กระแส

Thai

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ^†กระแสร์

 

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer ខ្សេ, ក្សេ, ក្ឞេ (“line; thread; string; cord; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្សែ (khsae); Lao ກະແສ (ka sǣ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กระแส k r a æ s
Phonemic		กฺระ-แส k ̥ r a – æ s
Romanization	Paiboon	grà-sɛ̌ɛ
	Royal Institute	kra-sae
(standard) IPA(key)		/kra˨˩.sɛː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

กระแส • (grà-sɛ̌ɛ) (classifier กระแส)

1. (somewhat archaic) (เส้น~) thread or wire used to delimit land.
2. (as of a river, a wind, electricity, etc) current; flow; stream.
3. (royal) (พระ, พระราช~) utterance; word.
4. (as of a phenomenon, feeling, emotion, etc) wave.
5. (figurative) style, way; trend, vogue.