topas

See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊpas/

Noun

topas (plural topas or topasses)

  1. (East India, now historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
    • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 110:
      The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.

Danish

Noun

topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)

  1. topaz

Declension
Declension of topas
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative topas topasen topaser topaserne
genitive topas' topasens topasers topasernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

  1. topaz

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

  1. topaz

References

Portuguese

Verb

topas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Spanish

Verb

topas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Swedish

Noun

topas c

  1. topaz

Declension
Declension of topas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative topas topasen topaser topaserna
Genitive topas topasens topasers topasernas

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek Τοπάζιος (Topázios, proper noun), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”).

Noun

topas m (uncountable)

  1. topaz

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
topas dopas nhopas thopas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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