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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• (US) IPA^(key): /ve?s/, /ve?z/, /v?z/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /v??z/, /væes/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

vase (plural vases)

1. An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
2. (architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.

Translations

Anagrams

• AEVs, Esav, Save, VESA, Veas, aves, save, vaes

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French vase, from Latin v?s (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?s?/, [?væ?s?]

Noun

vase c (singular definite vasen, plural indefinite vaser)

1. vase

Declension

References

• “vase” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaz/, /v?z/

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Middle Dutch wase (“mud, silt, wet ground, clod of dirt, grass”), from *Old Dutch waso, from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, wet”). More at ouze.

Noun

vase f (plural vases)

1. silt, mud

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French, borrowed from Latin vas, vasis.

Noun

vase m (plural vases)

1. vase

Derived terms

• en vase clos
• la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase

Descendants

• ? Danish: vase
• ? German: Vase
• ? Swedish: vas

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

v?se

1. ablative singular of v?s

Norman

Etymology

From Latin v?s (“vessel”).

Noun

vase m (plural vases)

1. (Jersey) vase

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vaser, definite plural vasene)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vasar, definite plural vasane)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

vase

1. vocative singular of vas? (“grease”)

Verb

vase

1. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to dwell”)
2. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to clothe”)

Swedish

Noun

vase c

1. sheaf, nowadays mostly as a heraldic symbol. Used in the coat of arms of the House of Vasa ruling Sweden 1523–1654
2. (Gothenburg dialect) small boy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbz/
• Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

1. Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

• abdominal muscles
• abdominals

Translations

Verb

abs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ab

References

Anagrams

• B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SAB, SBA, Sab., bas, sab

Livonian

Noun

abs

1. inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs

Interjection

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging.

   Synonym: bjs

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.