English
po
see also: Po, PO
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pawa, pēa, from Proto-Germanic *pāwô, from Latin pavo.

Noun

po (plural pos)

  1. (obsolete) A peacock. [8th–19th c.]
Etymology 2

A diminutive of pot.

Noun

po (plural pos)

  1. (UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms Noun

po (plural p)

  1. (slang) The police.
Po
Etymology

From Italian Po, from Latin Padus.

Proper noun
  1. The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
Translations
PO
Noun

po (plural pos)

  1. Initialism of post office
  2. (business) Initialism of purchase order
  3. (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer
  4. (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer
  5. Initialism of principal officer
  6. Abbr of playoff
Adverb

po (not comparable)

  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of per os
Adjective

po (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of peroral


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