vas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vas (“vessel”), from 1645–1655.

Noun

vas (plural vasa)

1. (anatomy) A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.
2. (colloquial, specifically) The vas deferens.

Anagrams

• ASV, AVs, Sav., sav

Alternative forms

• vasu

Etymology

From Latin vāsum. Compare Daco-Romanian vas.

Noun

vas n (plural vasi or vase)

1. vessel
2. kitchenware
3. bowl, basin
4. receptacle, container, jar

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

vas

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Etymology

From Latin vāsum and vās.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vas m (plural vasos)

1. glass (a drinking glass)
2. vessel

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative form of anar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vɔ/

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of aller

   Où vas-tu ? ― Where are you going?

2. (Canada) (colloquial) third-person singular present indicative of aller

   Il vas au parc. ― He's going to the park.

3. second-person singular present indicative of vader

Adjective

vas f pl

1. feminine plural of van

Verb

vas

1. second-person singular present indicative of ir

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *waśke. Cognate with Finnish vaski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒʃ]
• Hyphenation: vas

Noun

vas (plural vasak)

1. iron (symbol: Fe)

Etymology 1

Classical collateral form of pre-Classical vāsum, from Proto-Italic *wass, cognate with Umbrian vasus (“container”), but further origin uncertain, with no known cognates outside of Italic.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to bind, pledge”).

References

• vas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vas in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 655

Etymology

From French vache

Noun

vas

1. cow

Reference

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːs/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

vas n (definite singular vaset, uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

References

• “vas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin vāsum (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

vas n (plural vase)

1. vessel (including blood vessels), general term for receptacle or container (such as a bowl, basin, dish, bucket, etc.)
2. watercraft
3. cask

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *viḱ (“house, village”).

Etymology

From French vache

Noun

vas

1. cow

Reference

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьsь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋáːs/
• Tonal orthography: vȃs

Noun

vás f (genitive vasí, nominative plural vasí)

1. village (a rural settlement that is smaller than a mesto (a town/city))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/

Verb

vas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːs/

Noun

vas c

1. a vase