different between trass vs thass

English

Alternative forms

• tarrace, tarras, terras

Etymology

From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t???s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æs/
• Rhymes: -??s, -æs

Noun

trass (countable and uncountable, plural trasses)

1. (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
2. A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.

Anagrams

• Stars, sarts, stars, tsars

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German tratz, tras

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. defiance, obstinacy

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. in spite of

References

• “trass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “trass_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Presumably from German trotz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trass m or n (definite singular trassen or trasset, uncountable)

1. spite, stubbornness, contrariness, defiance

   Han gjorde det på trass.

   He did it out of spite.

Derived terms

• trassig

Preposition

trass

1. despite

See also

• tross (Bokmål)

References

• “trass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?s?/

  Rhymes: -??s?

Noun

trass m (definite singular trassn, definite plural trassa)

1. packing
2. rope

English

Alternative forms

• thas, thash, thazz

Etymology

A simplifying reduction of the consonant cluster ts in that’s (“that is”): dh?ts to s: dh?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dh?s, IPA^(key): /ðæs/

Verb

thass

1. (dialect or representing slurred, drunken speech) that’s

References

• “thass” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

• shats, stash