vas

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

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.

• ASV, AVS, AVs, Sav., sav

From Dutch vast, from Middle Dutch vast, from Old Dutch fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

• IPA^(key): /fas/

vas (attributive vaste, comparative vaster, superlative vasste)

1. firm, tight

• vasu

From Latin vāsum. Compare Daco-Romanian vas.

vas n (plural vasi or vase)

1. vessel
2. kitchenware
3. bowl, basin
4. receptacle, container, jar

• vãsãrii

• vaz

• pheat
• blid
• cãtsãn

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

vas

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

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

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

vas m (plural vasos)

1. glass (a drinking glass)

   Synonyms: got, tassó

2. vessel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vas

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

• vares (auxiliary)

• “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, 2023
• “vas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

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vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of aller

   Où vas-tu ? ― Where are you going?

vas f pl

1. feminine plural of van

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of ir

From Proto-Uralic *waśke. Cognate with Finnish vaski.

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

vas (usually uncountable, plural vasak)

1. iron (chemical element)

• vas in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• sav

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvas]
• Hyphenation: vas
• Rhymes: -as

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

• fas (nonstandard)
• pasu (Standard Malay)

Learned borrowing from Latin vas (“vessel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvas]
• Hyphenation: vas
• Rhymes: -as

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.

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

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.

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

vās n (genitive vāsis); third declension

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

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

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

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

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

vas m (genitive vadis); third declension

1. bail, surety

Third-declension noun.

• “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, pages 655

From French vache.

vas

1. cow

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːs/

vas n (definite singular vaset, uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

• vås

• “vas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

vas

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

vas m (plural vas)

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From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

vas n

1. village

From Latin vāsum (“vessel”).

• Rhymes: -as

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)

   Acest vas a fost odată servit la masa regală.

   This dish was once served to the royal table.

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

   Am spălat deja vasele.

   I have already washed the dishes.

• vază

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːs/

vȃs (Cyrillic spelling ва̑с)

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

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь

vas f (Cyrillic spelling вас)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) village

• ves

• selo (Standard)

From French vache.

vas

1. cow

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

• IPA^(key): /ʋáːs/

vȃs f

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

vàs

1. accusative/genitive/locative of vi

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

vas

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

From French vase.

• IPA^(key): /vɑːs/

vas c

1. vase

• blomvas

• vas in Svensk ordbok.

• sav