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Definitions and meaning of sus

sus

Translingual

Symbol

sus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Susu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌs
  • Homophone: suss

Etymology 1

Clipping of suspicion.

Noun

sus (uncountable)

  1. (UK, informal) Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).

Etymology 2

Clipping of suspicious.

Adjective

sus (comparative more sus or susser, superlative most sus or sussest)

  1. (slang) Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.
  2. (slang) Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.
  4. (slang, specifically, often humorous) Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of being sexually attracted to someone and trying to hide it.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Clipping of suspended.

Adjective

sus (not comparable)

  1. (music) Abbreviation of suspended.

See also

  • sus chord

Anagrams

  • U.S.S., USS, USs, us's

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zus, shortening of zuster. Equivalent to a shortening of suster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sœs/

Noun

sus (plural susse, diminutive sussie)

  1. sister (female sibling)
    Synonym: suster

Related terms

  • suster

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • susch, suscht

Etymology

From Middle High German sus. Compare German sonst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sus/, /sʊs/

Adverb

sus

  1. otherwise

Related terms

  • suschtig

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • susu
  • ãnsus, nsus, nsusu (prefixed)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūsum. Compare Romanian sus.

Adverb

sus

  1. up
    Antonym: ghios

Cebuano

Etymology

Probably a shortening of susmaryosep.

Interjection

sus

  1. used as an expression of anger, frustration or disbelief

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shoes.

Noun

sus

  1. shoe

Danish

Etymology

From the verb suse (“to hiss, whistle”), of imitative origin, similar to German sausen (“to whizz”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːs/, [suːˀs]

Noun

sus n (singular definite suset, plural indefinite sus)

  1. whistling, singing
  2. whisper, soughing
  3. whizz
  4. rush (pleasurable sensation experienced after use of a stimulant)

Inflection

Synonyms

  • susen

Verb

sus

  1. imperative of suse

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus/

Determiner

sus f pl

  1. (Lagarteiru) Apocopic form of súas (“his, her, its, their”)

Usage notes

  • Used in Lagarteiru before a feminine plural noun as part of a noun phrase.

See also

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[10], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

Shortening from Jeesus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus/, [ˈs̠us̠]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification(key): sus

Interjection

sus

  1. oh; used only in the expression shown in the example below

Further reading

  • “sus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[11] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy/
  • Homophones: su, sue, suent, sues, sut, sût
  • Rhymes: -y

Etymology 1

From Old French sus, from Latin sūsum.

Adverb

sus

  1. (dated) up
Derived terms
  • en sus
  • en sus de

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of savoir

Further reading

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

Irarutu

Noun

sus

  1. (woman's) breast

References

  • J. C. Anceaux, The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum (2013), page 46

Kashubian

Etymology 1

From a back-formation of Proto-Slavic *sъsьlъ. Cognates include Polish suseł and Czech sysel.

Influenced folk etymologically by Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus/
  • Hyphenation: sus

Noun

sus m animal

  1. ground squirrel (rodent of the genus Spermophilus)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Schuss.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus/
  • Hyphenation: sus

Noun

sus m inan

  1. jump, leap
Declension

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “sus”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎[12] (in Kashubian)
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “suseł”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[13]
  • “sus”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. Compare Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Pali sūkara, English swine, sow.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /suːs/, [s̠uːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sus/, [sus]

Noun

sūs m or f (irregular, genitive suis); third declension

  1. pig
    Synonyms: porcus, scrōfa

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: sor (possibly)
  • Sardinian: sughe, sue

References

  • “sus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[14], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[15], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “sūs”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 639

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːs/

Verb

sus

  1. second-person singular imperative of sies

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French sus.

Adverb

sus

  1. on; on top of

Preposition

sus

  1. on; on top of; atop

Descendants

  • French: sus (obsolete)

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • sust, sunst

Etymology

From Old High German sus.

Adverb

sus

  1. in this manner that follows, thus
  2. otherwise

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: sus, susch, suscht
  • German: sonst

Further reading

  • “sus” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Norman

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French sus, from Latin sūsum.

Preposition

sus

  1. (Guernsey) on

Etymology 2

Verb

sus

  1. first-person singular preterite of saver

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sus

  1. locative of son

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sus

  1. imperative of susa

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūsum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sys/

Preposition

sus

  1. over
    Antonym: jos

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sūrsum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 463

Old Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūsum.

Adverb

sus

  1. up
    Antonym: jus

Preposition

sus

  1. above
    Antonym: jus

References

  • “sus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sūsum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sys/

Adverb

sus

  1. above; high up
    Antonym: jus

Preposition

sus

  1. above; on top of
Descendants
  • French: sus
  • Norman: sus

References

  • “sus”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Etymology 2

Preposition

sus

  1. Alternative form of soz (“under”)

Old High German

Etymology

Related to Proto-West Germanic *swā (“in this manner”), see also Dutch zus.

Adverb

sus

  1. in this manner that follows, thus

Descendants

  • Middle High German: sus, sust, sunst
    • Alemannic German: sus, susch, suscht
    • German: sonst

References

  1. Sievers, Eduard. (2nd. ed. 1892) Bibliothek der ältesten deutschen Litteratur-Denkmäler. V. Band. Tatian. Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar herausgegeben, p. 438

Polish

Etymology

Mazurzenie of szus, from German Schuss, from Middle High German, from Old High German scuz, from Proto-West Germanic *skuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: sus

Noun

sus m inan

  1. caper, jump, leap (long, quick jump)

Declension

Further reading

  • sus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

sus!

  1. come on! (inducing courage or willpower)

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • sos — rare or archaic; influenced by the antonym jos

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sūsum.

Adverb

sus

  1. up
    Antonym: jos

See also

  • deasupra
  • peste

References

  • sus in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sus/ [sus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: sus

Interjection

sus

  1. c'mon; attaboy

Determiner

sus pl (possessive)

  1. plural of su; one's, his, her, its, their (with plural possessee)
  2. (formal) your (with plural possessee)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “sus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from susa.

Noun

sus n

  1. a drawn-out, soft, tone-less murmur, like from a wind; sighing, soughing
    1. murmur (in a crowd)

Declension

Derived terms

  • i sus och dus

Related terms

  • susa

See also

  • vin (“howl, whistle”)

References

  • sus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

From a minced oath clipping of Hesus, from Spanish Jesús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus/, [ˈsus]

Interjection

sus (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. (colloquial) geez; c'mon

Related terms

Turkish

Verb

sus

  1. second-person singular imperative of susmak

Zazaki

Noun

sus

  1. A plant used in drug production

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