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English
Noun
bas
- plural of ba
Verb
bas
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ba
Anagrams
- ABS, ABs, Abs, BSA, SAB, SBA, Sab., abs, abs-, abs., sab
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?s]
Noun
bas (plural [please provide])
- bass (instrument)
- bass (low frequencies of sound)
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- balas
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba?las
Noun
bas
- sand
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bas.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- baz (Luserna)
Etymology
From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *hwaz. Cognate with German was, English what.
Pronoun
bas (dative bassame)
- (Sette Comuni, interrogative) what, which
References
- “bas” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Italian basso (“low”).
Noun
bas
- bass, bass singer
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s/
- Hyphenation: bas
- Rhymes: -?s
- Homophone: Bas
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.
Noun
bas m (plural bassen, diminutive basje n)
- bass (instrument)
- bass (low frequencies of sound)
- bass (singing voice)
Derived terms
- basgitaar
- basklarinet
- baslijn
- bassist
- contrabas
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: bas (“bass”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bas
- first-person singular present indicative of bassen
- imperative of bassen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?/, /ba/
- Homophones: bât, bat, bats
Etymology 1
From Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas (feminine singular basse, masculine plural bas, feminine plural basses)
- low
- bass
Derived terms
Adverb
bas
- low
Derived terms
Noun
bas m (plural bas)
- socks; stockings; feet
- lower end; bottom (of a thing)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Shortened from bas-de-chausses.
Noun
bas m (plural bas)
- stocking
Derived terms
- bas à jour
- bas autofixant
- bas couture
- bas résille
- bas relief
Anagrams
- ABS
Further reading
- “bas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas
- low
Antonyms
- alt
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English bus.
Noun
bâs f (plural bâs-bâs)
- bus
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bas]
- Hyphenation: bas
Etymology 1
From Dutch bas (“bass”), from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.
Noun
bas (first-person possessive basku, second-person possessive basmu, third-person possessive basnya)
- bass,
- a low spectrum of sound tones.
- a section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
- one who sings in the bass range.
Etymology 2
From Dutch baas (“boss”), 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”)). Doublet of bos.
Noun
bas (first-person possessive basku, second-person possessive basmu, third-person possessive basnya)
- (colloquial) boss, chief, superior
- Synonyms: bos, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala
Descendants
- ? Min Nan: ??, ??.
References
Further reading
- “bas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?as?/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle English bace, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars (“perch”).
Noun
bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)
- sea bass
Declension
Synonyms
- doingean mara
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of *basw?n (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”).
Noun
bas m (genitive singular bas, nominative plural basanna)
- boss (person in charge)
- the best (of its class, etc.)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)
- Alternative form of bos
Mutation
Further reading
- "bas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English bus.
Noun
bas (plural bas-bas, informal 1st possessive basku, impolite 2nd possessive basmu, 3rd possessive basnya)
- bus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.
Alternative forms
- bace, base, baas, bass, basse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?s/, /bas/
Adjective
bas
- Low, short; lacking in height or altitude.
- Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places.
- Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume.
- Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth.
- (rare) Low-quality; degraded.
Descendants
- English: base
- Scots: base
References
- “b??s, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Etymology 2
Noun
bas
- Alternative form of base
Norman
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas m
- (Guernsey, Jersey) low
Derived terms
Noun
bas m (plural bas)
- (Jersey) ground floor
Occitan
Alternative forms
- baish (Gascon)
Etymology
From Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas m (feminine singular bassa, masculine plural basses, feminine plural bassas)
- low
- Antonyms: naut, aut
Old French
Etymology
From Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)
- low (near the ground)
Descendants
- French: bas
- Norman: bas
- ? Middle English: bas, bace, base, baas, bass, basse
- English: base
- Scots: base
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *bost? (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ost-, *g?osd?- (“branch”).
Noun
bas f
- palm (of the hand)
Inflection
Alternative forms
- bos
Related terms
- lám (“hand”)
Descendants
- Irish: bos
- Scottish Gaelic: bas
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bas
- third-person singular present subjunctive relative of is
Alternative forms
- bes
Mutation
Palauan
Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *baca, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba?ah, from Proto-Austronesian *ba?ah.
Noun
bas
- ember
Phalura
Etymology
From Urdu ??? (bas), from Persian ??? (bas, “enough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas/
Adverb
bas (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- enough
- in short
- okay
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From Latin bassus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas/
Noun
bas m inan
- bass (low spectrum of sound, an instrument or a singer)
- a bass loudspeaker
Declension
Derived terms
- basista, basistka
Further reading
- bas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
References
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) bass
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas m (f bassa, m pl bas, f pl bassas)
- (Vallader) deep, low
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish bas
Noun
bas f (genitive boise, dative bois, plural basan)
- palm (of a hand)
- buailibh ur basan - clap your hands
- (dated) spoke
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâs/
Noun
b?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- bass
Declension
References
- “bas” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bá?s/
Noun
b?s m inan
- bass (low frequency sound)
Inflection
Southern Kam
Noun
bas
- aunt
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??s/
Noun
bas c
- base; foundation
- (mathematics) base, basis; a set of vectors which span a certain space
- (mathematics) base; the lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane in a cone, pyramid etc.
- (chemistry) base; alkali
- (molecular biology, colloquial) nucleotide in the context of a DNA or RNA polymer
- bass guitar
- a permanent structure for housing a military
Declension
Synonyms
- (foundation): grund
- (military): militärbas
See also
- basvektor
Noun
bas c
- (dated) a (minor) officer or boss; the person in charge of the daily work
Declension
Synonyms
- arbetsledare
See also
- basa
Noun
bas c
- (uncountable, music) the tones of lowest frequency
- musical instruments, musicians, singers or loudspeakers presenting such tones
Declension
See also
- baryton
- basfiol
- bashögtalare
- basist
- bastuba
- elbas
- kontrabas
- tenor
Tatar
Alternative forms
- pas
Noun
bas
- price
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English bus.
Noun
bas
- bus
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bas/
- Hyphenation: bas
Noun
bas (definite accusative bas?, plural baslar)
- (music) bass
Declension
Verb
bas
- second-person singular imperative of basmak
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?s/
Etymology 1
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin bassus (“short, low”).
Adjective
bas (feminine singular bas, plural beision, equative based, comparative basach, superlative basaf)
- shallow
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin basis (“foundation, base”) and from English base.
Noun
bas m (plural basau)
- base
Derived terms
- bas data (“database”)
- pêl-fas (“baseball”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English bass or perhaps the same word as the first definition above.
Noun
bas m (plural basau)
- (music) bass
Derived terms
- bas dwbl (“double bass”)
Mutation
bas From the web:
- what basketball games are on today
- what baseball games are on today
- what baseball cards are worth money
- what basketball player died
- what basketball cards are worth money
- what basketball games are on right now
- what basketball does the nba use
- what baseball games are on tv today
mas
Translingual
Etymology
From m- +? as.
Symbol
mas
- (metrology) milliarcsecond
English
Etymology 1
From French mas, Occitan mas. Doublet of manse.
Noun
mas (plural mas)
- A country cottage or farmstead in southern France.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 520:
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 520:
Etymology 2
Noun
mas
- plural of ma
Etymology 3
Noun
mas (plural mas)
- (Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
Anagrams
- 'ams, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, MSA, S. Am., SAM, SMA, Sam, Sam., sam, sma
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas/
Noun
mas (plural maste)
- mast (pole on a ship, for holding sails)
Derived terms
- hoofmas
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mat
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *matja, from *mh??ti?-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (compare Old English m?d, Latin m?tior). Bears coincidental similarity to English mass.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mas]
Verb
mas (first-person singular past tense mata, participle matur)
- I measure
- I estimate, assess
- I consider
Related terms
- mot
Derived terms
- matem
- matje
- matshëm
Etymology 2
Gheg variant of Tosk pas (“behind, beyond, after”). From mbasi, mbas (“after”). A compound of më (“more, most”) + pas (“behind, after, beyond”) (pas from Proto-Albanian *pa ? (see pa), from Proto-Indo-European *pos(t) (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ??? (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic ?? (po, “behind, after”)).
Preposition
mas (+ablative)
- behind, after, beyond
- at
- over
- against
Adverb
mas
- behind, after
- hence
Derived terms
- masi (Gheg)
- masanej (Gheg)
Related terms
- pas
- mbasi
- përmasë
- mbas
References
Asturian
Noun
mas f pl
- plural of ma
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan mas, from Latin mansum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?mas/
Noun
mas m (plural masos)
- farmhouse, typical country house in Catalonia.
Derived terms
- masia
Further reading
- “mas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Homophone: maz
Noun
mas
- genitive plural of maso
Danish
Noun
mas n (singular definite maset, not used in plural form)
- bother, trouble
Verb
mas
- imperative of mase
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan mas, from Latin m?nsum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?/, /m?s/
Noun
mas m (plural mas)
- (Provence) farm, ranch, (country) house (type of rural farmstead in southern France)
Further reading
- “mas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Haitian Creole
Etymology 1
From French mars (“March”)
Noun
mas
- March
Etymology 2
From French masse (“mass”)
Noun
mas
- mass
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
mas n (genitive singular mass, no plural)
- chatter, small talk, chit-chat
Declension
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mas]
Etymology 1
From Javanese mas (???, “brother, older brother; gold”), from Old Javanese mas, m?s, ?mas, h?mas, from Sanskrit ??? (m??a, “particular weight of gold”).
Pronoun
mas
- (formal) Second-person male singular pronoun: you, your, yours
Synonyms
Indonesian formal second-person pronouns:
- mas (used for males)
- mbak (used for females)
- kakak (gender-neutral, intimate nuance)
- Anda, saudara (used for people of either gender of equal status)
- saudari (used for women of equal status)
- bapak (lit. "father"; used for men of higher status)
- ibu (lit. "mother"; used for women of higher status)
- sampeyan (Java, gender-neutral)
- panjenengan (Java, gender-neutral, very formal)
Etymology 2
From Malay mas, shortened from emas, see previous etymology.
Noun
mas
- Alternative form of emas (“gold”)
Derived terms
- mas kawin
Further reading
- “mas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From motoscafo armato silurante
Noun
mas m (sometimes MAS, invariable)
- (nautical) motor torpedo boat
Latin
Etymology
Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”) [whence Sanskrit ???? (marya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek ?????? (meîrax) and Old Armenian ???? (mari)], but this cannot account for the resultant phonetics, particularly the a-vocalism.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma?s/, [mä?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mas/, [m?s]
Noun
m?s m (genitive maris); third declension
- man, male (in the sense of male human being)
Usage notes
The sense of “human being” is rendered by Latin hom?, the sense of “male human being” by Latin m?s, and the sense of “adult male human being” by Latin vir.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Synonyms
- (man): vir
Antonyms
- (man): mulier
Coordinate terms
- f?mina
Derived terms
- mar?tus
- mascul?nus
- masculus
- s?mim?s
Descendants
- Aromanian: mari
- Romanian: mare
Adjective
m?s (genitive maris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- male, masculine, manly
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Related terms
- mar?t?
- mascul?nus
References
- mas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Malay
Alternative forms
- emas
- ????
- ???
Etymology
Shortened from emas, from Sanskrit ??? (m??a, “particular weight of gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mas]
- Rhymes: -mas, -as
Noun
mas (Jawi spelling ???)
- Alternative form of emas
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman masse.
Noun
mas
- Alternative form of masse (“mass”)
Etymology 2
From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.
Noun
mas
- Alternative form of messe (“mass”)
Northern Sami
Pronoun
mas
- locative singular of mii
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
mas
- imperative of mase
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
mas
- imperative of masa
Occitan
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin mansum. Cognate with Romanian mas.
Noun
mas m (plural mases)
- farmhouse, typical country house
Papiamentu
Adverb
mas
- most
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas/
Noun
mas f
- genitive plural of masa
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese mas, from Latin magis (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *me?h?- (“great”). Cognate of mais (“more”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /m??/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma(j)s/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ma(j)s/, /m?s/
- Homophone: más (without the intrusive /j/)
- Homophone: mais (with the intrusive /j/)
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ma(j)s/, /m?s/
- Hyphenation: mas
Conjunction
mas
- but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)
- Synonyms: (informal) só que, (more formal) contudo, (more formal) no entanto, (more formal) porém, (formal) todavia, (more formal) entretanto
- but (introduces the correct information for something that was denied in the previous clause)
- but ... really; of course; no wonder (introduces the cause of the previous clause, with the implication that the result was expected given this cause)
- (beginning a sentence) emphasises an exclamation
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.
Derived terms
- mas é
- mas sim
- mas também
Adverb
mas (not comparable)
- (colloquial) emphasises a previous clause, adverb or adjective; really; and how
- Synonyms: e como, e
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.
Noun
mas m (plural mas)
- but (an instance of proclaiming an exception)
Derived terms
- deixar de mas
- sem mas nem meio mas
Rohingya
Etymology
From Bengali ??? (mach).
Noun
mas
- fish
Romani
Etymology
From Sanskrit ???? (m?msá)
Noun
mas m (plural masa)
- meat
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin mansum, from mansus.
Noun
mas n (plural masuri)
- (popular) putting up for the night, spending the night
Declension
Related terms
- mânea
Verb
mas
- past participle of mânea
Scottish Gaelic
Conjunction
mas
- if is
Usage notes
- This is a shortened form of ma (“if”) is (“am, is, are”).
- mas cuimhne leat - if you remember (literally "if memory is with you")
Somali
Noun
mas m
- snake
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin magis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mas/, [?mas]
- Homophone: más
Conjunction
mas
- (formal) but
- Synonym: pero
- (formal) however
- Synonyms: sin embargo, no obstante
Adverb
mas
- Misspelling of más.
- Obsolete spelling of más
Further reading
- “mas” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
mas c
- Dalecarlian; a man from the province Dalarna (“Dalecarlia”) (in particular one of the common people)
- (colloquial) tax collector
Declension
Synonyms
- man from Dalecarlia
- dalmas
- dalkarl
- tax collector
- skatteindrivare
- skattmas
References
- mas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish más.
Particle
mas
- comparative marker of inequality
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English must.
Verb
mas
- must
mas
Welsh
Alternative forms
- ma's
Etymology
From i'r maes (“to the field”), ae in monosyllabic words often being pronounced /a?/ in South Wales.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?s/
Adverb
mas
- (South Wales, colloquial) out
- Synonym: allan
Derived terms
- mas draw (“extremely”)
- mas o'r glas (“out of the blue”)
- mas tu fas (“right outside”)
- maswr (“outside-half”)
- tu fas (“outside”)
- tu fewn tu fas (“inside out”)
Mutation
mas From the web:
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- what mask should i wear
- what mask are college coaches wearing
- what master do you serve
- what mask should i wear on a plane
- what mason jars are worth money
- what mass contains 6.0x10^23 atoms
- what masks are best
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