plas

From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

plas (first-person singular past tense plasa, participle plasur)

1. to crack, burst, break through

• pëlcas
• plasë
• ples

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /pl̪as̪/
• Rhymes: -as̪

Borrowed from English flash.

plas

1. flash

plas

1. (photography) To flash.

Borrowed from English flush.

plas

1. To flush.

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

plas

1. addition
2. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.

plas

1. To add.

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas]

plas

1. genitive plural of plasa

• IPA^(key): /plɑs/

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• Hyphenation: plas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

from Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

1. a body of still water, pool

   De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.

   The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.

2. puddle

   Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.

   He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.

3. (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result

   Hij deed een grote plas.

   He urinated extensively.

• → Papiamentu: plas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plas

1. first-person singular present indicative of plassen
2. imperative of plassen

• slap

From French place.

plas

1. place, space
2. position, job
3. plaza, square

• plase (“to place”)

plas

1. Alternative form of place

plas

1. wham!, whack!

   Synonym: plaf

2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

• plis plas

• “plas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Old French place.

• IPA^(key): /plaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

plas m (plural plasau)

1. mansion
2. palace
3. hall

• plasty

• palas

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