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”). Semantically compare the also related German höflich (“polite”) as well as French courtois (“courtly, polite”).

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 [...]