different between vac vs vas

English

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Noun

vac (plural vacs)

1. (informal) A vacation.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     It was to be their last term at Oxford and Hilary had incited them both to journey with him to Provence for the long vac.

2. (informal) A vacuum cleaner.
3. (informal) Clipping of vaccine.

Derived terms

• (vacuum cleaner) minivac

Verb

vac (third-person singular simple present vacs, present participle vacking, simple past and past participle vacked)

1. To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
   • 2010, Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star (page 332)

     I went on to how Harold used to work in security on the building; he used to see Andy in the underground car-park vacking the sick out of the Merc.

Anagrams

• ACV, AVC, CVA, Cav.

Huave

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca. Doublet of wacüx.

Noun

vac

1. cow

References

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)?^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 177

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish vatsa.

Noun

vac

1. belly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vas (“vessel”), from 1645–1655.

Noun

vas (plural vasa)

1. (anatomy) A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
2. (colloquial, specifically) The vas deferens.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• ASV, AVS, AVs, Sav., sav

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vast, from Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas/

Adjective

vas (attributive vaste, comparative vaster, superlative vasste)

1. firm, tight

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vasu

Etymology

From Latin v?sum. Compare Daco-Romanian vas.

Noun

vas n (plural vasi or vase)

1. vessel
2. kitchenware
3. bowl, basin
4. receptacle, container, jar

Derived terms

• vãsãrii

Related terms

• vaz

See also

• pheat
• blid
• cãtsãn

Bintulu

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *b??as, from Proto-Austronesian *b??as.

Noun

vas

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vas, from Latin v?sum and v?s.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vas m (plural vasos)

1. glass (a drinking glass)
2. vessel

Synonyms

• (glass): got, tassó

Derived terms

• vas sanguini

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative form of anar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /v?/

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of aller

2. (Canada) (colloquial) first-person singular present indicative of aller

3. second-person singular present indicative of vader

Galician

Adjective

vas f pl

1. feminine plural of van

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of ir

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wa?ke. Cognate with Finnish vaski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v??]
• Hyphenation: vas
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

vas (usually uncountable, plural vasak)

1. iron (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• vas in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch vaas, from Middle French vase (Modern French vase), from Latin vas (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vas (plural vas-vas, first-person possessive vasku, second-person possessive vasmu, third-person possessive vasnya)

1. vase: An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

   Synonym: jambangan

Alternative forms

• fas (nonstandard)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin vas (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vas (plural vas-vas, vasa, first-person possessive vasku, second-person possessive vasmu, third-person possessive vasnya)

1. vas: a vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

Classical collateral form of pre-Classical v?sum, from Proto-Italic *w?ss, cognate with Umbrian vasus (“container”), but further origin uncertain, with no known cognates outside of Italic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?a?s/, [u?ä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [v?s]

Noun

v?s n (genitive v?sis); third declension

1. vessel, container, dish
2. vase
3. utensil, instrument
4. (in the plural) equipment, apparatus

Declension

In the singular it is third declension but in the plural it is second declension.Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *woss, from Proto-Indo-European *wed?- (“to bind, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?as/, [u?äs?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [v?s]

Noun

vas m (genitive vadis); third declension

1. bail, surety

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

References

• vas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “vas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, pages 655

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French vache

Noun

vas

1. cow

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vas n (definite singular vaset, uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

Synonyms

• vås

References

• “vas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ??? (was), from Proto-Germanic *was, first/third-person singular indicative past of *wesan?. Evolved to younger variant var. Compare vesa, es (vera, er).

Verb

vas

1. Archaic form of var., first/third-person singular indicative past of vera

Piedmontese

Noun

vas m (plural vas)

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *v?s?.

Noun

vas n

1. village

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin v?sum (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

vas n (plural vase)

1. vessel (including blood vessels), general term for receptacle or container (such as a bowl, basin, dish, bucket, etc.)
2. watercraft
3. cask

Declension

See also

• vaz?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?â?s/

Pronoun

v?s (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. of you (genitive plural of t? (“you”))
2. you (accusative plural of t? (“you”))

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *v?s?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey?- (“house, village”).

Noun

vas f (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) village

Alternative forms

• ves

Synonyms

• selo (Standard)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French vache

Noun

vas

1. cow

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *v?s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?á?s/

Noun

v?s f

1. village (a rural settlement that is smaller than a mesto (a town/city))

Inflection

Pronoun

vàs

1. accusative/genitive/locative of vi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bas/, [?bas]

Verb

vas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of ir.

Swedish

Etymology

From French vase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??s/

Noun

vas c

1. vase

Declension

Related terms

• blomvas

Further reading

• vas in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• sav