vase
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vas.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɑːz/
- Rhymes: -ɑːz
- (US) IPA(key): /veɪs/, /veɪz/, /vɑz/
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /vɐːz/, /væes/
- Rhymes: -eɪs
NounEdit
vase (plural vases)
- An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
- (architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French vase, from Latin vās (“vessel”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vase c (singular definite vasen, plural indefinite vaser)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vase” in Den Danske Ordbog
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle French, from Middle Dutch wase (“mud, silt, wet ground, clod of dirt, grass”), from *Old Dutch waso, from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, wet”). More at ouze.
NounEdit
vase f (plural vases)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French, borrowed from Latin vas, vasis.
NounEdit
vase m (plural vases)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
NounEdit
vāse
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vase m (plural vases)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.
NounEdit
vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vaser, definite plural vasene)
- a vase
ReferencesEdit
- “vase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.
NounEdit
vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vasar, definite plural vasane)
- a vase
ReferencesEdit
- “vase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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NounEdit
vase