mas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

Contents

Translingual

Etymology

m- +‎ as

Symbol

mas

1. (metrology) milliarcsecond

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English

Etymology 1

From French mas, Occitan mas.

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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Albanian

Alternative forms

• mat

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

conjugation of mas

participle (pjesorja)			matur
gerund — present (përcjellorja — koha e tashme)			duke matur
gerund — past (përcjellorja — koha e kryer)			duke pasë matur
infinitive (paskajorja)			për të matur
		singular (numri njëjës)			plural (numri shumës)
		1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)	1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)
indicative (mënyra dëftore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	mas	mas	mas	masim	masni	masin
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	masja	masje	maste	masnim	masnit	masnin
	simple past (koha e kryer e thjeshtë)	mata	mate	mati	matëm	matët	matën
	perfect (koha e kryer)	kam matur	ke matur	ka matur	kemi matur	keni matur	kanë matur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	pata matur	pate matur	pati matur	patëm matur	patët matur	patën matur
	future (koha e ardhme)	do të mas	do të masësh	do të masë	do të masim	do të masni	do të masin
	future perfect (koha e ardhme e përparme)	do të kem matur	do të kesh matur	do të ketë matur	do të kemi matur	do të keni matur	do të kenë matur
subjunctive (mënyra lidhore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	të mas	të masësh	të masë	të masim	të masni	të masin
	past (koha e pakryer)	të masja	të masje	të maste	të masnim	të masnit	të masnin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	të kem matur	të kesh matur	të ketë matur	të kemi matur	të keni matur	të kenë matur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	të kisha matur	të kishe matur	të kishte matur	të kishim matur	të kishit matur	të kishin matur
conditional (mënyra kushtore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	do të masja	do të masje	do të maste	do të masnim	do të masnit	do të masnin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	do të kisha matur	do të kishe matur	do të kishte matur	do të kishim matur	do të kishit matur	do të kishin matur
optative (mënyra dëshirore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	massha	massh	mastë	masshim	masshit	masshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paça matur	paç matur	pastë matur	paçim matur	paçit matur	paçin matur
admirative (mënyra habitore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	matkam	matke	matka	matkemi	matkeni	matkan
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	matkësha	matkëshe	matkësh	matkëshim	matkëshit	matkëshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paskam matur	paske matur	paska matur	paskemi matur	paskeni matur	paskan matur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer)	paskësha matur	paskëshe matur	paskësh matur	paskëshim matur	paskëshit matur	paskëshin matur
imperative (mënyra urdhërore)		—	ti	—	—	ju	—
			mas			masni

Related terms

• mot

Derived terms

• matshëm
• matje

References

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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 le 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

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Alternative forms

• emas

Etymology

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

Noun

mas

1. Alternative form of emas

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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 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/

Noun

mās m (genitive maris); third declension

1. a male, man

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

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

Synonyms

• (man): vir

Antonyms

• (man): mulier

Derived terms

• marītus
• masculīnus
• masculus
• sēmimās

Descendants

• Aromanian: mari
• Romanian: mare

Adjective

mās (genitive maris); third declension

1. male, masculine, manly

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma(j)s/
  • Homophone: más (without the intrusive /j/)
  • Homophone: mais (with the intrusive /j/)
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ/
• 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 of use of 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 of use of 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

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. but
2. however

Synonyms

• (but): pero
• (however): sin embargo, no obstante

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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:

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