English Explanatory Dictionary

po

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peacock.
noun
  1. A chamberpot.
noun
  1. The police.
adj
  1. Thinner; with more water added to dilute it.
name
  1. The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
noun
  1. Initialism of post office.
  2. Initialism of purchase order.
  3. Initialism of police officer.
  4. Initialism of probation officer.
  5. Initialism of petty officer.
  6. Initialism of principal officer.
  7. Initialism of playoff.
adv
  1. Initialism of per os (“by mouth, orally”).
adj
  1. Initialism of peroral.

Pronunciation

/pəʊ/ en-au-po.ogg [p˭o] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Po.wav

Word forms

po pos po' poh the Po

Etymology

From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.

Synonyms

chamber pot

Antonyms

NPO parenterally

Related words

po-po C di lo gah dai gau kosong O peng siew dai Hine-nui-te-po jan ken po kung po Ning-po po-mo po po Tzu-po

Derived words

po-face po-faced
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