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gas
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?s, IPA(key): /?æs/
- Rhymes: -æs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch gas [1650s], coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Derived from Dutch chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”).
Noun
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- Synonyms: vapor, vapour
- (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (uncountable, chiefly US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- Synonym: wind
- (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- Synonym: riot
- (slang) Frothy talk; chatter.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- fluid
- liquid
- solid
Verb
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poisonous gas.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- 1955, C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Collins, 1998, Chapter 3,
- "Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.
- 1955, C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Collins, 1998, Chapter 3,
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of gasoline.
Noun
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol; see also Thesaurus:petroleum
- (US) Gas pedal.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- Synonym: refuel
Derived terms
- gas and dash
- gas up
Translations
Etymology 3
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
Adjective
gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)
- (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany; fun, amusing
Anagrams
- AGS, AGs, Ags., GSA, SAG, SGA, Sag, sag
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
From Dutch gast.
Noun
gas (plural gaste)
- guest
Etymology 2
From Dutch gas.
Noun
gas (plural gasse)
- gas (substance in gaseous phase)
Basque
Noun
gas inan
- gas
Declension
Derived terms
- gaseoso
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /??as/
Noun
gas m (plural gasos)
- gas
Derived terms
Related terms
- gasificar
- gasolina
Further reading
- “gas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gas” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “gas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s/
- Hyphenation: gas
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
Coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Noun
gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
- gas
- liquefied petroleum gas
- Synonyms: autogas, LPG
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gas
- ? English: gas
- ? French: gaz
- ? German: Gas
- ? West Frisian: gas
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatw?.
Noun
gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
- unpaved street
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gas
- first-person singular present indicative of gassen
- imperative of gassen
Galician
Noun
gas m (plural gases)
- gas
- Synonym: vapor
Derived terms
- gas nobre
Related terms
- gasoso
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch gas.
Noun
gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös)
- gas (state of matter)
Declension
Derived terms
- táragas
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French gaze.
Noun
gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural)
- gauze
Declension
Derived terms
- gasbleia
Anagrams
- sag
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??as]
- Hyphenation: gas
Noun
gas (plural gas-gas, first-person possessive gasku, second-person possessive gasmu, third-person possessive gasnya)
- gas,
- (chemistry, physics) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
- A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
Derived terms
Compounds
Verb
gas
- (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate.
- Synonym: mengegas
Further reading
- “gas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
gas (plural gases)
- gas
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): [??s?]
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): [?as?]
Noun
gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa)
- stalk, stem
- sprig, shoot, frond
- (figuratively) stripling; scion
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "gas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “gas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??as/
Noun
gas m (uncountable)
- gas (state of matter, petroleum)
- carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks)
- petrol
- Synonym: benzina
- poison gas
Related terms
Further reading
- gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?as/, [?äs?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?as/, [??s]
Noun
gas n (genitive gasis); third declension
- (physics) gas (state of matter)
- Synonyms: gasum, gasium
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.
Noun
gas m (plural gas)
- (Jersey) chap
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French gaze
Noun
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene)
- gauze
See also
- gass
- gås
References
- “gas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French gaze
Noun
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane)
- gauze
See also
- gass
- gås
References
- “gas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- g?s
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *??h?éns.
Noun
g?s f
- a goose
Declension
Descendants
- Low German: Goos
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.
Noun
g?s f
- goose
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: gås
Rohingya
Etymology
From Sanskrit.
Noun
gas
- tree
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?â?s/
Noun
g?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
- Synonym: (Croatian) pl?n
- gas (as fuel for combustion engines)
- (figuratively) acceleration
- d?ti g?s - “give gas”: accelerate
- gas pedal, accelerator
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??as/, [??as]
Noun
gas m (plural gases)
- gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
- gas (an element or compound in such a state)
- gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
- (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)
Derived terms
Related terms
- gasolina
Further reading
- “gas” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
- ags, Ags
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s/
Noun
gas c
- gas; a state of matter
- gas; a compound or element in such a state
- gas; gaseous fuels
- (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
- ags, asg
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?s/
Verb
gas
- Soft mutation of cas.
Mutation
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s/
Noun
gas n (plural gassen)
- gas
Further reading
- “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?jä?s/
Noun
gas n
- Romping, cry (of joy.)
Related terms
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /?o?s/, /???s/, /???s/
Noun
gas f
- Goose.
- A round piece of butter with a depression created with the thumb.
- = klening m
Derived terms
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stove
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sto?v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch stove and/or Middle Low German stove (compare Dutch stoof), possibly from Proto-Germanic *stub? (“room, living room, heated room”), or borrowed from Romance. Cognate with Old High German stuba (whence German Stube), Old English stofa (“bathroom, bathhouse”), stufbæþ (“hot-air bath”), Old Norse stofa (whence Icelandic stofa (“living room”), Norwegian stove, Danish and Norwegian stue and Swedish stuga). Doublet of stufa.
Noun
stove (plural stoves)
- A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
- A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
- (chiefly Britain) A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
- 1850, M. A. Burnett, Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine, part 8:
- There existed only one specimen of this sacred tree in all Mexico, at least to the knowledge of the Mexicans; […] In spite, however, of the firmest convictions of the indivisibility of this tree — the Manitas, as it is commonly called — it has been propagated by cuttings, some of which are at this moment thriving in some of the larger stoves of our modern collectors.
- 1854, in The Horticultural Review and Botanical Magazine, volume 4, page 208:
- Let but these facts lie contrasted with the treatment they usually receive in the stoves of this country, and the reason why they never grow to any considerable size, attain to any degree of perfection, or flourish to any extent […]
- 1850, M. A. Burnett, Plantae utiliores: or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine, part 8:
- (dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
- April 1, 1634, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, letter to the Lord Deputy
- When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the Parlour or Stove being near emptied, in came a Company of Musketeers.
- How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole!
- April 1, 1634, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, letter to the Lord Deputy
Derived terms
- hobo stove
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (sut?bu)
Translations
Verb
stove (third-person singular simple present stoves, present participle stoving, simple past and past participle stoved)
- (transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
- 1975, William Geoffrey Potter, Uses of Epoxy Resins (page 39)
- The wide use of amine-cured epoxy paints is mostly due to their providing many of the properties of stoved epoxy films from an ambient temperature-cured system.
- 1975, William Geoffrey Potter, Uses of Epoxy Resins (page 39)
- (transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- orange-trees , lemon-trees , and myrtles , if they be stoved
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
stove
- simple past tense and past participle of stave
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapters 7 and 36:
- [A]ye, a stove boat will make me an immortal by brevet.
- "A dead whale or a stove boat!"
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapters 7 and 36:
Anagrams
- Stevo, Votes, ovest, vetos, votes
Dutch
Verb
stove
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of stuiven
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of stoven
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- stue
- staue, stoge, stògu, stova, stua, stuggu, stugu, stuu (superseded or dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse stofa (also stoga and stufa). Akin to English stove.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²sto?.??/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
stove f (definite singular stova, indefinite plural stover, definite plural stovene)
- a living room
- (dated) a cottage, small house
Derived terms
- ølstove
Related terms
- opphaldsrom
References
- “stove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- sovet
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