gaz

See also: Gaz, gáz, and gaž

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin gaudium.

Noun

gaz m

1. joy
2. laughter

Related terms

• gazmend
• gëzim

 

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

gaz

1. gas

Declension

Declension of gaz

nominative	gaz
genitive	gaznıñ
dative	gazğa
accusative	gaznı
locative	gazda
ablative	gazdan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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French

Etymology

From Dutch gas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaz/ ~ /ɡɑz/

• audio:

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• Homophones: gaze, gazes, gazent

Noun

gaz m (plural gaz)

1. gas
2. (physics) gas
3. flatulence

Derived terms

• avoir des gaz
• chambre à gaz
• gaz à effet de serre
• gaz carbonique
• gaz de houille
• gaz de pétrole liquéfié
• gaz d’échappement
• gaz hilarant
• gaz lacrymogène
• gaz naturel
• gaz noble
• gazeux
• masque à gaz
• mettre les gaz
• turbine à gaz
• usine à gaz
• y avoir de l’eau dans le gaz

 

Descendants

• → Moore: gaase
• → Romanian: gaz
• → Turkish: gaz

Further reading

• “gaz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

A loanword with a debated origin:

1. Borrowed from a Slavic language.
2. Borrowed from Ossetian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒz]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɒz

Noun

gaz (plural gazok)

1. weed

   Synonym: gyom

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gaz	gazok
accusative	gazt	gazokat
dative	gaznak	gazoknak
instrumental	gazzal	gazokkal
causal-final	gazért	gazokért
translative	gazzá	gazokká
terminative	gazig	gazokig
essive-formal	gazként	gazokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gazban	gazokban
superessive	gazon	gazokon
adessive	gaznál	gazoknál
illative	gazba	gazokba
sublative	gazra	gazokra
allative	gazhoz	gazokhoz
elative	gazból	gazokból
delative	gazról	gazokról
ablative	gaztól	gazoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gazé	gazoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gazéi	gazokéi

Possessive forms of gaz
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gazom	gazaim
2nd person sing.	gazod	gazaid
3rd person sing.	gaza	gazai
1st person plural	gazunk	gazaink
2nd person plural	gazotok	gazaitok
3rd person plural	gazuk	gazaik

Derived terms

• gazos

 

Descendants

• Romanian: goz

Adjective

gaz (not generally comparable, comparative gazabb, superlative leggazabb)

1. (literary) vile, wicked, depraved, treacherous, villainous

   Synonyms: aljas, alávaló, álnok, galád, hitvány, gonosz (see also colloquial and slang synonyms under szemét)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gaz	gazok
accusative	gazt	gazokat
dative	gaznak	gazoknak
instrumental	gazzal	gazokkal
causal-final	gazért	gazokért
translative	gazzá	gazokká
terminative	gazig	gazokig
essive-formal	gazként	gazokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gazban	gazokban
superessive	gazon	gazokon
adessive	gaznál	gazoknál
illative	gazba	gazokba
sublative	gazra	gazokra
allative	gazhoz	gazokhoz
elative	gazból	gazokból
delative	gazról	gazokról
ablative	gaztól	gazoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gazé	gazoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gazéi	gazokéi

Derived terms

• gazság

 

Compound words

• gazember
• gazfickó
• gaztett

 

Further reading

• gaz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gaz, from Persian گز (gaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaz/
• Homophone: gas
• Rhymes: -az

Noun

gaz (plural gaz-gaz, first-person possessive gazku, second-person possessive gazmu, third-person possessive gaznya)

1. (archaic) guz: A unit of length used in parts of Asia, ranging from 24 to 41 inches.

Further reading

• “gaz” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gas, French gaz, or German Gas, from Dutch gas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡas/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: gaz

Noun

gaz m inan

1. (chemistry) gas (state of matter)
2. (chemistry) gas (chemical element or compound)
3. (chemistry) gas (flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture)
4. (automotive, physics) accelerator, throttle (pedal that controls engine speed in cars)

Declension

Declension of gaz

	singular	plural
nominative	gaz	gazy
genitive	gazu	gazów
dative	gazowi	gazom
accusative	gaz	gazy
instrumental	gazem	gazami
locative	gazie	gazach
vocative	gazie	gazy

Derived terms

adjectives

• biogazowy
• gazowy

 

adverb

• na podwójnym gazie

 

nouns

• agrogaz
• biogaz
• biogazownia

 

verb

• gazować

 

Related terms

noun

• gazowość

 

Further reading

• gaz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French gaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -az

Noun

gaz n (plural gaze)

1. gas (state of matter)

Declension

Declension of gaz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gaz	gazul	(niște) gaze	gazele
genitive/dative	(unui) gaz	gazului	(unor) gaze	gazelor
vocative	gazule		gazelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gazъ, from extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʷā- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːz/

Noun

gȃz m (Cyrillic spelling га̑з)

1. ford, shallow place
2. draft (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of gaz

	singular	plural
nominative	gȃz	gázovi
genitive	gaza	gazova
dative	gazu	gazovima
accusative	gaz	gazove
vocative	gazu	gazovi
locative	gazu	gazovima
instrumental	gazom	gazovima

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Sumerian

Romanization

gaz

1. Romanization of 𒄤 (gaz)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غاز, from French gaz, from Dutch gas.

Noun

gaz (definite accusative gazı, plural gazlar)

1. gas

Derived terms

• havagazı