ras

From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2.

ras (plural rases)

1. An Ethiopian king or prince.

From Arabic رأس‎ (raʾs, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above, as well as of resh; further related to reis.

ras (plural rases)

1. A headland; a cape.

Chiefly found in proper names.

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr

From Latin rāsus, past participle of rādere (“scrape, shave”). Cognate to Spanish raso.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈras/

ras (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rases)

1. close-cropped, shorn
2. smooth, flat, level
3. level, full to the brim (of a container)

   una mesura rasa de farina ― one level measure of flour

ras m (plural rasos)

1. open country, the open

   al ras ― in the open

• al ras
• rasa

• “ras” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ras” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ras”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

• IPA^(key): [ˈras]

ras f

1. genitive plural of rasa

• IPA^(key): /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]

ras

1. imperative of rase

• IPA^(key): /rɑs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ras
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Borrowing from French race.

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

1. race, breed

• hondenras
• paardenras
• rasecht
• rassenhaat
• rassenleer
• rassenscheiding
• rassensegregatie
• raszuiver
• vuilnisbakkenras

• → Indonesian: ras

From Middle Dutch rasch, from Old Dutch *rasc, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz. Cognates include English rash, German rasch.

ras (comparative rasser, superlative meest ras or rast)

1. (dated) quick

• alras

From Amharic.

• IPA^(key): /ʁas/, /ʁɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

ras m (plural ras)

1. ras

From Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin rāsus. Doublet of rez.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa/, /ʁɑ/

ras (feminine rase, masculine plural ras, feminine plural rases)

1. short
2. close-cropped (of hair etc.)

• à ras de
• au ras de
• au ras des pâquerettes
• à ras bord
• en avoir ras la casquette
• en avoir ras le bol
• en avoir ras le cul
• rase campagne
• table rase

• rez

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

From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).

• IPA^(key): [ˈras]
• Hyphenation: ras

ras (plural ras-ras, first-person possessive rasku, second-person possessive rasmu, third-person possessive rasnya)

1. race

   Synonym: rumpun bangsa

• “ras” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Amharic ራስ (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈras/
• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: ràs

ras m (invariable)

1. (historical) title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
2. (figurative, derogatory) any small local authority who exercises power despotically
3. a local boss of organized crime
4. (historical) a Fascist party official

• (Fascist official): gerarca

• rais

• negus
• degiac (ethiopian commander of a unit equivalent to a regiment, composed of two to three thousand men)

ras

1. third-person singular future of rasti
2. third-person plural future of rasti

From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈɾäs]

ras (Jawi spelling رس‎, plural ras-ras, informal 1st possessive rasku, 2nd possessive rasmu, 3rd possessive rasnya)

1. (Onomatopoeia) sound of a dry leaf being brushed.
2. rope

   Ras kekang

   Head collar rope

   Synonym(s): tali

3. race

   Ras Cina

   Chinese race

   Synonym(s): keturunan, puak, etnik, bangsa

• “ras” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

• IPA^(key): /raːs/

ras f (dual (obsolete) rasejn, plural rjus, diminutive rwajsa)

1. (anatomy) head
2. (measure word for livestock) a single animal
3. beginning
4. front part
5. promontory, headland, cape
6. chief, leader
7. clove

   Synonym: sinna

8. top
9. intellect
10. (in the plural) chapters

• Ras ir-Randan

From Old Norse ras, compare with the verb rase.

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa or rasene)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

• skred

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

ras

1. imperative of rase

• “ras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ras_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse ras, compare with rase.

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

• skred

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

• “ras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ras/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ras

ras

1. genitive plural of rasa

From Latin rāsus.

• IPA^(key): /ras/
• Rhymes: -as

ras (past participle of rade)

1. past participle of rade

ras m or n (feminine singular rasă, masculine plural rași, feminine and neuter plural rase)

1. shaved, shaven

• neras

• rade
• răsură

From rasar, from raso (“level”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈras/ [ˈras]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ras

ras m (plural rases)

1. evenness, levelness

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

• IPA^(key): /rɑːs/

• Audio

  (file)

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

ras c

1. a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage), a breed

   hundraser ― dog breeds

Verbal noun of rasa. Compare Danish and Norwegian ras.

ras n

1. a collapse (of a building)
2. a mudslide (geological disaster)
3. a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
4. a fall (of stock market values)

• ras in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• -sar, ars

• IPA^(key): /raːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

From English race.

ras f (plural rasys, not mutable)

1. race (contest)

• cae ras m (“racecourse”)
• rasio (“race”, verb)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ras

1. Soft mutation of gras (“grace”).

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

From Old Norse ras n (“impetuosity, hurry.”).

ras n

1. Hurry, urgency.

   Han gjol alltihopän fälut i ett ras ― He completed all of it at once, without interruption.

• rassan
• rasvill
• röso