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English

Etymology 1

From Amharic ?? (r?s, “head”).

Noun

ras (plural rases)

1. An Ethiopian king or prince.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ???? (ra?s, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above.

Noun

ras (plural rases)

1. A headland; a cape.

Usage notes

Chiefly found in proper names.

Anagrams

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin r?sus, past participle of r?dere (“scrape, shave”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ras/

Adjective

ras (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rases)

1. close-cropped, shorn
2. smooth, flat, level

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?s/, [????s]

Verb

ras

1. imperative of rase

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?s/
• Hyphenation: ras
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French race.

Noun

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

1. race, breed

Derived terms

• hondenras
• paardenras
• rasecht
• rassenhaat
• rassenleer
• rassenscheiding
• rassensegregatie
• raszuiver
• vuilnisbakkenras

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: ras

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rasch, from Old Dutch *rasc, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz. Cognates include English rash, German rasch.

Adjective

ras (comparative rasser, superlative meest ras or rast)

1. (dated) quick

Inflection

Derived terms

• alras

French

Etymology 1

From Amharic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s/

Noun

ras m (plural ras)

1. ras

Etymology 2

From Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin r?sus. Doublet of rez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Adjective

ras (feminine singular rase, masculine plural ras, feminine plural rases)

1. short
2. close-cropped (of hair etc.)

Derived terms

• à ras de
• au ras de
• à ras bord
• en avoir ras la casquette
• en avoir ras le bol
• en avoir ras le cul
• rase campagne

Related terms

• rez

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ras]
• Hyphenation: ras

Noun

ras (plural ras-ras, first-person possessive rasku, second-person possessive rasmu, third-person possessive rasnya)

1. race

   Synonym: rumpun bangsa

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: ras

Further reading

• “ras” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ?? (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *ra?š- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ras/
• Hyphenation: ràs

Noun

ras m (invariable)

1. (historical) Title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
2. (figuratively, derogatory) Any small local authority who exercises power despotically.
   1. A local boss of organized crime.
   2. (historical) A Fascist party official.

Synonyms

• (Fascist official): gerarca

Related terms

• rais

See also

• negus
• degiac (ethiopian commander of a unit equivalent to a regiment, composed of two to three thousand men)

Lithuanian

Verb

ras

1. third-person singular future of rasti
2. third-person plural future of rasti

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [??äs]

Noun

ras (Jawi spelling ???, plural ras-ras, informal 1st possessive rasku, impolite 2nd possessive rasmu, 3rd possessive rasnya)

1. (Onomatopoeia) sound of a dry leaf being brushed.
2. rope

   Ras kekang

   Head collar rope

   Synonym(s): tali

3. race

   Ras Cina

   Chinese race

   Synonym(s): keturunan, puak, etnik, bangsa

Further reading

• “ras” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ra?s). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?s/

Noun

ras f (plural rjus)

1. (anatomy) head
2. beginning
3. chief, leader
4. top
5. intellect

Derived terms

• Ras ir-Randan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ras, compare with the verb rase

Noun

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa or rasene)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

Synonyms

• skred

Derived terms

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

Etymology 2

Verb

ras

1. imperative of rase

References

• “ras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ras_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ras, compare with rase

Noun

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

Synonyms

• skred

Derived terms

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

References

• “ras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Noun

ras

1. genitive plural of rasa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin r?sus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ras/
• Rhymes: -as

Verb

ras (past participle of rade)

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Adjective

ras m or n (feminine singular ras?, masculine plural ra?i, feminine and neuter plural rase)

1. shaved, shaven

Declension

Antonyms

• neras

Related terms

• rade
• r?sur?

Spanish

Etymology

From rasar, from raso (“level”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ras/, [?ras]

Noun

ras m (plural rases)

1. evenness, levelness

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ras” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??s/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *r?s?.

Noun

ras c

1. a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of rasa. Compare Danish and Norwegian ras.

Noun

ras n

1. a collapse (of a building)
2. a mudslide (geological disaster)
3. a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
4. a fall (of stock market values)

Declension

Related terms

References

• ras in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• -sar, ars

Welsh

Etymology

From English race.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?s/

Noun

ras f (plural rasys, not mutable)

1. race (contest)

Further reading

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse ras n (“impetuosity, hurry.”)

Noun

ras

1. Hurry, urgency.

Derived terms

• rassan
• rasvill
• röso

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