ras

See also rás, râs, rǡs, Ras, and RAS

English

Etymology

From Amharic ራስ (rās, “head”).

Noun

ras (plural rases)

1. An Ethiopian king or prince.

Anagrams

• ars
• ASR
• RSA
• Sar., SAR

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]

Verb

ras

1. imperative of rase

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ras n (plural rassen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. race, breed

Derived terms

• rasecht

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French

Etymology 1

From Amharic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɑs/

Noun

ras m (plural ras)

1. ras

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɑ/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• à ras de, au ras de

Related terms

• rez

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Lithuanian

Verb

ras

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

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Lojban

Rafsi

ras

1. rafsi of grasu.

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رأس (ra’s), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɐːs/

Noun

ras f

1. (anatomy) head

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Polish

Noun

ras

1. genitive plural of rasa

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rāsus.

Verb

ras (past participle of rade)

Adjective

ras

1. shaved, shaven

Declension

declension of ras

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ras		rasă	rași	rase
	definite	rasul		rasa	rașii	rasele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ras		rase	rași	rase
	definite	rasului		rasei	rașilor	raselor

Antonyms

• neras

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Etymology 1

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
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ras	rasen	raser	raserna
genitive	ras	rasens	rasers	rasernas

Related terms

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
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ras	raset	ras	rasen
genitive	ras	rasets	ras	rasens

Related terms

rasa rasbrant rasera

rasering rasgräns raskant

rasmassa rasolycka rasrisk

snöras

References

• ras in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)