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ais

English

Noun

ais

  1. plural of ai

Anagrams

  • A.S.I., Asi, a-Si, is-a, sia, Sia, sai, Isa, SIA, IAS, ASI, IAs, Isa., A. S. I., ISA

Bavarian

Etymology

From Old High German īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą.

Noun

ais n

  1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) ice

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From English ice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ais/
  • Hyphenation: a‧is

Noun

ais

  1. ice (water in frozen form)

Catalan

Noun

ais

  1. plural of ai

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. Cognate with German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Icelandic ís.

Noun

ais n (uncountable)

  1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) ice
    'Z ais ist bassar gabróart. ― Ice is frozen water. (Sette Comuni dialect)

Declension

Sette Comuni dialect

Derived terms

  • aisbint
  • aisnaaghel
  • aissokkel

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
  • “ais” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse íss, From Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare English ice and Swedish is.

Noun

ais m

  1. ice

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aisa. Cognate with Finnish aisa.

Noun

ais (genitive aisa, partitive aisa)

  1. shaft, any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the drive shaft of an engine
  2. thill

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From German Ais (German key notation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯s/, [ˈɑ̝i̯s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑis
  • Syllabification(key): ais
  • Hyphenation(key): ais

Noun

ais

  1. (music) A-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • -ias, -isa, sai

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Doublet of axe, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Homophones: aie, aient, aies, ait, es, est (general), haie, haies, hais, hait (aspirated)

Noun

ais m (plural ais)

  1. board, plank

Related terms

  • aisselle

Further reading

  • “ais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Iban

Etymology

From English ice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪs/

Noun

ais

  1. ice (water in frozen form)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʔɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ais

Etymology 1

From Gayo [Term?].

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais)

  1. handball: the offence of a player touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play

Etymology 2

From Batak.

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais)

  1. pig areola

Further reading

  • “ais” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʃ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /æʃ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /æʃ/, /ɛʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ais (“back”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *axsi-, from Proto-Celtic *axsilā (“axis”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Noun

ais

  1. back: Only used in ar ais (back) and le hais (beside, compared with)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle”).

Noun

ais f (genitive singular aise, nominative plural aiseanna)

  1. axis
Declension
Derived terms
  • aon-aiseach (“uniaxial”, adjective)
  • mór-ais f (“major axis”)

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ais (‘back, hinder part’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɪs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.is]

Verb

ais

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of aiō

Usage notes

  • Old forms found in Plautus are aīs (two syllables), a͡is (one syllable).

Derived terms

  • aisne tu (ain' tu)

Malay

Etymology

From English ice.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /aes/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aes, -es

Noun

ais (plural ais-ais)

  1. ice (water in frozen form)
    Synonym: air batu

Alternative forms

  • es (Indonesia)

Derived terms

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”). Cognate with German Eis, English ice.

Noun

ais n

  1. ice

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Norman

Etymology

From Latin axis.

Pronunciation

Noun

ais m (plural ais)

  1. (Guernsey, Jersey) shelf, mantelpiece

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *axsi-, from Proto-Celtic *axsilā (“axis”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Noun

ais

  1. back, hinder part
Usage notes

Rarely used as a simple noun, but frequently in prepositional phrases with ar, for, fri, tar.

Etymology 2

Noun

ais

  1. Alternative spelling of aís

Mutation

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ais m (Cyrillic spelling аис)

  1. (music) A-sharp

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eis, from early Proto-Brythonic *assī, a plural derived secondarily from Proto-Celtic *ast, from pre-Celtic *h₂est, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”) (compare Irish easna, Latin os, Albanian asht). Doublet of asen; related to asgwrn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ai̯s/

Noun

ais f (collective, singulative eisen)

  1. (anatomy) ribs
  2. laths

Synonyms

  • (ribs): asennau

Mutation


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