PS

See also: Appendix:Variations of “ps”

Translingual

Symbol

PS

  1. (metrology) Symbol for petasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 1015 siemens.

Symbol

PS

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Palestine since 1999.
    Synonym: PSE (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

PS

  1. Initialism of a number of proto-languages' names:
    1. (linguistics) Proto-Slavic.
    2. (linguistics) Proto-Semitic.
    3. (linguistics) Proto-Salish, Proto-Salishan.
    4. (linguistics) Proto-Sahaptian.
  2. (video games) PlayStation
  3. (software) Photoshop
  4. (computing) PostScript, a page description language

Noun

PS (countable and uncountable, plural PSes or PSs)

  1. Abbreviation of postal service.
    Coordinate terms: PO, post, mail
    USPS = United States Postal Service
  2. (education) Initialism of public school.
  3. (government) Abbreviation of public service(s).
  4. (video games) Abbreviation of PlayStation.
  5. (nautical) Initialism of paddle steamer.
    Coordinate terms: SS, TS
  6. Initialism of power supply.
    Coordinate terms: PU, PM, PA
  7. (organic chemistry) polystyrene
    Hyponyms: EPS, XPS
  8. (sports) Initialism of parallel slalom.
    Coordinate terms: S, GS, PGS, SG, PSG
  9. Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript. (initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote)
    [the body of a letter]
    PS I love you.
Derived terms
polystyrene
power supply
postscript/post scriptum
Translations

Adjective

PS (not comparable)

  1. (telecommunications) Abbreviation of packet-switched.

See also

Etymology 2

German PS (Pferdestärke)

Noun

PS (uncountable)

  1. metric horsepower

References

Anagrams


Chinese

Etymology

From English photoshop.

Pronunciation


Verb

PS

  1. to photoshop

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

PS

  1. Initialism of post scriptum.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ɛs/
  • (file)

Proper noun

PS m

  1. Initialism of Parti Socialiste, a socialist political party active in France, Belgium and Switzerland

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

PS

  1. Abbreviation of Pferdestärke (horsepower)
  2. Abbreviation of Postskriptum (post scriptum)

Italian

Proper noun

PS ?

  1. Abbreviation of Pesaro (Italian town in Marche)

Noun

PS

  1. Initialism of pubblica sicurezza (public security).

Japanese

Etymology

From German Pferdestärke.

Symbol

P(ピー)S(エス) (pīesu) 

  1. horsepower

Synonyms


Polish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛˈɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɛs
  • Syllabification: P‧S

Phrase

PS

  1. post scriptum

Further reading

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

Phrase

PS

  1. post scriptum
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