compás

See also: compas and compàs

Galician

Alternative forms

• compaso

Etymology

From Old French compas, in substitution of From Old Galician-Portuguese compasso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), both from Medieval Latin compassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpas/

Noun

compás m (plural compases)

1. compass
2. pair of compasses

Related terms

• acompasar
• paso

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “compasso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “compas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “compás” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “compás” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “compás” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

compás m (genitive singular compáis, nominative plural compáis)

1. compass
   1. (pair of) compasses
   2. limit, circumference

Declension

Declension of compás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative compás compáis Vocative a chompáis a chompása Genitive compáis compás Dative compás compáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an compás na compáis Genitive an chompáis na gcompás Dative leis an gcompás don chompás leis na compáis

Derived terms

• aird an chompáis, rinn compáis (“compass point”)
• as compás (“out of order; off course; out of measure, exorbitant”)
• bosca compáis (“binnacle”)
• cairt chompáis (“compass card”)
• compás comhréireach (“proportional compasses”)
• compás cosaltach (“bow compasses”)
• compás maighnéadach (“magnetic compass”)
• compás mairnéalaigh (“mariner's compass”)
• compás stiúrtha (“steering compass”)
• compás stiúrtha (“steering-compass”)
• i gcompás (“within the compass (of); properly set”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
compás	chompás	gcompás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “compás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Apparently from Old French compas, perhaps from Medieval Latin compassus (“circle, circuit”), or the medieval Latin term is derived from Old French. In either case, deverbal from Vulgar Latin *compassāre (“to pace off”), from com- + *passāre (“to step”), from Latin passus (“step”), originally the perfect passive participle of pandō (“to stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpas/ [kõmˈpas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: com‧pás

Noun

compás m (plural compases)

1. pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)
2. rhythm
3. (music) beat
4. (music) bar
5. (fencing) beat

Usage notes

• Sense of "device used to determine the cardinal directions" is obsolete, or almost.

Derived terms

• acompasar
• barra de compás
• compás de calibres
• compás de espera
• compás de proporción
• compás de vara
• llevar el compás
• quebrado de compás
• sal de compás
• salir de compás

 

Further reading

• “compás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN