ras

See also: Ras, RAS, rás, râs, rãs, rǡs, răs-, and Raś

English

Etymology

From Amharic ራስ (rās, “head”).

Noun

ras (plural rases)

  1. An Ethiopian king or prince.
  2. A headland; a cape.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]

Verb

ras

  1. imperative of rase

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French race.

Noun

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

  1. race, breed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rasch, from Old Dutch *rasc, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz. Cognates include English rash, German rasch.

Adjective

ras (comparative rasser, superlative meest ras or rast)

  1. (dated) quick
Inflection
Inflection of ras
uninflected ras
inflected rasse
comparative rasser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ras rasser het rast
het raste
indefinite m./f. sing. rasse rassere raste
n. sing. ras rasser raste
plural rasse rassere raste
definite rasse rassere raste
partitive ras rassers —
Derived terms

French

Etymology 1

From Amharic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑs/

Noun

ras m (plural ras)

  1. ras

Etymology 2

Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin rāsus. Doublet of rez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ/

Adjective

ras (feminine singular rase, masculine plural ras, feminine plural rases)

  1. short
  2. close-cropped (of hair etc.)
Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ራስ (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ras/, [r̺äs̪]
  • Stress: ràs
  • Hyphenation: ras

Noun

ras m (invariable)

  1. (historical) Title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
  2. (figuratively, pejorative) Any small local authority who exercises power despotically.
    1. A local boss of organized crime.
    2. (historical) A Fascist party official.

Synonyms

See also

Lithuanian

Verb

ras

  1. third-person singular future tense of rasti.
  2. third-person plural future tense of rasti.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɐːs/

Noun

ras f (plural rjus)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. beginning

Polish

Noun

ras

  1. genitive plural of rasa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ras/
  • Rhymes: -as

Verb

ras (past participle of rade)

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Adjective

ras m, n (feminine singular rasă, masculine plural rași, feminine and neuter plural rase)

  1. shaved, shaven

Declension

Antonyms

Spanish

Noun

ras m (plural rases)

  1. evenness, levelness

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Noun

ras c

  1. a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)
Declension
Declension of ras 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ras rasen raser raserna
Genitive ras rasens rasers rasernas
  • hundras
  • kattras
  • rasben
  • rasbiologi
  • rasbiologisk
  • rasblandning
  • rasbråk
  • rasdiskriminerande
  • rasdiskriminering
  • rasdjur
  • rasfråga
  • rasfrände
  • rasfördom
  • rasförföljelse
  • rasförtryck
  • rashat
  • rashatare
  • rashets
  • rashetsare
  • rashund
  • rashygien
  • rashygienisk
  • rashäst
  • rashögfärd
  • rasism
  • rasist
  • rasistisk
  • raskamp
  • raskatt
  • raskravaller
  • raskrig
  • raslag
  • raslig
  • raslära
  • rasmotsättning
  • rasmässig
  • raspolitik
  • raspolitisk
  • rasproblem
  • rasprogram
  • rasren
  • rasrenhet
  • rassegregation
  • rasskillnad
  • rastillhörighet
  • rastänkande
  • rasåtskillnad
  • renrasig

Etymology 2

Noun

ras n

  1. a collapse (of a building)
  2. a mudslide (geological disaster)
  3. a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
  4. a fall (of stock market values)
Declension
Declension of ras 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ras raset ras rasen
Genitive ras rasets ras rasens
  • rasering
  • rasgräns
  • raskant
  • snöras

References

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