mas

See also Appendix:Variations of "mas"

Translingual

Etymology

m- +‎ as

Symbol

mas

1. (metrology) milliarcsecond

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English

Etymology 1

From dialectal French mas, Occitan mas.

Noun

mas (plural mas)

1. A country cottage or farmstead in southern France.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 520:

     When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

mas (but usually in singular)

1. Plural form of ma.

Acronym

mas (usually used in plural)

1. Plural form of ma. (astronomy) milli-seconds of arc

Anagrams

• AMS MSA, sam, Sam, Sam., SAM

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Asturian

Noun

mas f. pl.

1. Plural form of ma.

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Catalan

Noun

mas m. (plural masos)

1. farmhouse, typical country house

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Danish

Noun

mas n. (singular definite maset, not used in plural form)

1. bother, trouble

Verb

mas (imperative mas, infinitive, at mase, present tense maser, past tense masede or maste, past participle, har mast)

1. crush
2. squash
3. crunch
4. press
5. squeeze
6. jostle
7. struggle
8. slog

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French

Etymology

From Occitan mas, from Latin mansum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑ/, /mɑs/

Noun

mas m. (plural mas)

1. (Provence) farm, ranch, (country) house (a type of rural farmstead in southern France)

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Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French mars (“March”)

Noun

mas

1. March

Etymology 2

From French masse (“mass”)

Noun

mas

1. mass

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Icelandic

Noun

mas n. (genitive singular mass, uncountable)

1. chatter, small talk, chit-chat

Derived terms

• masa

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Indonesian

Noun

mas

1. gold

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Italian

Etymology

From motoscafo armato silurante

Noun

mas m. inv. (Sometimes: MAS)

1. (nautical) motor torpedo boat

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Latin

Adjective

mās m., f., n., (genitive maris); third declension

1. male, manly

Noun

mās (genitive maris); m, third declension

1. male, man

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mās	marēs
genitive	maris	marum
dative	marī	maribus
accusative	marem	marēs
ablative	mare	maribus
vocative	mās	marēs

Synonyms

• (man): vir

Antonyms

• (man): mulier

Derived terms

• marītus
• masculus

Related terms

• marītō
• masculīnus

Descendants

• Romanian: mare

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Papiamentu

Adverb

mas

1. most

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin magis

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mas
• (Brazil) IPA: /mas/, /majs/ (/majs/ is a low-class pronunciation).
• (Carioca) IPA: /maʃ/, /majʃ/ (/majʃ/ is a low-class pronunciation).

Adverb

mas (not comparable)

1. In spite of what preceded; nevertheless.

Synonyms

• contudo, no entanto, porém, se bobear, todavia, entretanto

Conjunction

mas

1. but
2. (Brazil) though

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali মাছ.

Noun

mas

1. fish

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Romani

Noun

mas m.

1. meat

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mansum, from mansus.

Noun

mas n. (plural masuri)

1. (popular) putting up for the night, spending the night

Declension

declension of mas

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un mas	masul	niște masuri	masurile
genitive/dative	unui mas	masului	unor masuri	masurilor

Related terms

• mânea

Verb

mas

1. Past participle of mânea

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Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

mas

1. if is

Usage notes

• This is a shortened form of ma ("if") is ("am, is, are").

  mas cuimhne leat - if you remember (literally "if memory is with you")

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mas

1. but
2. however

Synonyms

• (but): pero
• (however): sin embargo, no obstante