topas

See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás

English

Alternative forms

• topass, topaz

Etymology

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊpas/

Noun

topas (plural topas or topasses)

1. (East India, now historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 110:

     The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.

Danish

Noun

topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)

1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topas

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	topas	topasen	topaser	topaserne
genitive	topas'	topasens	topasers	topasernes

References

• “topas” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Verb

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

References

• “topas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

References

• “topas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Spanish

Verb

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Swedish

Noun

topas c

1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	topas	topasen	topaser	topaserna
Genitive	topas	topasens	topasers	topasernas

Descendants

• → Finnish: topaasi

Anagrams

• posta, sopat

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

topas m (uncountable)

1. topaz

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
topas	dopas	nhopas	thopas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “topas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies