waterpas

Dutch

waterpas

Etymology

From Middle Dutch waterpas (“level (tool); spirit level”). Equivalent to water (“water”) +‎ pas (“fit, measure”).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.tərˌpɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧pas

Noun

waterpas n or m (plural waterpassen, diminutive waterpasje n)

1. A level, tool for finding whether a surface is leveled perfectly horizontally.

Derived terms

• waterpassen
• waterpasvlak

Related terms

• waterpasbaak
• waterpasinstrument
• waterpassing

Descendants

• Afrikaans: waterpas
• → Aukan: wataa pasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pánipás
• → Danish: vaterpas
  • → Greenlandic: vaataparsi
• → Indonesian: waterpas
• → West Frisian: wetterpas (calque)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˌʋaː.tərˈpɑs/
• Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧pas

Adjective

waterpas (not comparable)

1. spirit level, leveled perfectly horizontal

Inflection

Declension of waterpas
uninflected	waterpas
inflected	waterpasse
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		waterpas
indefinite	m./f. sing.	waterpasse
	n. sing.	waterpas
	plural	waterpasse
definite		waterpasse
partitive		waterpas

Derived terms

• waterpaslijn

Descendants

• Afrikaans: waterpas
• → West Frisian: wetterpas (calque)

Anagrams

• spawater

Indonesian

waterpas

Etymology

From Dutch waterpas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa.tərˈpas]
• Hyphenation: wa‧têr‧pas

Noun

watêrpas

1. level (tool for finding whether a surface is leveled perfectly horizontally)

Synonyms

• penyipat datar
• timbang air (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “waterpas” 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.