mas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

Translingual

Etymology

From m- +‎ as.

Symbol

mas

1. (metrology) milliarcsecond

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English

Etymology 1

From French mas, Occitan mas. Doublet of manse.

Noun

mas (plural mas)

1. A country cottage or farmstead in southern France.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 520:

     When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.

Etymology 2

Noun

mas

1. plural of ma

Etymology 3

Noun

mas (plural mas)

1. (Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
   • 2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:

     Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others.

   • 2017 September 28, “Neville Aming Passes Away At 96 In T&T”, in Bernews:

     Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.

   • 2016 February 7, Michelle Loubon, “Taking a Carnival tour”, in Trinidad & Tobago Express:

     Belmont masman and wire bender Richard Lera displays a headpiece at his Norfolk Street mas camp.

Anagrams

• 'ams, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, MSA, S. Am., SAM, SMA, Sam, Sam., sam, sma

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mas (plural maste)

1. mast (pole on a ship, for holding sails)

Derived terms

• hoofmas

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• mat

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *matja, from *mh̥₁ti̯-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (compare Old English mǣd, Latin mētior). Bears coincidental similarity to English mass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas]

Verb

mas (first-person singular past tense mata, participle matur)

1. I measure
2. I estimate, assess
3. I consider

Related terms

• mot

Derived terms

• matem
• matje
• matshëm

Etymology 2

Gheg variant of Tosk pas (“behind, beyond, after”). From mbasi, mbas (“after”). A compound of më (“more, most”) + pas (“behind, after, beyond”) (pas from Proto-Albanian *pa ̊ (see pa), from Proto-Indo-European *pos(t) (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”)).

Preposition

mas (+ablative)

1. behind, after, beyond
2. at
3. over
4. against

Adverb

mas

1. behind, after
2. hence

Derived terms

• masi (Gheg)
• masanej (Gheg)

Related terms

• pas
• mbasi
• përmasë
• mbas

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Asturian

Noun

mas f pl

1. plural of ma

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mas, from Latin mansum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmas/

Noun

mas m (plural masos)

1. farmhouse, typical country house

Further reading

• “mas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: maz

Noun

mas

1. genitive plural of maso

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Danish

Noun

mas n (singular definite maset, not used in plural form)

1. bother, trouble

Verb

mas

1. imperative of mase

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ/, /mɑs/

Noun

mas m (plural mas)

1. (Provence) farm, ranch, (country) house (type of rural farmstead in southern France)

Further reading

• “mas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French mars (“March”)

Noun

mas

1. March

Etymology 2

From French masse (“mass”)

Noun

mas

1. mass

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

mas n (genitive singular mass, no plural)

1. chatter, small talk, chit-chat

Declension

declension of mas

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mas	masið
accusative	mas	masið
dative	masi	masinu
genitive	mass	massins

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Indonesian

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platinum (Pt)
Next: raksa (Hg)

Alternative forms

• emas

Etymology 1

From Malay mas, shortened from emas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Noun

mas

1. Alternative form of emas

Etymology 2

From Javanese mas.

Pronoun

1. (formal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms

Indonesian formal second-person pronouns:

• mas (used for males)
• mbak (used for females)
• Anda, saudara (used for people of either gender of equal status)
• saudari (used for women of equal status)
• bapak (lit. "father"; used for men of higher status)
• ibu (lit. "mother"; used for women of higher status)
• sampeyan (Java)
• panjenengan (Java, very formal)

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Italian

Etymology

From motoscafo armato silurante

Noun

mas m (sometimes MAS, invariable)

1. (nautical) motor torpedo boat

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Latin

Etymology

Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *meryo (“young man”) [whence Sanskrit मर्य (marya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax) and Old Armenian մարի (mari)], but this cannot account for the a-vocalism, and requires making the -s of the nominative singular analogical, running in the opposite direction to generally accepted cases of analogy (like honor < honos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mās m (genitive maris); third declension

1. man in the sense of male human being

Usage Notes

The sense of "human being" is rendered by Latin homo, the sense of male human being by Latin mas, and the sense of adult male human being by Latin vir.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mās	marēs
Genitive	maris	marium
Dative	marī	maribus
Accusative	marem	marēs marīs
Ablative	mare	maribus
Vocative	mās	marēs

Synonyms

• (man): vir

Antonyms

• (man): mulier

Derived terms

• marītus
• masculīnus
• māsculus
• sēmimās

Descendants

• Aromanian: mari
• Romanian: mare

Adjective

mās (genitive maris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. male, masculine, manly

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mās			marēs	maria
Genitive	maris			marium
Dative	marī			maribus
Accusative	marem	mās		marēs	maria
Ablative	marī			maribus
Vocative	mās			marēs	maria

Related terms

• marītō
• masculīnus

References

• mas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    
  • (ambiguous) the Mediterranean Sea: mare medium or internum
    
  • (ambiguous) the town lies near the sea: oppidum mari adiacet
    
  • (ambiguous) a promontory juts out into the sea: promunturium in mare procurrit
    
  • (ambiguous) a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
    

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Malay

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platinum (Pt)
Next: perak cergas (Hg)

Alternative forms

• emas
• امس‎
• مس‎

Etymology

Shortened from emas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas]
• Rhymes: -mas, -as

Noun

mas (Jawi spelling امس)

1. Alternative form of emas

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman masse.

Noun

mas

1. Alternative form of masse (“mass”)

Etymology 2

From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.

Noun

mas

1. Alternative form of messe (“mass”)

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

mas

1. locative singular of mii

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mas

1. imperative of mase

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mas

1. imperative of masa

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Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mansum. Cognate with Romanian mas.

Noun

mas m (plural mases)

1. farmhouse, typical country house

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Papiamentu

Adverb

mas

1. most

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mas f

1. genitive plural of masa

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mas, from Latin magis (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”). Cognate of mais (“more”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma(j)s/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma(j)s/, /mɐs/
    • Homophone: más (without the intrusive /j/)
    • Homophone: mais (with the intrusive /j/)
• Hyphenation: mas

Conjunction

mas

2. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   O livro é curto, mas bom.

   The book is short, but good.

   Somos preguiçosos mas fazemos o que precisa ser feito.

   We are lazy but we do what needs to be done.

4. but (introduces the correct information for something that was denied in the previous clause)

   Fomos recebidos não com aplausos, mas pedradas.

   We were not received with applause, but [with] rocks.

6. but ... really; of course; no wonder (introduces the cause of the previous clause, with the implication that the result was expected given this cause)

   Todos alunos reprovaram em matemática, mas ninguém estudou mesmo.

   All students flunked mathematics, but no one studied really.

8. (beginning a sentence) emphasises an exclamation

   Mas que porcaria!

   What the heck!

   Mas que diabos vocês estão fazendo aqui?

   What the hell are you doing here?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.

Synonyms

• (introduces a contradiction): só que (informal), contudo (more formal), no entanto (more formal), porém (more formal), todavia (formal), entretanto (more formal)

Derived terms

• mas é
• mas sim
• mas também

Adverb

mas (not comparable)

2. (colloquial) emphasises a previous clause, adverb or adjective; really; and how

   Este livro é bom, mas bom mesmo.

   This book is good, really good.

   Os ladrões correram, mas correram.

   The thieves ran, and how they ran.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.

Synonyms

• e como, e

Noun

mas m (plural mas)

2. but (an instance of proclaiming an exception)

   Quero que você termine isso, sem mas nem porquês.

   I want you to finish this, no buts or whys.

Derived terms

• deixar de mas
• sem mas nem meio mas

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali মাছ (mach).

Noun

mas

1. fish

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मांस (māmsá)

Noun

mas m (plural masa)

1. meat

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mansum, from mansus.

Noun

mas n (plural masuri)

1. (popular) putting up for the night, spending the night

Declension

Declension of mas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mas	masul	(niște) masuri	masurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mas	masului	(unor) masuri	masurilor
vocative	masule		masurilor

Related terms

• mânea

Verb

mas

1. past participle of mânea

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Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

mas

1. if is

Usage notes

• This is a shortened form of ma (“if”) is (“am, is, are”).

  mas cuimhne leat - if you remember (literally "if memory is with you")

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Somali

Noun

mas m

1. snake

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas/
• Homophone: más

Conjunction

mas

1. (formal) but

   Synonym: pero

2. (formal) however

   Synonyms: sin embargo, no obstante

Adverb

mas

1. Misspelling of más.
2. Obsolete spelling of más

Further reading

• “mas” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish más.

Particle

mas

1. comparative marker of inequality

   Mas malaki ako kumpara sa kaniya.

   I am bigger than him/her.

   Mas mahal ang talong dito kumpara sa kabilang palengke.

   The eggplant here is more expensive than the one on the other market.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English must.

Verb

mas

1. must
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:3:

     Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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mas

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• ma's

Etymology

From i'r maes (“to the field”), ae in monosyllabic words often being pronounced /aː/ in South Wales.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːs/

Adverb

mas

1. (South Wales, colloquial) out

   Synonym: allan

Derived terms

• mas draw (“extremely”)
• mas o'r glas (“out of the blue”)
• mas tu fas (“right outside”)
• maswr (“outside-half”)
• tu fas (“outside”)
• tu fewn tu fas (“inside out”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mas	fas	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.