vase

Etymology

From Middle French vase, from Latin vas.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /vɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• (US) IPA^(key): /veɪs/, /veɪz/, /vɑz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

vase (plural vases)

1. A container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

Anagrams

• AEVs, VESA, Veas, save

Etymology

From French vase, from Latin vās (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːsə/, [ˈvæːsə]

Noun

vase c (singular definite vasen, plural indefinite vaser)

1. vase

References

• “vase” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaz/, /vɑz/

• audio (un vase)

  (file)

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Latin vas.

Further reading

• “vase” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

vāse

1. ablative singular of vāsis

Etymology

From Latin vās (“vessel”).

Noun

vase m (plural vases)

1. (Jersey) vase

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vaser, definite plural vasene)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vasar, definite plural vasane)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.