PS

See also: Appendix:Variations of “ps”

Translingual

Symbol

PS

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Occupied Palestinian Territory.
2. (metrology) Symbol for petasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10¹⁵ siemens.

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English

Alternative forms

• (post scriptum): P.S., p.s., ps.

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)

1. postal service

   USPS = United States Postal Service

2. Initialism of public school.
3. public service(s)
4. (video games) PlayStation
5. (telecommunications) packet-switched
6. paddle steamer
7. power supply
8. (organic chemistry) polystyrene
9. Initialism of parallel slalom.
10. 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.

Translations

addendum to a letter

• Arabic: مُلَاحَظَة‎ f (mulāḥaẓa)
• Belarusian: P.S. (P.S.)
• Catalan: PS (ca)
• Czech: PS (cs), P.S.
• Dutch: PS (nl)
• Esperanto: p.s.
• Finnish: PS (fi), JK
• German: NS (de)

• Greek: ΥΓ. (el) n (YG.)
• Hebrew: נ״ב‎ (n"b)
• Hungarian: Ui.
• Polish: PS (pl)
• Russian: P. S. (P. S.)
• Spanish: P.D.
• Swedish: PS (sv)
• Thai: ป.ล. (th) (bpɔɔ.lɔɔ.)

See also

• (packet-switched): Packet switching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• p.p.s.

Etymology 2

German PS (“Pferdestärke”)

Noun

PS (uncountable)

1. metric horsepower

References

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

Anagrams

• S&P, SP, Sp, s.p., s/p, sp

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Chinese

Etymology

From English photoshop.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì-áisi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: PS
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihair.sy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì'áisi̊h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩³/

Verb

PS

1. to photoshop

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

PS

1. Initialism of post scriptum.

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French

Proper noun

PS m

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

PS

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

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Italian

Proper noun

PS

1. Abbreviation of Pesaro (Italian town in Marche)

Noun

PS

1. Initialism of pubblica sicurezza (“public security”).

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Japanese

Etymology

From German Pferdestärke

Symbol

P(ピー)S(エス) • (pīesu) 

1. horsepower

Synonyms

• 馬(ば)力(りき) (bariki)

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• P.S.

Phrase

PS

1. post scriptum