plas

See also: Plas, PLAs, plaš, pląs, plás, and pläs

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

Verb

plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)

1. to crack, burst, break through

Related terms

• pëlcas
• plasë
• ples

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl̪as̪/
• Rhymes: -as̪

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English flash.

Noun

plas

1. flash

Verb

plas

1. (photography) To flash.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flush.

Verb

plas

1. To flush.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

Noun

plas

1. addition
2. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.

Verb

plas

1. To add.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas]

Noun

plas

1. genitive plural of plasa

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: plas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

from Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

Noun

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

1. a body of still water, pool

   De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.

   The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.

2. puddle

   Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.

   He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.

3. (often diminutive) urine

   Hij deed een grote plas.

   He urinated extensively.

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: plas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

plas

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of plassen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of plassen

Anagrams

• slap

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French place.

Noun

plas

1. place, space
2. position, job
3. plaza, square

Related terms

• plase (“to place”)

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Spanish

Interjection

plas

1. wham!, whack!

   Synonym: plaf

2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

Derived terms

• plis plas

Further reading

• “plas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Middle English

Noun

plas

1. Alternative form of place

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old French place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

plas m (plural plasau)

1. mansion
2. palace
3. hall

Synonyms

• plasty

See also

• palas

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plas	blas	mhlas	phlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies