different between fas vs contact

English

Noun

fas

1. plural of fa

Anagrams

• AFS, AFs, FSA, SAF, SFA, asf

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

fas

1. plural of fa

Verb

fas

1. second-person singular present indicative form of fer

Galician

Etymology 1

Verb

fas

1. second-person singular present indicative of facer

Etymology 2

Noun

fas m pl

1. plural of fa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

fas

1. singular imperative of fasen

Hlai

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai) IPA^(key): /fa?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hlai *f?a?? (“sky”), from Pre-Hlai *fa?? (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *va?? (“sky; weather”) (whence Thai ??? (fáa)).

Noun

fas

1. sky

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hlai *C-wa?? (“sour”), from Pre-Hlai *C-wa?? (Norquest, 2015).

Adjective

fas

1. sour

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?s/

  Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

fas n (genitive singular fass, no plural)

1. deportment, manner

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fas]
• Hyphenation: fas
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

fas (first-person possessive fasku, second-person possessive fasmu, third-person possessive fasnya)

1. Alternative spelling of vas (“vase”)

Jamaican Creole

Adjective

fas

1. Alternative spelling of fast.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ph?s (medieval)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?os (“utterance, saying”), a derivative of the root *b?eh?- (“to speak”) whence also Latin for, f?r?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fa?s/, [fä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fas/, [f?s]

Noun

f?s n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. (uncountable) dictates of religion, divine law (opp. i?s, human law), or an obligation thereunder

   hoc contra ius fasque est

   this is against law and divine law

   • Corpus Reformatorum, volume 38, page 235:

     Itaque si fas non est patris, vel filii, patrui vel nepotis uxorem habere in matrimonio, unum et idem de fratris uxore sentire convenit: de qua similis prorsus lex uno contextu et tenore perlata est.

     And so if divine law is that the father, or the son, the uncle or the nephew are not to have a wife in marriage, it comes together as one and the same thing about the brother's wife: from which a similar law is conveyed by means of connecting and grasping [a pattern].

2. (uncountable) the will of God; a predetermined destiny
   • Aeneid I.206:

     illic fas regna resurgere Troiae.

     There it is divine will that the kingdom of Troy shall rise again.

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

Derived terms

• f?stus
• nef?s

References

• fas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• fas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 203

Middle English

Noun

fas

1. Alternative form of fass

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?fas/

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëst?.

Adverb

fas

1. again, once more
2. on the other hand

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fas

1. imperative of fase

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/

Noun

fas n

1. Alternative form of fæs

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

fas c

1. a phase, a time period
2. a phase (angular difference in periodic waves)

   i fas, ur fas

   in phase, out of phase

3. a sloping edge

Declension

Related terms

• fasa
• fasett

References

• fas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?s/

Noun

fas

1. Soft mutation of bas.

Mutation

Adverb

fas

1. Soft mutation of mas.

Mutation

Wolof

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (faras).

Pronunciation

Noun

fas (definite form fas wi)

1. horse

English

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from conting? (“I touch on all sides”), from tang? (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (noun):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

• (verb):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

• Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)

1. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2. The establishment of communication (with).
3. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

4. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

5. (informal) A contact lens.
6. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
7. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

8. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)

1. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

   The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

2. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone

   I am trying to contact my sister.

Usage notes

• The use of contact as a verb is occasionally discountenanced. Nonetheless, its usefulness and popularity have - at least to some extent - worn down resistance.

Translations

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kontakt (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?tact
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)

1. physical contact
2. contact (close association)
3. contact (communication, exchange)
4. contact (someone with whom communication has been established)

Derived terms

Related terms

• contacteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kontak
• ? Indonesian: kontak
• ? West Frisian: kontakt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.takt/

Noun

contact m (plural contacts)

1. (physical) contact; contact (with another person)
2. contact (person that one knows)
3. rapport

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French contact

Noun

contact n (plural contacte)

1. contact

Declension