ras

See also: Ras, RAS, rás, râs, rãs, rǡs, răs-, and Raś

English

Etymology

From Amharic ራስ (rās, “head”).

Noun

ras (plural rases)

1. An Ethiopian king or prince.
2. A headland; a cape.

Anagrams

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]

Verb

ras

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of rase

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɑs/

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• Hyphenation: ras
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French race.

Noun

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

1. race, breed

Derived terms

• hondenras
• paardenras
• rasecht
• rassenhaat
• rassenleer
• raszuiver

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch rasch, from Old Dutch *rasc, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz. Cognates include English rash, German rasch.

Adjective

ras (comparative rasser, superlative meest ras or rast)

1. (dated) quick

Inflection

Declension of ras
uninflected	ras
inflected	rasse
comparative	rasser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		ras	rasser	het rast het raste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	rasse	rassere	raste
	n. sing.	ras	rasser	raste
	plural	rasse	rassere	raste
definite		rasse	rassere	raste
partitive		ras	rassers	—

Derived terms

• alras

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French

Etymology 1

From Amharic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁas/ ~ /ʁɑs/

Noun

ras m (plural ras)

1. ras

Etymology 2

From Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin rāsus. Doublet of rez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa/ ~ /ʁɑ/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• à ras de
• au ras de
• à ras bord

Related terms

• rez

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ራስ (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ras/, [r̺äs̪]
• Hyphenation: ràs

Noun

ras m (uncountable)

1. (historical) Title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
2. (figurative, derogatory) Any small local authority who exercises power despotically.
   1. A local boss of organized crime.
   2. (historical) A Fascist party official.

Synonyms

• (Fascist official): gerarca

Related terms

• rais

See also

• negus
• degiac (ethiopian commander of a unit equivalent to a regiment, composed of two to three thousand men)

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Lithuanian

Verb

ras

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

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَأْس (raʔs), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːs/

Noun

1. (anatomy) head
2. beginning

Derived terms

• Ras ir-Randan

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ras, compare with the verb rase

Noun

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa or rasene)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

Synonyms

• skred

Derived terms

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

Etymology 2

Verb

ras

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of rase

References

• “ras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ras_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ras, compare with rase

Noun

ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa)

1. an avalanche, landslide, landslip

Synonyms

• skred

Derived terms

• jordras
• snøras
• steinras
• takras

References

• “ras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Noun

ras

1. genitive plural of rasa

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ras/
• Rhymes: -as

Verb

ras (past participle of rade)

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Adjective

ras m or n (feminine singular rasă, masculine plural rași, feminine and neuter plural rase)

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	rasilor

Antonyms

• neras

Related terms

• rade
• răsură

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Spanish

Etymology

From rasar, from raso (“level”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈras/ [ˈras]

Noun

ras m (plural rases)

1. evenness, levelness

Derived terms

• a ras
• a ras de tierra
• ras con ras

 

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

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
	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

Verbal noun of rasa. Compare Danish and Norwegian ras.

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
	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 stenras

References

• ras in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

See also: roso and róso

Anagrams

• -sar, ars

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From

Noun

1. Hurry, urgency.