"smous" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

IPA: /smœu̯s/ Forms: smouse [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch smous. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|smous}} Dutch smous Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|smouse|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} smous (plural smouse), {{af-noun|e}} smous (plural smouse)
  1. A hawker.
    Sense id: en-smous-af-noun-JXe1MzjU Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /smɑu̯s/ Audio: Nl-smous.ogg Forms: smousen [plural], smouzen [plural], smousje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑu̯s Etymology: From Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|yi|משה|t=Moses|tr=moyshe}} Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), {{der|nl|he|מֹשֶׁה|t=Moses|tr=moshé}} Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|smousje|pl2=-zen}} smous m (plural smousen or smouzen, diminutive smousje n)
  1. (ethnic slur, offensive) Jew Tags: ethnic, masculine, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-smous-nl-noun-40HLdzv~ Categories (other): Dutch ethnic slurs, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. A small breed of terrier with a light to dark beige fur, native to the Netherlands. Tags: masculine Synonyms: smoushond
    Sense id: en-smous-nl-noun-BavksOep
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: smoushond

Noun [English]

Forms: smouses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans smous or Dutch smous, from a Yiddish word whose precise origin is uncertain. One theory is that it derives from Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|smous}} Afrikaans smous, {{bor|en|nl|smous}} Dutch smous, {{der|en|yi|-}} Yiddish, {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|yi|משה|t=Moses|tr=moyshe}} Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), {{der|en|he|מֹשֶׁה|t=Moses|tr=moshé}} Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} smous (plural smouses)
  1. (chiefly South Africa, historical) A peddler. Tags: South-Africa, historical
    Sense id: en-smous-en-noun-haEGs5No Categories (other): South African English
  2. (chiefly South Africa, historical) A Jew from Germany or Eastern Europe. Tags: South-Africa, historical
    Sense id: en-smous-en-noun-I117ltHs Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 70 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smaus, smause, smouse, smouch

Verb [English]

Forms: smouses [present, singular, third-person], smousing [participle, present], smoused [participle, past], smoused [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans smous or Dutch smous, from a Yiddish word whose precise origin is uncertain. One theory is that it derives from Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|smous}} Afrikaans smous, {{bor|en|nl|smous}} Dutch smous, {{der|en|yi|-}} Yiddish, {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|yi|משה|t=Moses|tr=moyshe}} Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), {{der|en|he|מֹשֶׁה|t=Moses|tr=moshé}} Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} smous (third-person singular simple present smouses, present participle smousing, simple past and past participle smoused)
  1. (South Africa, historical) To go about selling goods, as an itinerant peddler. Tags: South-Africa, historical
    Sense id: en-smous-en-verb-3-TYabwk Categories (other): South African English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smaus, smause, smouse, smouch

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Jew"
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          "text": "1848 May 11, Advertisement 7018, Algemeen Handelsblad, No. 5136, page 4.\nVERMIST : Den 9den Mei, een KLEINE JONGE HOND, Poesbaard of Smousje, kleur Lichtbruin met eenig Zwart doorgeslagen, voor aan de hals en onderste gedeelte der vier pooten wit,luisterende naar den naam van DJALMA.",
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        }
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          "terrier",
          "terrier"
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          "word": "smoushond"
        }
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/smɑu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑu̯s"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/Nl-smous.ogg/Nl-smous.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Nl-smous.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smous"
}

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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "A peddler."
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        [
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        "(chiefly South Africa, historical) A peddler."
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    {
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        "English terms with historical senses",
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      "glosses": [
        "A Jew from Germany or Eastern Europe."
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        "(chiefly South Africa, historical) A Jew from Germany or Eastern Europe."
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    {
      "word": "smaus"
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    {
      "word": "smause"
    },
    {
      "word": "smouse"
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    {
      "word": "smouch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smous"
}

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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Afrikaans smous or Dutch smous, from a Yiddish word whose precise origin is uncertain. One theory is that it derives from Yiddish משה (moyshe, “Moses”), pronounced moushe in Western Yiddish, from Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé, “Moses”).",
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    {
      "form": "smouses",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smousing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "smoused",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "smoused",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "South African English"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Anne Fuchs, Playing the Market, page 49",
          "text": "Not only South Africans, White and Black, but fortune hunters from Europe and America, Indian and Chinese labourers and traders, and Jews from the ghettoes (sic) and shtetles of Eastern Europe, who had come to 'smous' […]",
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        }
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        "To go about selling goods, as an itinerant peddler."
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          "itinerant",
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          "peddler"
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        "(South Africa, historical) To go about selling goods, as an itinerant peddler."
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        "South-Africa",
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    {
      "word": "smaus"
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      "word": "smause"
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    {
      "word": "smouse"
    },
    {
      "word": "smouch"
    }
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}

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