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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

Noun

vases

1. plural of vase

Anagrams

• Vasse, saves

Danish

Noun

vases c

1. indefinite genitive singular of vase

French

Noun

vases f

1. plural of vase

Latin

Noun

v?s?s

1. nominative plural of v?s
2. accusative plural of v?s
3. vocative plural of v?s