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, file format) 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

PS(ピーエス) • (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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