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English

Verb

gans

1. (Tyneside) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Anagrams

• AGNs, ANGs, GNAs, NSAG, nags, sang, snag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gans.

Noun

gans (plural ganse)

1. goose

Descendants

• Xhosa: urhanisi
• Zulu: ihansi

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gen

Etymology

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”).

Preposition

gans

1. with (in the company of)
2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)
3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

Antonyms

• (with): hep, heb

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns/
• Hyphenation: gans
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside g?s, g?s), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

1. A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae.

Alternative forms

• goes (dialectal)

Derived terms

• boerengans
• brandgans
• domme gans
• ganzenbord
• ganzenlever
• ganzenpas
• ganzeveer
• grauwe gans
• halfgans
• huisgans
• Indische gans
• nijlgans
• rotgans
• sneeuwgans
• vetgans
• zeegans
• zwaangans
• zwarte gans

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gans
• ? Sranan Tongo: gansi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gansch, gands, gants, gans, from Old High German ganz, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

Determiner

gans

1. whole, entire

   Het ganse land.

   The entire country.

Inflection

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Synonyms

• geheel, heel, volledig

Adverb

gans

1. entirely

   Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Indonesian

Etymology

ganteng + -s

Pronunciation

Adjective

gans

1. (slang, text messaging) handsome

Latvian

Noun

gans m (1st declension, feminine form: gane)

1. (male) shepherd

Declension

Scots

Verb

gans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Volapük

Noun

gans

1. nominative plural of gan

English

Noun

gansa (plural gansas)

1. Alternative form of ganza

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Anagrams

• Agans, Angas, N?gas, Sagan, Sanga, nagas, n?gas, sagan, sanga

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• gangsa

Etymology

From Spanish gansa, feminine of ganso,from Gothic *???????????????? (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ans-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gan?sa

Noun

gansa

1. a goose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.sa/

Verb

gansa

1. third-person singular past historic of ganser

Hiligaynon

Noun

gansa

1. gander, goose

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

gansa

1. goose

Portuguese

Noun

gansa f (plural gansas)

1. female equivalent of ganso

Spanish

Noun

gansa f (plural gansas)

1. female equivalent of ganso
2. goose (female in contrast with male gander)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gangsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ganso (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gan?sá
• IPA^(key): /?an?sa/, [??n?sa]

Noun

gansá

1. goose

References

• Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár (1613) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala?^[1] (in Spanish), published 1860, page 120: “GANGSA. pc. ganso.”