piyus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piˈus/ [ˈpjus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: pi‧yus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fuse, from Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).

Noun

piyús (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. fuse (cord)
    Synonym: mitsa
  2. fuse (device igniting charge)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English fuse, back-formation from fusion, from Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem.

Noun

piyús (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔) (electrical engineering)

  1. fuse (device preventing overloading of a circuit)
    Synonym: pusible
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