vas

See also: VAS, vas-, vaš, vás, váš, vås, Vas, вас, and ваш

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæs/, /ˈvæz/

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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.
   • 1838, John Burns, The Principles of Surgery, Volume Second; Comprising the Surgical Anatomy of the Human Body, and Its Application to Injuries, and Operations, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, page 421:

     The vesiculæ are bound down, or fixed, by the vesical fascia. They are about two inches long, and, at the broadest part, which is the middle, they are from five to seven-eighths of an inch broad. They are close by the outside of the vasa, and their extremities are two inches and a half distant, for they divaricate. At the gland they approach, but have the vasa deferentia interposed, so that they do not meet.

Derived terms

• vas-
• vasal
• vasa vasorum
• vas cath
• vascular
• vasculitis
• vas deferens
• vasectomy
• vas efferens
• vasiform
• vaso-
• vasoconstriction
• vasodilation
• vasomotor
• vas rectum

 

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

• vas de precipitats
• vas sanguini

 

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/

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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

Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃ]

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• Hyphenation: vas
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

vas (usually uncountable, plural vasak)

1. iron (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vas	vasak
accusative	vasat	vasakat
dative	vasnak	vasaknak
instrumental	vassal	vasakkal
causal-final	vasért	vasakért
translative	vassá	vasakká
terminative	vasig	vasakig
essive-formal	vasként	vasakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vasban	vasakban
superessive	vason	vasakon
adessive	vasnál	vasaknál
illative	vasba	vasakba
sublative	vasra	vasakra
allative	vashoz	vasakhoz
elative	vasból	vasakból
delative	vasról	vasakról
ablative	vastól	vasaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vasé	vasaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vaséi	vasakéi

Possessive forms of vas
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vasam	vasaim
2nd person sing.	vasad	vasaid
3rd person sing.	vasa	vasai
1st person plural	vasunk	vasaink
2nd person plural	vasatok	vasaitok
3rd person plural	vasuk	vasaik

Derived terms

• vasal
• vasas

 

Compound words

• kovácsoltvas
• ócskavas
• vasbeton
• vascső
• vasfüggöny
• vasgyár
• vaskor
• vasmacska
• vasreszelék
• vastaps
• vasút
• vasvilla

 

Expressions

• addig üsd a vasat, amíg meleg
• kovácsolt vas
• vasorrú bába

 

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vās	vāsa
Genitive	vāsis	vāsōrum
Dative	vāsī	vāsīs
Accusative	vās	vāsa
Ablative	vāse	vāsīs
Vocative	vās	vāsa

Derived terms

• vasa vasorum
• vās muliebre
• vāsculum
• vāsārium

 

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

• → Albanian: vazo
• → Czech: váza
• → Faroese: vasi
• → Icelandic: vasi
• → Northern Kurdish: vazo
• → Latvian: vāze
• → Lithuanian: vaza
• → Plautdietsch: Wos
• → Polish: waza
• → Slovak: váza
• → Slovene: vaza
• → Uzbek: vaza
• → Yiddish: וואַזע (vaze)

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vas	vadēs
Genitive	vadis	vadum
Dative	vadī	vadibus
Accusative	vadem	vadēs
Ablative	vade	vadibus
Vocative	vas	vadēs

Derived terms

• praes
• vadimōnium
• vador

 

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

• Audio

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• 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)

   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.

Declension

Declension of vas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vas	vasul	(niște) vase	vasele
genitive/dative	(unui) vas	vasului	(unor) vase	vaselor
vocative	vasule		vaselor

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

Declension of vas

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	vás
gen. sing.	vasí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vás	vasí	vasí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vasí	vasí	vasí
dative (dajȃlnik)	vási	vaséma	vasém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vás	vasí	vasí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vási	vaséh	vaséh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vasjó	vaséma	vasmí

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

Declension of vas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vas	vasen	vaser	vaserna
Genitive	vas	vasens	vasers	vasernas

Related terms

• blomvas

Further reading

• vas in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• sav