rasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rasa"

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रस (rasa, literally “juice; essence”). Doublet of rasam.

Noun

rasa (plural rasas)

1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

• rasabox
• rasic

See also

• tabula rasa (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• AARs, ARSA, ASAR, Aras, SAAR, Saar, Sara, aras, asar

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasə/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “taste”).

Noun

rasa (Balinese script ᬭᬲ or ᬭᬵᬲ)

1. taste

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “feeling”).

Noun

rasa (Balinese script ᬭᬵᬣ)

1. love

Further reading

• “rasa” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/ [ˈɾa.sa]

Noun

rása

1. race

   Synonym: lahi

Catalan

Etymology

From ras (“smooth”) +‎ -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈra.za]

Noun

rasa f (plural rases)

1. (construction) trench
2. ditch

   Synonym: escorranc

Further reading

• “rasa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrasa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

rasa f (relational adjective rasový)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Declension of rasa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rasy
genitive	rasy	ras
dative	rase	rasám
accusative	rasu	rasy
vocative	raso	rasy
locative	rase	rasách
instrumental	rasou	rasami

Related terms

• rasismus
• rasista
• rasistický

Further reading

• “rasa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rasa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rasa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From ras- (“race”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

1. racial

Related terms

• rase (“racially”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Pali rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh). Doublet of raksa, raksi, and resi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa)

1. taste
2. feeling

Derived terms

• berasa
• berperasaan
• memperasakan
• merasa
• merasa-rasai
• merasai
• merasakan
• perasa
• perasaan
• perasan
• rasa-rasanya
• rasanya
• serasa
• terasa
• terasakan

Further reading

• “rasa” 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.

Italian

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. inflection of rasare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Arsa, Sara, arsa, sarà

Javanese

Romanization

rasa

1. romanization of ꦫꦱ

Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. inflection of rāsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus

Latvian

Rasa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ros-eh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit रस (rása, “juice, liquid”), रसा (rásā, “moisture, humidity”), Latin rōs, Russian роса́ (rosá).

Noun

rasa f (4th declension)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants in the morning)

   rīta rasa ― morning dew

   rasas lāses ― dew drops

   sasalusi rasa ― frozen dew

   samērcēt kājas rasā ― to soak one's feet in dew

2. very light rain, drizzle

   viegla rasas migla nokārās pār visu ciemu ― a light drizzle lowered its mist over the whole village

3. tiny, dew-like drops

   pierē drīz jau iemetās pirmā sviedru rasa ― on (his) forehead the first drops of sweat will soon appear

Declension

Declension of rasa (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	—
genitive	rasas	—
dative	rasai	—
accusative	rasu	—
instrumental	rasu	—
locative	rasā	—
vocative	rasa	—

Derived terms

• rasains

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rasā́ˀ (“dew”).

Noun

rasà f (plural rãsos) stress pattern 4

1. dew

Declension

Declension of rasà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	rasà	rãsos
genitive (kilmininkas)	rasõs	rasų̃
dative (naudininkas)	rãsai	rasóms
accusative (galininkas)	rãsą	rasàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	rasà	rasomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	rasojè	rasosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	rãsa	rãsos

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali rasa (“taste, flavour; juice; mercury”), from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “sap, juice; taste”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/, [ˈrasa]
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa (Lontara spelling ᨑᨔ)

1. smell, odor (sensation)

   Bajiki rasanna ― It smells good

   Kodi rasanna ― It smells bad

2. (uncommon) taste, feeling, sensation

   Synonym: kasiaʼ

3. mercury, quicksilver

   Butami carammenga, katenamo rasanna

   The mirror no longer reflects, because there is no mercury layer behind it anymore

Adjective

rasa (Lontara spelling ᨑᨔ)

1. (used at sea) broken, damaged

Derived terms

affixations

• anrasa
• aʼrasa
• parasa
• pirasa-rasài

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈrasə/ [ˈra.sə]

  • Audio (Johor-Riau):

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  • Rhymes: -asə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/ [ˈra.sa]

  • Audio (Baku):

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  • Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रस (rasa) or Pali rasa. Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh).

Noun

rasa (Jawi spelling راس, plural rasa-rasa)

1. taste, flavour

   rasa manis ― sweet taste

2. perception, sensation, feeling

   rasa panas ― hot feeling

3. view, opinion, viewpoint

   Synonyms: fikiran, pendapat

   pada rasa saya ― in my opinion

Verb

rasa (Jawi spelling راس)

1. to think, to reckon, to feel

   Synonyms: fikir, agak, anggap

   Aku rasa bukan tu yang kaumaksudkan.

   I think that's not what you meant.

Derived terms

• berasa
• berperasa
• berperasaan
• merasa
• merasa-rasa
• merasa-rasai
• merasai
• merasakan
• perasa
• perasaan
• terasa

Descendants

• Indonesian: rasa

Etymology 2

See raksa.

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa)

1. alternative form of raksa (“quicksilver”)

Further reading

• “rasa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rasene

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

rasa n

1. definite plural of ras

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rasa/ras)

1. alternative form of rase

References

• “rasa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रस (rasa).

Noun

rasa

1. sap, juice; taste, flavour
2. feeling, opinion, intention
3. content, substance, meaning
4. mercury

Derived terms

• ararasan
• arasa
• arasa-rasa
• aṅrasa
• aṅrasani
• aṅrase
• karasa
• marasa
• paṅrasa
• rasa-rasa
• rinasa-rasa
• rinasa-rasan
• rinasan
• rumasa
• rumasa-rasa
• rumasa-rasani

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦫꦱ (rasa)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬲ, ᬭᬲ (rasa, “taste”); ᬭᬵᬣ (rasa, “love”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• रस (Devanagari script)
• রস (Bengali script)
• රස (Sinhalese script)
• ရသ (Burmese script)
• รส or ระสะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣສ or ຣະສະ (Lao script)
• រស (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रस (rása).

Noun

rasa m

1. taste, flavor
2. juice
3. mercury

Declension

Declension table of "rasa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raso	rasā
Accusative (second)	rasaṃ	rase
Instrumental (third)	rasena or rasasā	rasehi or rasebhi
Dative (fourth)	rasassa or rasāya or rasatthaṃ	rasānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rasasmā or rasamhā or rasā	rasehi or rasebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rasassa	rasānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rasasmiṃ or rasamhi or rase	rasesu
Vocative (calling)	rasa	rasā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ရသ (ra.sa.) (learned)
• → Khmer: រស (rŭəh) (learned)
• → Lao: ລົດ (lot, “flavour”) (learned)
• → Lü: ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) (learned)
• → Malay: rasa (learned)
  • Indonesian: rasa
• → Thai: รส (rót) (learned)

Further reading

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa f

1. race (group of people)
2. breed, race; group of animals with well-defined inherited characteristics

Declension

Declension of rasa

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rasy
genitive	rasy	ras
dative	rasie	rasom
accusative	rasę	rasy
instrumental	rasą	rasami
locative	rasie	rasach
vocative	raso	rasy

Derived terms

• nierasowy
• rasista
• rasizm
• rasowy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈha.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈha.zɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zɐ/ [ˈχa.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.za/ [ˈha.za]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -azɐ

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-rása (infinitive kurása, perfective -ráshe)

1. to shoot (with a weapon)
2. (of the sun) to rise

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râsa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Noun

rȁsa f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏са)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Declension of rasa

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rase
genitive	rase	rasa
dative	rasi	rasama
accusative	rasu	rase
vocative	raso	rase
locative	rasi	rasama
instrumental	rasom	rasama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːsa/

Noun

rása f

1. race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	rása
gen. sing.	ráse
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rása	rási	ráse
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ráse	rás	rás
dative (dajȃlnik)	rási	rásama	rásam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ráso	rási	ráse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rási	rásah	rásah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ráso	rásama	rásami

Spanish

Adjective

rasa

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. inflection of rasar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rasa.

Verb

rasa (present rasar, preterite rasade, supine rasat, imperative rasa)

1. (often with ihop, samman, in, or ner) to collapse

   Muren rasade

   The wall collapsed

   Huset rasade samman

   The house collapsed

   Taket rasade in

   The ceiling fell in

   Livet rasade samman

   His life fell apart (figuratively)

2. to violently fall, to plummet

   Traktorn rasade nedför slänten

   The tractor fell down the slope

   Priserna rasade

   Prices plummeted

3. to rage (of a storm or the like)

   Stormen rasar

   The storm rages

4. to express strong anger; to rage, to rail, to be furious, etc.

   De rasade mot förslaget

   They railed against the proposal

   Hovet rasar

   The Royal Court is furious [stereotypical tabloid / gossip magazine headline]

5. (dated) to play wildly

Conjugation

Conjugation of rasa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	rasa		—
supine	rasat		—
imperative	rasa		—
imper. plural1	rasen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	rasar	rasade	—	—
ind. plural1	rasa	rasade	—	—
subjunctive2	rase	rasade	—	—
present participle		rasande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• ras
• rasande
• rasera

References

• rasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Sara, asar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/ [ˈɾaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ra‧sa

Noun

rasa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜐ)

1. race (people of the same ancestry)

   Synonym: lahi

2. breed; stock

   Synonyms: lipi, kasta

Anagrams

• asar, aras, sara

Venetan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rēsīna.

Noun

rasa f (plural rase)

1. resin, viscous secretion of conifers
2. (figuratively) intrigue, scheme

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “rasa”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 553