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Definitions and meaning of vas

vas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæs/, /ˈvæz/

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 vāsum. 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 *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

vas

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbas]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvas]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan vas, from Latin vāsum, variant of vās.

Noun

vas m (plural vasos)

1. glass (a drinking glass)

   Synonyms: got, tassó

2. vessel

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of anar
2. (auxiliary, with infinitive) second-person singular present indicative of anar

Alternative forms

• vares (auxiliary)

References

• “vas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French vas, from Old French vas, vais, from Latin vadis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/, /vɑ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vɔ/

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of aller

   Où vas-tu ? ― Where are you going?

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

   J’vas voir jusqu’où la musique peut me m’ner. ― I'm going to see where music can take me.

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 *waśke. Cognate with Finnish vaski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: vas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

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 értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• sav

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfas]
• 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)
• pasu (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin vas (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfas]
• 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, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aːs/, [u̯äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [väs]

Noun

vās n (genitive vāsis); third declension

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Descendants

See also vāsum for more descendants.

• ⇒ Spanish: vasija (from a diminutive form)

Borrowings

• → English: vas
• → Old French:
  • Middle French: vase
    • French: vase (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: vase
  • → Dutch: vaas
    • Afrikaans: vaas
    • → Indonesian: vas
  • → Irish: vása

Unsorted borrowings

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯as/, [u̯äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vas/, [väs]

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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, page 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): /ʋaːs/

Noun

vas n (definite singular vaset, uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

Synonyms

• vås

References

• “vas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

vas

1. first/third-person singular indicative past of vesa

Piedmontese

Noun

vas m (plural vas)

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

Noun

vas n

1. village

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vāsum (“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
4. dish (specific type of food)

5. (in the plural) dishes (tableware to be washed)

Declension

See also

• vază

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːs/

Pronoun

vȃs (Cyrillic spelling ва̑с)

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

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьsь

Noun

vas f (Cyrillic spelling вас)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) Alternative form of ves (“village”).

   Synonym: selo

Further reading

• “vas” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “vas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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 1

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋáːs/

Noun

vȃs f

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

Inflection

Further reading

• “vas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

vàs

1. accusative/genitive/locative of vi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbas/ [ˈbas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: vas

Verb

vas

1. inflection of ir:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular voseo present indicative

Swedish

Etymology

From French vase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːs/

Noun

vas c

1. vase

Declension

Related terms

• blomvas

Further reading

• vas in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• sav

Source: wiktionary.org