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gas

See also: Gas, gás, gaś, gãs, gås, gą̊s, gæs, gæs', gås', and Gaś

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

NounEdit

gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)

  1. (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
    • 2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist‎[1]:
      Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
    A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
    Synonyms: vapor, vapour
    1. (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
      Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
    2. (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
      The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
  2. (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
    The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
  3. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
    She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
  4. (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
    Synonym: wind
    My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
    • 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 72:
      But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.
  5. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
    • 1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine‎[2], archived from the original on 2017-10-04:
      Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink.
    • 1971, Marc Bolan (lyrics and music), “Life's a Gas”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex:
      No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's going to last
    • 1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:
      Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass
    • 1979, “Belsen Was a Gas”, in The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, performed by Sex Pistols:
      Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was a gas / Be a man, kill someone
    • 2011 October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)”, in Brussels Affair (Live 1973)‎[3], performed by The Rolling Stones:
      One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a gas, gas, gas.
  6. (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
  7. (baseball) A fastball.
    The closer threw him nothing but gas.
  8. (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
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VerbEdit

gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)

  1. (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
    The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
    He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
    • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
      […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “ […] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […] ”
    • 1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:
      "Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.
  3. (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
    • 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me”, in Don't Gas Me‎[4], performed by Dizzy Rascal:
      I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
  4. (intransitive) To emit gas.
    The battery cell was gassing.
  5. (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
    to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
  6. (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
    to gas thread
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of gasoline.

NounEdit

gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)

  1. (uncountable, Canada, US) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
    Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol, see also Thesaurus:petroleum
  2. (uncountable, Canada, US, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal.
  4. (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
    Coordinate term: Ether
    gas fee
    • 2018, Andreas M. Antonopoulos; Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps‎[5], O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
      Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use […]
    • 2021 November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, in The Guardian‎[6]:
      The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.
  5. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from gas (gasoline)
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)

  1. (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
    The cops are coming. Gas it!
    Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas
  2. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
    Synonym: refuel
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Etymology 3Edit

Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

AdjectiveEdit

gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)

  1. (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
    • 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 113:
      The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.
    • 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me”, in Don't Gas Me‎[7], performed by Dizzy Rascal:
      I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
    Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch gast.

NounEdit

gas (plural gaste)

  1. guest

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch gas.

NounEdit

gas (plural gasse)

  1. gas (substance in gaseous phase)

BasqueEdit

 
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NounEdit

gas inan

  1. gas

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gas (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gas gasa gasak
ergative gasek gasak gasek
dative gasi gasari gasei
genitive gasen gasaren gasen
comitative gasekin gasarekin gasekin
causative gasengatik gasarengatik gasengatik
benefactive gasentzat gasarentzat gasentzat
instrumental gasez gasaz gasez
inessive gasetan gasean gasetan
locative gasetako gaseko gasetako
allative gasetara gasera gasetara
terminative gasetaraino gaseraino gasetaraino
directive gasetarantz gaserantz gasetarantz
destinative gasetarako gaserako gasetarako
ablative gasetatik gasetik gasetatik
partitive gasik — —
prolative gastzat — —

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas m (plural gasos)

  1. gas

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ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English gas.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) gas (fuel)

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DutchEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Coined by chemist Jan Baptiste van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Greek χάος (cháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).

NounEdit

gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)

  1. gas
  2. liquefied petroleum gas
    Synonyms: autogas, LPG
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: gas
  • → Caribbean Javanese: gas
  • → English: gas
  • → French: gaz
  • → German: Gas
  • → Saramaccan: gási
  • → West Frisian: gas

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

NounEdit

gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)

  1. unpaved street

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

gas

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gassen
  2. imperative of gassen

GalicianEdit

NounEdit

gas m (plural gases)

  1. gas
    Synonym: vapor

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Dutch gas.

NounEdit

gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös)

  1. gas (state of matter)
DeclensionEdit
declension of gas
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið gös gösin
accusative gas gasið gös gösin
dative gasi gasinu gösum gösunum
genitive gass gassins gasa gasanna
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Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French gaze.

NounEdit

gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural)

  1. gauze
DeclensionEdit
declension of gas
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið
accusative gas gasið
dative gasi gasinu
genitive gass gassins
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AnagramsEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡas]
  • Hyphenation: gas

NounEdit

gas (plural gas-gas, first-person possessive gasku, second-person possessive gasmu, third-person possessive gasnya)

  1. gas,
    1. (chemistry, physics) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
    2. A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

VerbEdit

gas

  1. (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate.
    Synonym: mengegas

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InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

gas (plural gases)

  1. gas

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa)

  1. stalk, stem
  2. sprig, shoot, frond
  3. (figuratively) stripling; scion

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gas gais
Vocative a ghais a ghasa
Genitive gais gas
Dative gas gais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gas na gais
Genitive an ghais na ngas
Dative leis an ngas

don ghas

leis na gais

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MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gas ghas ngas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Hyphenation: gàs

NounEdit

gas m (uncountable)

  1. gas (state of matter, petroleum)
  2. carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks)
  3. petrol
    Synonym: benzina
  4. poison gas

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

 
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gas n (genitive gasis); third declension

  1. (physics) gas (state of matter)
    Synonyms: gasum, gasium

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gas gasa
Genitive gasis gasum
Dative gasī gasibus
Accusative gas gasa
Ablative gase gasibus
Vocative gas gasa

Naga PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Assamese গাছ (gas).

NounEdit

gas

  1. tree

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.

NounEdit

gas m (plural gas)

  1. (Jersey) chap

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French gaze.

NounEdit

gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene)

  1. gauze

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ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French gaze.

NounEdit

gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane)

  1. gauze

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ReferencesEdit

Old SaxonEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

NounEdit

gās f

  1. a goose

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gās (irregular)
singular plural
nominative gās gās
accusative gāses gāse
genitive gās gās
dative gāsō gāsum
instrumental — —


DescendantsEdit

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

NounEdit

gās f

  1. goose

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gās (consonant stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gās gāsin gǣs gǣssinar, -ena(r)
accusative gās gāsina, -ena gǣs gǣssinar, -ena(r)
dative gās gāsinni, -inne gāsum, -om gāsumin, -omen
genitive gāsa(r) gāsinna(r) gāsa gāsanna

DescendantsEdit

RohingyaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit.

NounEdit

gas

  1. tree

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gas (“gas”), invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, from Latin chaos (“chaos”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas m (plural ghës)

  1. gas

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gȃs m (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)

  1. (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
    Synonym: (Croatian) plȋn
  2. gas (as fuel for combustion engines)
  3. (figuratively) acceleration
    • dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
  4. gas pedal, accelerator

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gas
singular plural
nominative gȃs gásovi
genitive gasa gásōvā
dative gasu gasovima
accusative gȃs gasove
vocative gase gasovi
locative gásu gasovima
instrumental gasom gasovima

SpanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: gas

NounEdit

gas m (plural gases)

  1. gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
  2. gas (an element or compound in such a state)
  3. gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
  4. (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)

Derived termsEdit

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gas.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas c

  1. gas; a state of matter
  2. gas; a compound or element in such a state
  3. gas; gaseous fuels
  4. (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
  5. gas pedal, acceleration (compare gaspedal (“gas pedal”) and gasa (“accelerate, hit the gas”))
    trampa på gasen
    step on the gas
    full gas
    full throttle
    gasen i botten
    pedal to the metal

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gas gasen gaser gaserna
Genitive gas gasens gasers gasernas

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AnagramsEdit

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Either from English gas, itself a clipping of gasoline, or a clipping of gasolina.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

gas

  1. gasoline
    Synonym: gasolina
  2. kerosene; petroleum; gas
    Synonym: petrolyo
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Either from Spanish gas or English gas, ultimately from Dutch gas.

NounEdit

gas

  1. gaseous substance; vapor; fume
    Synonyms: singaw, asngaw

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

gas

  1. Soft mutation of cas.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cas gas nghas chas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch gas.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gas n (plural gassen)

  1. gas

Further readingEdit

  • “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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