kaos

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰæːʌs], [ˈkʰæːɐs]
• Homophone: kagers

Noun

kaos n (singular definite kaosset, not used in plural form)

1. chaos

See also

• kaos on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

kaos (genitive kaose, partitive kaost)

1. chaos

Declension

Declension of kaos (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kaos	kaosed
accusative	kaose	kaosed
genitive	kaose	kaoste
partitive	kaost	kaoseid
illative	kaosesse	kaostesse kaoseisse
inessive	kaoses	kaostes kaoseis
elative	kaosest	kaostest kaoseist
allative	kaosele	kaostele kaoseile
adessive	kaosel	kaostel kaoseil
ablative	kaoselt	kaostelt kaoseilt
translative	kaoseks	kaosteks kaoseiks
terminative	kaoseni	kaosteni
essive	kaosena	kaostena
abessive	kaoseta	kaosteta
comitative	kaosega	kaostega

Derived terms

• kaootiline

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaɔs]
• Hyphenation: ka‧os

Etymology 1

From Dutch chaos, from Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Noun

kaos (first-person possessive kaosku, second-person possessive kaosmu, third-person possessive kaosnya)

1. (rare) chaos.

   Synonyms: kacau-balau, kekacauan

Usage notes

Use of this term has been criticized due to confusion with the second etymology (below) term.

Etymology 2

Noun

kaos

1. Alternative spelling of kaus.

Further reading

• “kaos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

kaos n (definite singular kaoset) (uncountable)

1. chaos

Related terms

• kaotisk

References

• “kaos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

kaos n (definite singular kaoset) (uncountable)

1. chaos

Related terms

• kaotisk

References

• “kaos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hȁos (Bosnian, Serbian)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâos/
• Hyphenation: ka‧os

Noun

kȁos m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ос)

1. (Croatia, uncountable) chaos

Declension

Declension of kaos

	singular
nominative	kaos
genitive	kaosa
dative	kaosu
accusative	kaos
vocative	kaose
locative	kaosu
instrumental	kaosom

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊs/, /ˈkɑːʊs/

• Audio

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Noun

kaos n

1. chaos (state of disorder)

   Det var totalt kaos på festen

   There was total chaos at the party

Declension

Declension of kaos
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kaos	kaoset	—	—
Genitive	kaos	kaosets	—	—

Related terms

• kaotisk

Turkish

Etymology

From French chaos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.os/

Noun

kaos (definite accusative kaosu, plural kaoslar)

1. chaos (state of disorder)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kaos
Definite accusative	kaosu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kaos	kaoslar
Definite accusative	kaosu	kaosları
Dative	kaosa	kaoslara
Locative	kaosta	kaoslarda
Ablative	kaostan	kaoslardan
Genitive	kaosun	kaosların

Related terms

• kaotik