topas

See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás

English edit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Topasses

Wikipedia

Alternative forms edit

topass, topaz

Etymology edit

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊpas/

Noun edit

topas (plural topas or topasses)

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

Danish edit

Noun edit

topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)

topaz

Declension edit

Declension of topas

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

References edit

“topas” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician edit

Verb edit

topas

second-person singular present indicative of topar

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

topas

Wikipedia ^no

Noun edit

topas m (definite singular topasen)

topaz

References edit

“topas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

topas

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun edit

topas m (definite singular topasen)

topaz

References edit

“topas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

topas

second-person singular present indicative of topar

Spanish edit

Verb edit

topas

second-person singular present indicative of topar

Swedish edit

Noun edit

topas c

topaz

Declension edit

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

Descendants edit

→ Finnish: topaasi

Anagrams edit

posta, sopat

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun edit

topas m (uncountable)

topaz

Mutation edit

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

References edit

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