Meanings
pus1
verbpus (third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)
present singular third person pusses · participle present pussing · participle past pussed · past pussed · alternative puss
PUS2
noun
- UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of permanent undersecretary.
PUs3
noun
- pluralplural of PU
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe tenth month of the Hindu calendar
Similar
Pansa
Broader
Hindu calendar month
nouna fluid product of inflammation
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpus“pus”
- Middle Englishpus
- Englishpus
From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πύον
- πύον (púon)fluid found in regions of infection
Arabic قَيْح, صَدِيد
- قَيْح (qayḥ)fluid found in regions of infection
- صَدِيد (ṣadīd)fluid found in regions of infection
- مِدَة (mida)fluid found in regions of infection
- مدة (meda)fluid found in regions of infection
- صديد (ṣadīd)fluid found in regions of infection
Basque zorne
- zornefluid found in regions of infection
Bengali পূঁয
- পূঁয (pũj)fluid found in regions of infection
Bulgarian гной
- гной (gnoj)fluid found in regions of infection
Catalan pus
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
Chinese Cantonese 膿 /脓
- 膿 /脓 (nung⁴)fluid found in regions of infection
Chinese Mandarin 膿 /脓
- 膿 /脓 (nóng)fluid found in regions of infection
Czech hnis
- hnisfluid found in regions of infection
Danish pus, materie
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
- materiefluid found in regions of infection
Dutch etter, pus
- etterfluid found in regions of infection
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
Esperanto puso
- pusofluid found in regions of infection
Finnish mätä, märkä
- mätäfluid found in regions of infection
- märkäfluid found in regions of infection
- visvafluid found in regions of infection
French pus
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
German Eiter
- Eiterfluid found in regions of infection
Greek πύον
- πύον (pýon)fluid found in regions of infection
Hebrew מֻגְלָה
- מֻגְלָה (muglá)fluid found in regions of infection
Hindi पीब, मवाद
- पीब (pīb)fluid found in regions of infection
- मवाद (mavād)fluid found in regions of infection
- पस (pas)fluid found in regions of infection
- पीप (pīp)fluid found in regions of infection
- पूय (pūy)fluid found in regions of infection
Hungarian genny
- gennyfluid found in regions of infection
Icelandic gröftur
- gröfturfluid found in regions of infection
Indonesian nanah
- nanahfluid found in regions of infection
Irish angadh, braon
- angadhfluid found in regions of infection
- braonfluid found in regions of infection
Italian pus
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
Japanese 膿, 膿
- 膿 (umi)fluid found in regions of infection
- 膿 (nō)fluid found in regions of infection
Korean 고름
- 고름 (goreum)fluid found in regions of infection
Latin pūs
- pūsfluid found in regions of infection
Latvian strutas
- strutasfluid found in regions of infection
Malay nanah
- nanahfluid found in regions of infection
Māori ero, tarawai
- erofluid found in regions of infection
- tarawaifluid found in regions of infection
Norwegian Bokmål puss, verk
- pussfluid found in regions of infection
- verkfluid found in regions of infection
Persian چرک, استیم
- چرک (čerk)fluid found in regions of infection
- استیم (estim)fluid found in regions of infection
Polish ropa
- ropafluid found in regions of infection
Portuguese pus
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
Romanian puroi
- puroifluid found in regions of infection
Russian гной
- гной (gnoj)fluid found in regions of infection
Slovak hnis
- hnisfluid found in regions of infection
Spanish pus, podre
- pusfluid found in regions of infection
- podrefluid found in regions of infection
Swahili usaha
- usahafluid found in regions of infection
Swedish var
- varfluid found in regions of infection
Tagalog nanà
- nanàfluid found in regions of infection
Tamil சீழ்
- சீழ் (cīḻ)fluid found in regions of infection
Thai หนอง
- หนอง (nɔ̌ɔng)fluid found in regions of infection
Turkish cerahat, iltihap
- cerahatfluid found in regions of infection
- iltihapfluid found in regions of infection
- irinfluid found in regions of infection
Ukrainian гній
- гній (hnij)fluid found in regions of infection
Vietnamese mủ
- mủfluid found in regions of infection
Welsh madredd, crawn
- madreddfluid found in regions of infection
- crawnfluid found in regions of infection
Yiddish אייטער
- אייטער (eyter)fluid found in regions of infection
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pus
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All rhymes →Sounds the same
puss (without the foot–strut split)puss (without the foot–strut split)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pus
MLA
“pus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pus.
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