Definition/Meaning of po

• English - Noun: po (plural pos) (obsolete) A peacock . po (plural pos) (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot . 1988, Richard Hoggart, A Local Habitation, 1918-40, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 67: ‘ Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds. 1961, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, “P** P* B**** B** D*******”, in The Bestiary of Flanders & Swann: Ma's out, Pa's out, let's talk…
• English - Adjective: po (not comparable) (Singapore, colloquial, not comparable, used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)) Thinner ; with more water added to dilute it.
• English - Anagrams: op , op ., OP
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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. Etymology 2. A diminutive of pot . Etymology 3. Clipping of police . Etymology 4. From Hokkien 薄 (po̍h / po̍k, “weak”).
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /pəʊ/ (Singapore) IPA: [p˭o] Rhymes: -əʊ