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pous

/pus/

pous noun: the Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.

Noun (1)

pous (plural podes)

  1. The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.
    Synonyms:
    Greek foot

Noun (2) capitalized: POUs

POUs

  1. (plural) plural of POU

Proper noun capitalized: Pous

Pous

  1. (plural) plural of Pou

Synonyms of pous

Forms of pous

pluralpodes

Origin of pous

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pie (“Spanish unit of length”).

Questions about pous

What does pous mean?
Pous means the Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.
What part of speech is pous?
Pous can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pous?
Pous is pronounced /pus/.
What is the plural of pous?
The plural of pous is podes.

Words near pous in the dictionary

  1. pourtrayed
  2. pourtraying
  3. pourtrays
  4. pourveyance
  5. pourveyances
  6. pous
  7. pousada
  8. pousadas
  9. Pousali
  10. Poush Sankranti
  11. Poush Sankrantis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pous (page history and authors); POUs (page history and authors); Pous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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