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pas

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑː/

Noun

pas (plural pas)

  1. (now rare) The right of going foremost; precedence. [from 18th c.]
  2. A step in a dance. [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
  • have the pas of someone
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

  • see pa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːz/

Noun

pas

  1. plural of pa

Anagrams

  • SPA, APS, Spa, SAP, sap, APs, PsA, s.ap., spa, asp, PSA, ASP, SpA, Psa.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɑs]

Noun

pas (plural passe)

  1. pace, step
  2. pass (a card or document)
    die paswette tydens die apartheidsjare - the pass laws during the years of apartheid

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mbas — Tosk, Standard Albanian
  • mas — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pa ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”).

Preposition

pas (+ ablative)

  1. behind, beyond
  2. after
  3. at
  4. over
  5. against

Adverb

pas

  1. behind
  2. after
  3. hence

Derived terms

  • pasi
  • pastaj
  • pasojë
  • pasardhës

Related terms

  • pa
  • mbasi
  • mbas

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

pas

  1. because

Aragonese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas/
  • Syllabification: pas
  • Rhymes: -as

Adverb

pas

  1. emphasises a negation; (not) at all; (not) ever

See also

  • no

Asturian

Noun

pas m pl

  1. plural of pá

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

  1. rust
    1. deteriorated state of iron or steel
    2. disease of plants
  2. (figurative) shame, disgrace, infamy
    Synonym: eyib

Declension

Related terms

  • pasaq

Further reading

  • “pas” in Obastan.com.

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

pas

  1. squirrel (rodent)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpas]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan pas, from Latin passus (“step”). Its use as an auxiliary adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec…passum) in negative constructions – literally ‘not…a step’, i.e. ‘not at all’ – originally used with certain verbs of motion. Compare similarly used French pas. Cognate with Galician and Spanish paso and Portuguese passo.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

  1. pace, step
  2. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length
  3. (figuratively) pace, action
  4. pace, gait, rhythm of walking
Synonyms
  • passa
Coordinate terms
  • (unit of length): peu (⅕ pas), vara (⅗ pas), braça (1⅕ pas)
Derived terms
  • passet
Related terms
  • passar

Adverb

pas

  1. (in negative sentences) used to intensify negation: at all, ever
    No feu pas això ― Do not ever do this
    No serà pas important. ― It won't matter. (literally, “It won't be so important.”)
Usage notes
  • The main marker of negation in Catalan is the adverb no. No is placed before the verbs, while pas is usually placed after it. Unlike Occitan or French, where pas and pas is a mandatory negative particle (under many circumstances); in Catalan, pas is only used as an optional intensifier of negation. However, some northern dialects use "pas" instead of "no" as the mandatory negative particle. Also, in many dialects "pas" has totally disappeared.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

  1. passing
  2. crossing
    pas zebra ― zebra crossing
  3. passage
    ritu de pas ― rite of passage
  4. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
    pas de rosca ― screw pitch (the distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measured parallel to the axis)
    pas polar ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
  • de pas
  • pas a nivell
  • pas de vianants
  • pas zebra

References

  • “pas”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “pas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “pas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Preposition

pas

  1. past

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas, from Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Breton paz and Welsh pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pasow)

  1. cough
Derived terms

Verb

pas

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of pasa
  2. second-person singular imperative of pasa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Noun

pas m (plural pasys)

  1. pace, step
    Synonym: kamm

Mutation

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa).

Verb

pas I (present pipús) (transitive)

  1. to kiss

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpas]

Etymology 1

Noun

pas m inan

  1. alternative form of pás (“waist”)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m inan

  1. passport
Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

  1. second-person singular imperative of pást

Further reading

  • “pas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “pas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pass, from Italian passaporto.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite pas)

  1. passport
Declension

Etymology 2

From French pas and German Pass, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite passer)

  1. (geography) mountain pass
    Synonym: bjergpas
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French passe, from French passer.

Noun

pas c (singular definite passen, plural indefinite passer)

  1. (card games) pass
Declension

Further reading

  • “pas” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑs/
  • Hyphenation: pas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Equivalent to a derivation from etymology 2.

Adverb

pas

  1. just, recently
  2. hardly
  3. only, not until, not any sooner
  4. now … really
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pas
  • Negerhollands: pas
  • → Aukan: pasi pasi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: pás
  • → Caribbean Javanese: pas
  • → Indonesian: pas
  • → Volapük: pas

Adjective

pas (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. fitting, having a proper fit, having the correct size and shape
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: pas

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

  1. pace, step; also as a measure of distance
  2. (geography) mountain pass
  3. fit of an object, notably depending on forms and/or dimensions
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pas
  • → Indonesian: pas

Etymology 3

From paspoort or from etymology 2.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

  1. pass, passport (travel document)
  2. identification document
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pas
  • → Caribbean Javanese: layang pas
  • → Indonesian: pas
  • → Papiamentu: pas

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

  1. inflection of passen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

  • sap

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pas

  1. to open

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of passata

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑs
  • Syllabification(key): pas
  • Hyphenation(key): pas

Interjection

pas

  1. (card games) I pass!

Further reading

  • “pas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Its use as an auxiliary negative adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec… passum) in negative constructions – literally “not… a step”, i.e. “not at all” – originally used with certain verbs of motion. In older French other nouns could also be used in this way, such as ne… goutte (“not… a drop”) and ne… mie (“not… a crumb”), but in the modern language pas has become grammaticalized.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa/ ~ /pɑ/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [pɔ]
  • Rhymes: -a, -ɑ

Noun

pas m (plural pas)

  1. step, pace, footstep
  2. (geography) strait, pass
    Pas de Calais ― Strait of Dover
  3. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)

Derived terms

Adverb

pas

  1. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
  2. (colloquial) used as an intensifier in underlying rethorical questions, mostly with voilà
    Et v'là t-y pas qu'elle m'en colle une ! ― And I tell you, she slapped me just like that!
    Et me voilà pas arrivé sans un kopeck au bercail. ― And there I am, home without a dime.

Usage notes

  • The adverb of negation pas is normally used in conjunction with the particle ne, as in the examples Je ne sais pas and Ma grande sœur n’habite pas avec nous above. In colloquial language, ne can be dropped, as in the example J'veux pas travailler above.
  • Word order:
    • Pas directly follows the inflected verb, which itself follows the particle ne;
      Il ne mange pas. ― He's not eating.
      Ne le touchez pas. ― Don't touch him.
    • in compound verb structures it is placed between the inflected auxiliary and the participle.
      Il n'a pas mangé. ― He didn't eat.
    • When negating an infinitive verb, pas normally follows ne and precedes that verb in the construction ne pas + infinitive (though the sequence ne + infinitive + pas was common in the Classical French of the 17th and 18th centuries).
      Il a reçu une leçon à ne pas oublier. ― He received a lesson not to be forgotten.
    • pas can be placed before an adverb that modifies all or part of a verbal syntagma, but it directly follows an adverb that modifies the whole sentence.
      Je n'ai pas vraiment compris. ― I didn't truly understand.
      Il n'est probablement pas arrivé. ― He probably hasn't arrived.
    • Certain adverbs (e.g. même) can be used before or after pas without affecting the meaning of the phrase. With other adverbs (e.g. toujours), there may be considerable difference in meaning depending on whether pas comes before or after.
      pas toujours ― not always
      toujours pas ― still not

Synonyms

  • point

Derived terms

Related terms

  • passage
  • passer

References

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pass)

  1. step, footstep
  2. pace

Related terms

  • passâ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpas]
  • Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch passend, pas, from Middle Dutch pas, passen, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, pandere (“to spread, unfold, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *patno-, *pete- (“to spread, stretch out”).

  • Sense of "to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from" is semantic loan from Malay pas or English pass which both are cognate of above.

Noun

pas (plural pas-pas)

  1. pass, permission or license to pass, or to go and come
  2. mountain pass
Related terms

Adjective

pas (comparative lebih pas, superlative paling pas)

  1. (colloquial) fit, suitable, proper
Derived terms
Related terms

Verb

pas

  1. (uncommon) to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from
    Synonym: lulus

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed and adapted from Dutch pas, a deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Therefore related to etymology 1.

Adverb

pas

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) only, not until, not any sooner
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) when, at the time of

Conjunction

pas

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) when
    Synonyms: saat, ketika

Preposition

pas

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) during, at the time of

Usage notes

  • The word is very often used in casual and colloquial exchanges. However, the adverb's etymology is unusually scarcely scrutinized despite its common occurrences in day-to-day speech.

Etymology 3

Noun

pas (plural pas-pas)

  1. (archaic) alternative spelling of opas

Further reading

  • “pas” 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): [ˈpˠasˠ]

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pas, nominative plural pasanna)

  1. passport
  2. pass

Declension

Mutation

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pos, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards, post-”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pozdь́nъ (“late”), Latin post (“behind, after”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐs]

Preposition

pàs

  1. (usually with accusative) by; with; at
    Ar tu norėtum sėdėti pas mane?
    Would you like to sit by/with me?
    Mes galime valgyti pas tave.
    We can eat at your place.
    Jis gyvena pas savo tėvus.
    He lives with his parents.

References

Lombard

Noun

pas

  1. peace

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas/

Noun

pas m inan

  1. belt

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pas)

  1. pace; step

Descendants

  • French: pas

Mofu-Gudur

Noun

pas

  1. sun, day

Occitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan pas, from Latin passus.

Adverb

pas

  1. (after the verb) not (negates the meaning of a verb)
  2. Intensifies adverbs of negation
    pas jamai ― never ever
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m

  1. step, pace

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas/

Etymology 1

From Latin passus.

Noun

pas oblique singular, m (oblique plural pas, nominative singular pas, nominative plural pas)

  1. pace; step
Descendants
  • → English: pace
  • Middle French: pas

Etymology 2

From Latin pastus (“pasture”).

Noun

pas oblique singular, m (oblique plural pas, nominative singular pas, nominative plural pas)

  1. alternative form of past

See also

  • repast

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese paz and Spanish paz and Kabuverdianu pás.

Noun

pas

  1. peace

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (pas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas/

Postposition

pas (پس)

  1. after

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “pas”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Alternative forms

  • pás (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: pas
  • Homophone: Pas

Noun

pas m inan (diminutive pasek)

  1. belt
  2. lane (lengthwise division of roadway)
  3. (heraldry) fess
  4. (anatomy) waist
  5. (in the plural, colloquial) crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes)
    Synonyms: przejście dla pieszych, zebra
  6. (in the plural) stripes (pattern formed by parallelepiped rectangles touching at their longest side and having a different color or texture)
  7. (Near Masovian) strap in a horse's harness that runs across the back
  8. (Kuyavia) grain strip (binder for binding grain into sheaves)
    Hypernym: powrósło
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Belarusian: пас (pas)
  • → Yiddish: פּאַס (pas)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French passe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: pas

Noun

pas m inan

  1. (card games) pass
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from French pas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pas
  • Homophone: pa

Noun

pas m inan (indeclinable)

  1. pas, step

Further reading

  • pas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “pas”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 13

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas/
  • Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pași)

  1. step, pace, footstep, stride
  2. step (stage of a process)
  3. gait
Declension
Derived terms
  • bate pasul pe loc
  • în pas cu
  • pas cu pas
  • păși
  • ține pasul
Related terms
  • păsa
See also
  • păs

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pass, French pas.

Noun

pas n (plural pasuri)

  1. (now rare outside place names) mountain pass
    Synonym: trecătoare
  2. (obsolete) passport
    Synonym: pașaport
Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pais, plural pasaichean)

  1. pass (permission)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • pes (Kajkavian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâs/

Noun

pȁs m (Cyrillic spelling па̏с, diminutive psȉć, relational adjective pȁsjī or psȅćī)

  1. dog
    Volim svog psa. ― I love my dog.
Declension

Etymology 2

Shortened form of pȍjās. Compare Czech pás, Polish pas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

  1. (regional) belt, girdle
  2. (regional) waist, waistline
Declension
Derived terms
  • opàsati
Related terms
  • pȍjās
  • opàsāč

Etymology 3

From English pass or French passe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

  1. (sports) pass
Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pas]

Noun

pas m inan (relational adjective pasový)

  1. passport

Declension

Further reading

  • “pas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Noun

pas m pl

  1. plural of pa

Tatar

Alternative forms

  • bas

Noun

pas

  1. price

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pouch.

Noun

pas

  1. pouch

Derived terms

  • skin pas (“envelope”)

Adjective

pas

  1. closed; shut; sealed

Derived terms

  • ai i pas
  • bel i pas
  • pas maus

Related terms

  • pasim

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑs/
  • Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاس (“rust”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

  1. rust (oxidation of metal)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass or from French passe.

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

  1. (sports) pass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • pasör

Interjection

pas

  1. (card games) A phrase indicating that the player is declining to play their turn; I pass

Further reading

  • “pas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pas1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pas2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pas”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3708

Volapük

Etymology

Apparently introduced by Arie de Jong in Volapük Nulik. If so, probably borrowed from Dutch pas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas/

Adverb

pas

  1. only recently, just now

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas. In turn from Proto-Celtic *kʷast- and Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”).

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

  1. cough (instance of coughing)
  2. cough (illness characterised by coughing)
    Synonym: peswch
Derived terms
  • pesychu (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m or f (plural pasys)

  1. pace, stride
    Synonyms: cam, camre, cerddediad
  2. pace, speed
    Synonym: cyflymder
  3. pace (unit of measurement equal to five feet)

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pasio (“to pass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Homophone: pàs (“permit, pass”)

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

  1. excellence
    Synonym: rhagoriaeth
Related terms
  • pàs (“pass, permit; act of passing”)

Mutation

Mutation

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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