poise

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From Middle English poys, poyse, from Anglo-Norman pois, Middle French pois (“weight”) and Anglo-Norman poise, Middle French poise (“measure of weight”), from Latin pendere (“to weigh, ponder, think”). Doublet of peise.

From French physicist and physiologist Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: балансьор (balansjor) — That which causes a balance; a counterweight
• Bulgarian: противотежест (protivotežest) — That which causes a balance; a counterweight
• German: Selbstsicherheit — That which causes a balance; a counterweight
• Hungarian: ellensúly — That which causes a balance; a counterweight
• Spanish: contrapeso — That which causes a balance; a counterweight
• Bulgarian: равновесие (ravnovesie) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Bulgarian: уравновесеност (uravnovesenost) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Chinese Mandarin: 平衡 (pínɡhénɡ) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Czech: rovnováha — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Finnish: tasapaino — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• German: Gleichgewicht — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• German: Fassung — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Hungarian: egyensúly — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Italian: stato di grazia — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Occitan: equilibri — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Occitan: balança — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Russian: равнове́сие (ravnovésije) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Spanish: equilibrio — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Turkish: itidal — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Turkish: ılımlılık — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Ottoman Turkish: دنك (denk) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Ottoman Turkish: موازنه (muvâzene) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Ottoman Turkish: اعتدال (i’tidâl) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Ukrainian: рівновага (rivnovaha) — state of balance, equilibrium or stability
• Bulgarian: спокойствие (spokojstvie) — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Chinese Mandarin: 鎮定 /镇定 (zhèndìng) — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Czech: vyrovnanost — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Czech: klid — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Czech: duševní rovnováha — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Finnish: itsevarmuus — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Finnish: arvokkuus — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Finnish: luontevuus — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• French: assurance — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• French: aisance — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• French: sang-froid — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• French: aplomb — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• German: Gelassenheit — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• German: Fassung — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: higgadtság — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: összeszedettség — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: önuralom — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: józanság — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: hidegvér — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: nyugalom — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: nyugodtság — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Hungarian: kiegyensúlyozottság — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Occitan: ponderacion — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Occitan: balança — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Portuguese: compostura — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Russian: уравнове́шенность (uravnovéšennostʹ) — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Spanish: ponderación — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Spanish: apostura — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Spanish: compostura — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Spanish: aplomo — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Turkish: soğukkanlılık — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Turkish: hakimiyet — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Ukrainian: врівноваженість (vrivnovaženistʹ) — composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation
• Bulgarian: осанка (osanka) — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Chinese Mandarin: 儀態 /仪态 (yítài) — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• German: Haltung — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• German: Ausdruck — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Hungarian: tartás — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Hungarian: testtartás — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Hungarian: póz — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Māori: amaru — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Spanish: porte — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Spanish: elegancia — mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body
• Hungarian: lebegés — a condition of hovering, or being suspended
• Hungarian: függés — a condition of hovering, or being suspended
• Hungarian: felfüggesztettség — a condition of hovering, or being suspended
• Hungarian: függőben levés — a condition of hovering, or being suspended
• Bulgarian: поаз (poaz) — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Czech: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Finnish: poisi — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• French: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• German: Poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Hungarian: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Italian: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Portuguese: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Serbo-Croatian: poaz — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Spanish: poise — a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity
• Hungarian: készenlétbe helyez — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Hungarian: készenlétben tart — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Occitan: balançar — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Occitan: pesar — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Occitan: equilibrar — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Russian: изготавливаться (izgotavlivatʹsja) — to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used
• Bulgarian: уравновесявам (uravnovesjavam) — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Czech: držet v rovnováze — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Czech: vyvážit — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Hungarian: egyensúlyoz — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Hungarian: kiegyensúlyoz — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Occitan: equilibrar — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced
• Occitan: balançar — to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced