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English

Etymology 1

From Dutch baas. Doublet of boss.

Noun

baas (plural baases)

1. (South Africa) An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:

     ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon.

   • 1932, George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, Hesperus Press Limited 1961, p. 11:

     ‘Excuse me, baas,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.'

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

baas

1. plural of baa

Verb

baas

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baa

Anagrams

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, basa, saba, à bas

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??s/, [b??s]

Noun

baas (plural base, diminutive basie)

1. boss

Derived terms

• oubaas

Descendants

• ? English: baas

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German b?s (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?s/
• Hyphenation: baas
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje n, feminine bazin)

1. boss, chief, superior
2. employer, manager
3. (Belgium) strong or tough guy
4. (video games) boss
5. (figuratively) crack, master, expert at something
6. (figuratively) whopper, large one in its kind
7. (diminutive: baasje) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baas
  • ? English: baas
• ? English: boss
• ? Indonesian: bas (“boss”)
• ? Sranan Tongo: basi
• ? West Frisian: baas

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bajar.

Verb

báas

1. diminish, lessen

Karao

Noun

baas

1. coffee dreg (left on a cup or kettle)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French bas.

Adjective

baas

1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 2

From Old French base.

Noun

baas

1. Alternative form of base

English

Noun

bras

1. plural of bra

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BARS, arbs, bars, sbar

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Etymology 2

From English brass.

Noun

bras

1. (music) brass

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”): (compare Cornish bras (“big, great”), broas, and Welsh bras (“fat, broad, rich”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?az/

Adjective

bras (comparative brasoc'h, superlative brasañ, exclamative brasat)

1. big

Mutation

Burushaski

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan ???? ('bras) and Mizo rah.

Noun

bras

1. rice

Cornish

Alternative forms

• broas (Revived Late Cornish)
• brâs (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

1. big, great

Mutation

French

Etymology

From Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a/, /b??/
• (Northern France) and (Canada) IPA^(key): [b??], [b??]
  • Saguenay, Canada: IPA^(key): [b??]
• Rhymes: -a, Rhymes: -?
• Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ??? (bra)

Further reading

• “bras” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bars

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

1. soldering

Declension

Related terms

• brasa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras (genitive singular masculine brais, genitive singular feminine braise, plural brasa, comparative braise)

1. (literary) great, strong
2. (literary) swift

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "bras" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *b??as.

Noun

bras

1. rice (uncooked seeds used as food)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French brace.

Noun

bras

1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 2

From Old French bracier.

Verb

bras

1. Alternative form of bracen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• French: bras

Norman

Alternative forms

• brâs (continental Normandy)
• bra (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Pronunciation

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms

• braichie (“armful”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Noun

bras m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• Middle French: bras
  • French: bras
• Norman: bras

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”). Cognate with Breton bras, Cornish bras, Irish bras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?s/

Adjective

bras (feminine singular bras, plural breision, equative brased, comparative brasach, superlative brasaf)

1. large, thick, fat
2. rough, coarse
3. rough, approximate
4. (letter) capital

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies