heus

See also: Heus

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin ostium.

Noun

heus m (plural heus)

1. door

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛws]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəws]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈews]

Etymology 1

heu + vos. Compare Portuguese eis, Spanish he.

Adverb

heus

1. (formal) there is

   heus ací

   here is

See also

• vet
• (Algherese) mi-lo, mi-la, mi-los, mi-les

Etymology 2

Verb

heus

1. second-person singular present indicative of heure
2. second-person singular present indicative of haver

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hovesch, and thus the same word as hoofs (“courtly”). Originally a western variant form.

For the semantic and phonetic development of this word compare also German hübsch (“pretty”) and Central Franconian höösch (“careful, slow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦøːs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: heus
• Rhymes: -øːs

Adjective

heus (comparative heuser, superlative meest heus or heust)

1. friendly, polite
2. real, genuine
3. impressive for being indistinguishable from the real thing; nothing less than.

   Komende zaterdag wordt ons lokaal omgetoverd tot een heuse discotheek.

   You won't believe it, but next Saturday, the hall (of our youth movement) will be transformed into a real discotheque.

Declension

Declension of heus
uninflected	heus
inflected	heuse
comparative	heuser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		heus	heuser	het heust het heuste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	heuse	heusere	heuste
	n. sing.	heus	heuser	heuste
	plural	heuse	heusere	heuste
definite		heuse	heusere	heuste
partitive		heus	heusers	—

Alternative forms

• heusch (obsolete)

Derived terms

• onheus

Descendants

• Javindo: hees, geus
• Petjo: heus-heus

Adverb

heus

1. really, actually, genuinely

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y/

• Audio:

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Verb

heus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of havoir

Participle

heus m pl

1. masculine plural of heu

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heu̯s/, [hɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯s/, [ɛu̯s]

Interjection

heus

1. hey!, ho!, ho there!, listen!
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid I.321:

     Ac prior, 'Heus' inquit 'iuvenēs, mōnstrāte meārum

     And previously he said, "Hey young men, show me [...]"

   • 52 BCE, Cicero, Pro Milone XXII:

     Heus tu, Rufio [...]

     Hey you, Rufio [...]