possum

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (impersonal, suppletive) be able to, can, may
2. (impersonal, suppletive) to have influence or efficacy, to avail, to have power over, to have mastery of, to rule over
3. (impersonal, suppletive) to partake of, to attain, to fulfill
4. (impersonal, suppletive) to accord to one's abilities or power

Teenoorgestelde van

nequeō

Sinonieme

queo

sim

evalesco

licet

scio

mihi licet

Vertalings

pouvoir

potere

poder

μπορώ

poder

can

können

poder

اِسْتَطَاعَ

karîn

dürfen

mogen

be able

be able to

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈpɔs.sũː]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *possom, from *potis (“master in control of”) + *som (“I am”). By surface analysis, potis + sum. Cognates include Oscan púttiad (“they can”) and South Picene puti (“I could”).