gas

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See also Gas, gás, gås, gãs, gæs, and gaas

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Dutch gas, a word coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Dutch & Flemish gheest "breath, vapour, spirit" or from Ancient Greek χάος (khaos, “chasm, void”). More at ghost, ghastly

Noun [edit]

gas (countable and uncountable; plural gases)

  1. (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
    A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
  2. (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
    The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
  3. (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
    Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
  4. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
    She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
  5. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
    My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.
  6. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
    He is such a gas!
  7. (baseball) A fastball.
    The closer threw him nothing but gas.
Synonyms [edit]
  • (state of matter): vapor / vapour
  • (digestive process): wind, fart (when gas is released) (US, slang)
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from gas
Translations [edit]
state of matter
gas in digestion
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Verb [edit]

gas (third-person singular simple present gases, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)

  1. To kill with poisonous gas.
  2. To talk, chat.
  3. To emit gas.
    The battery cell was gassing.

Etymology 2 [edit]

Shortened from gasoline.

Noun [edit]

gas (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
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Translations [edit]
fuel

Verb [edit]

gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)

  1. (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
    The cops are coming. Gas it!
  2. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate
fill a vehicle's fuel tank

Etymology 3 [edit]

Confer slang term "a gas", above.

Adjective [edit]

gas (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.
    Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
Usage notes [edit]
  • This is common in speech, but rarely used in writing.

Anagrams [edit]

Dutch [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (khaos, “chasm, void”).

Noun [edit]

gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje)

  1. gas
  2. (automotive) liquefied petroleum gas
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Verb [edit]

gas

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gassen
  2. imperative of gassen

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Cognate with English gate and German Gasse (“unpaved street”). Related to Dutch gat (“hole”).

Noun [edit]

gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje)

  1. unpaved street

Galician [edit]

Noun [edit]

gas m (plural gases)

  1. gas

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Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Dutch gas.

Noun [edit]

gas n (genitive singular gass, plural gös)

  1. gas (state of matter)
Declension [edit]
declension of gas
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið gös gösin
accusative gas gasið gös gösin
dative gasi gasinu gösum gösunum
genitive gass gassins gasa gasanna
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From French gaze

Noun [edit]

gas n (genitive singular gass, uncountable)

  1. gauze
Declension [edit]
declension of gas
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið
accusative gas gasið
dative gasi gasinu
genitive gass gassins
Derived terms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Indonesian [edit]

Noun [edit]

gas

  1. gas

Interlingua [edit]

Noun [edit]

gas

  1. gas

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

gas m (genitive gais, nominative plural gais)

  1. stalk

Declension [edit]

Declension of gas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gas gais
Vocative a ghais a ghasa
Genitive gais gas
Dative gas gais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gas na gais
Genitive an ghais na ngas
Dative leis an ngas

don ghas

 leis na gais

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gas ghas ngas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

gas m

  1. gas (state of matter, petroleum)
  2. petrol
  3. poison gas

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Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.

Noun [edit]

gas m (plural gas)

  1. chap

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

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gas (genitive gasis); n, third declension

  1. (physics) gas (state of matter)

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative gas gasēs
genitive gasis gasum
dative gasī gasibus
accusative gasem gasēs
ablative gase gasibus
vocative gas gasēs

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

gas

  1. rafsi of ganse.

Old Saxon [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Germanic *gans, whence also Old English gōs.

Noun [edit]

gās f

  1. a goose

Declension [edit]

Declension of gās
Singular Plural
nominative gās gās
accusative gās gās
genitive gāses gāsō
dative gāse gāsum

Rohingya [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Bengali.

Noun [edit]

gas

  1. tree

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡâːs/

Noun [edit]

gȃs m (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)

  1. (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
  2. gas (as fuel for combustion engines
  3. (figuratively) acceleration
    • dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
  4. gas pedal, accelerator

Declension [edit]

    declension of gas
singular plural
nominative gȃs gásovi
genitive gasa gásōvā
dative gasu gasovima
accusative gȃs gasove
vocative gase gasovi
locative gásu gasovima
instrumental gasom gasovima

Synonyms [edit]

  • (gaseous state of matter): plȋn (Croatian)

Spanish [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest) "breath, vapour, spirit", or from Ancient Greek χάος (khaos) "chasm, void".

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡa̠s/

Noun [edit]

gas m (plural gases)

  1. gas

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Swedish [edit]

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Noun [edit]

gas c

  1. gas; a state of matter
  2. gas; a compound or element in such a state
  3. gas; gaseous fuels
  4. (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas

Declension [edit]

Declension of gas
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gas gasen gaser gaserna
genitive gas gasens gasers gasernas

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West Frisian [edit]

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Noun [edit]

gas n

  1. gas
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