pis miyiz?
siz (you are)	pissiniz	pis misiniz?
onlar (they are)	pis(ler)	pis(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	pistim	pis miydim?
sen (you were)	pistin	pis miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	pisti	pis miydi?
biz (we were)	pistik	pis miydik?
siz (you were)	pistiniz	pis miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	pistiler	pis miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	pismişim	pis miymişim?
sen (you were)	pismişsin	pis miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	pismiş	pis miymiş?
biz (we were)	pismişiz	pis miymişiz?
siz (you were)	pismişsiniz	pis miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	pismişler	pis miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	pissem	pis miysem?
sen (if you)	pissen	pis miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	pisse	pis miyse?
biz (if we)	pissek	pis miysek?
siz (if you)	pisseniz	pis miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	pisseler	pis miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• pis bıyık
• pislemek
• pislik

Volscian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kʷis. Cognates with Latin quis, Oscan 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), Faliscan 𐌐𐌉𐌔 (pis), Paelignian pid, South Picene pid, Umbrian 𐌐𐌉𐌔𐌉 (pisi), and Marrucinian pis.

Pronoun

pis (nominative singular)

1. somebody

Derived terms

• sepis

References

• 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia‎^[2], number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), pages 13-14:
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN