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• General-American: /poʊz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊz/
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From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from *pus- (“to blow, breathe hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

From Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin pausāre (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis); influenced by Latin pōnere. Doublet of pause.

From Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جِلْسَة (jilsa) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Arabic: جَلْسَة (jalsa) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Arabic: وَضْع (waḍʕ) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Armenian: դիրք (dirkʻ) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Belarusian: по́за (póza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Bulgarian: по́за (póza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Chinese Mandarin: 姿勢 /姿势 (zīshì) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Chinese Mandarin: 姿態 /姿态 (zītài) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Czech: póza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Esperanto: pozo — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Finnish: asento — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• French: pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Georgian: პოზა (ṗoza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• German: Pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Hungarian: póz — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Indonesian: asana — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Indonesian: pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Italian: posa — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Japanese: ポーズ (pōzu) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Korean: 포즈 (pojeu) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Latvian: poza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Lithuanian: poza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Macedonian: поза (poza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Persian: پز (poz) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Polish: poza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Portuguese: pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Romanian: poză — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Russian: по́за (póza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Serbo-Croatian: по́за — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Serbo-Croatian: póza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Slovak: póza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Slovene: poza — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Spanish: pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Swedish: pose — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Ukrainian: по́за (póza) — position, arrangement (especially of the human body)
• Arabic: تَكَلُّف (takalluf) — affectation — see also affectation
• Hebrew: פּוֹזָה (póza) — affectation — see also affectation
• Persian: پز (poz) — affectation — see also affectation
• Portuguese: pose — affectation — see also affectation
• Russian: по́за (póza) — affectation — see also affectation
• Bulgarian: поставям (postavjam) — set in place, arrange
• Bulgarian: нагласявам (naglasjavam) — set in place, arrange
• Chinese Mandarin: 放 (fàng) — set in place, arrange
• Chinese Mandarin: 置 (zhì) — set in place, arrange
• Chinese Mandarin: 放置 (fàngzhì) — set in place, arrange
• Finnish: asettaa — set in place, arrange
• Finnish: asetella — set in place, arrange
• French: mettre — set in place, arrange
• French: poser — set in place, arrange
• French: disposer — set in place, arrange
• German: stellen — set in place, arrange
• German: legen — set in place, arrange
• Irish: deasaigh — set in place, arrange
• Italian: posare — set in place, arrange
• Italian: deporre — set in place, arrange
• Italian: adagiare — set in place, arrange
• Italian: mettere giù — set in place, arrange
• Italian: collocare — set in place, arrange
• Italian: poggiare — set in place, arrange
• Japanese: 置く (oku) — set in place, arrange
• Norwegian: stille — set in place, arrange
• Norwegian: anbringe — set in place, arrange
• Occitan: pausar — set in place, arrange
• Occitan: metre — set in place, arrange
• Portuguese: pousar — set in place, arrange
• Portuguese: colocar — set in place, arrange
• Russian: располага́ть (raspolagátʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Russian: расположи́ть (raspoložítʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Russian: класть (klastʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Russian: положи́ть (položítʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Russian: ста́вить (stávitʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Russian: поста́вить (postávitʹ) — set in place, arrange
• Spanish: posar — set in place, arrange
• Bulgarian: задавам (zadavam) — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Catalan: plantetjar — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Catalan: formular — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Finnish: kysyä — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Finnish: esittää kysymys — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• French: poser — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• German: stellen — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Italian: porre — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Norwegian: stille — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Occitan: pausar — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Portuguese: perguntar — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Russian: озада́чивать (ozadáčivatʹ) — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Russian: озада́чить (ozadáčitʹ) — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Russian: задава́ть (zadavátʹ) — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Russian: зада́ть (zadátʹ) — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Spanish: plantear — ask, set (a test or quiz)
• Bulgarian: позирам (poziram) — assume or maintain a pose
• Dutch: poseren — assume or maintain a pose
• Esperanto: pozi — assume or maintain a pose
• Finnish: poseerata — assume or maintain a pose
• French: poser — assume or maintain a pose
• German: posieren — assume or maintain a pose
• Irish: deasaigh thú féin — assume or maintain a pose
• Italian: posare — assume or maintain a pose
• Italian: mettersi in posa — assume or maintain a pose
• Italian: atteggiarsi — assume or maintain a pose
• Japanese: ポーズをつくる (pōzu o tsukuru) — assume or maintain a pose
• Norwegian: posere — assume or maintain a pose
• Occitan: pausar — assume or maintain a pose
• Polish: pozować — assume or maintain a pose
• Portuguese: posar — assume or maintain a pose
• Russian: пози́ровать (pozírovatʹ) — assume or maintain a pose
• Spanish: posar — assume or maintain a pose
• Swedish: posera — assume or maintain a pose
• Turkish: poz vermek — assume or maintain a pose
• Finnish: muodostaa — constitute
• French: représenter — constitute
• French: constituer — constitute
• Italian: rappresentare — constitute
• Italian: costituire — constitute
• Norwegian: representere — constitute
• Russian: представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) — constitute
• Russian: предста́вить (predstávitʹ) — constitute