Haitian Creole

Proper noun

Mas

1. Mars

See also

• (planets of the solar system) planèt nan sistèm solè a; Mèki, Venis, Latè, Mas, Jipitè, Satin, Iranis, Neptin

Translingual

Etymology

m- +‎ as

Symbol

mas

1. (metrology) milliarcsecond

English

Noun

mas ‎(plural mas)

1. A country cottage or farmstead in southern France.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 520:

     When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.

Etymology 2

Noun

mas

1. plural of ma

Anagrams

• AMS MSA, sam, Sam, Sam., SAM

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *matja, from *mh₁t-jo-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (compare Old English mǣd, Latin mētior).

Verb

mas ‎(first-person singular past tense mata, participle matur)

1. To measure.

Inflection

Asturian

Noun

mas f pl

1. plural of ma

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mansum.

Noun

mas m ‎(plural masos)

1. farmhouse, typical country house

Danish

Noun

mas n (singular definite maset, not used in plural form)

1. bother, trouble

Verb

mas

1. imperative of mase

French

Etymology

From Occitan mas, from Latin mansum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ/, /mɑs/

Noun

mas m ‎(plural mas)

1. (Provence) farm, ranch, (country) house (a type of rural farmstead in southern France)

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French mars ‎(“March”)

Noun

mas

1. March

Etymology 2

From French masse ‎(“mass”)

Noun

mas

1. mass

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

mas n ‎(genitive singular mass, no plural)

1. chatter, small talk, chit-chat

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mas, shortened form of emas, from Sanskrit.

Alternative forms

• emas

Noun

mas

1. Alternative form of emas

Italian

Etymology

From motoscafo armato silurante

Noun

mas m ‎(sometimes MAS, invariable)

1. (nautical) motor torpedo boat

Kashmiri

Noun

mas

1. the hair on one's head

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meryo ‎(“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य ‎(marya, “suitor, young man”), Old Armenian մարի ‎(mari).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maːs/

Noun

mās m ‎(genitive maris); third declension

1. a male, man

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Synonyms

• (man): vir

Antonyms

• (man): mulier

Derived terms

• marītus
• masculīnus
• masculus

Descendants

• Aromanian: mari
• Romanian: mare

Adjective

mās m, f, n ‎(genitive maris); third declension

1. male, masculine, manly

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• marītō
• masculīnus

References

• mas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    
  • (ambiguous) the Mediterranean Sea: mare medium or internum
    
  • (ambiguous) the town lies near the sea: oppidum mari adiacet
    
  • (ambiguous) a promontory juts out into the sea: promunturium in mare procurrit
    
  • (ambiguous) a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
    

Lojban

Rafsi

mas

1. rafsi of malsi.

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of emas, from Sanskrit.

Alternative forms

• emas
• امس
• مس

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mas]
• Rhymes: -mas, -as

Noun

mas ‎(Jawi spelling امس)

1. Alternative form of emas

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mas

1. imperative of mase

Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mansum.

Noun

mas m (plural mases)

1. farmhouse, typical country house

Papiamentu

Adverb

mas

1. most

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mas, from Latin magis ‎(“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- ‎(“great”). Cognate of mais ‎(“more”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma(j)s/
  • Homophone: más (without the intrusive /j/)
  • Homophone: mais (with the intrusive /j/)
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ/
• Hyphenation: mas

Conjunction

mas

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   O livro é curto, mas bom.‎

   The book is short, but good.

   Somos preguiçosos mas fazemos o que precisa ser feito.‎

   We are lazy but we do what needs to be done.

2. but (introduces the correct information for something that was denied in the previous clause)

   Fomos recebidos não com aplausos, mas pedradas.‎

   We were not received with applause, but [with] rocks.

3. but ... really; of course; no wonder (introduces the cause of the previous clause, with the implication that the result was expected given this cause)

   Todos alunos reprovaram em matemática, mas ninguém estudou mesmo.‎

   All students flunked mathematics, but no one studied really.

4. (beginning a sentence) emphasises an exclamation

   Mas que porcaria!‎

   Crap!

   Mas que diabos vocês estão fazendo aqui?‎

   What the **** are you doing here?

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mas.

Synonyms

• (introduces a contradiction): só que (informal), contudo (more formal), no entanto (more formal), porém (more formal), todavia (formal), entretanto (more formal)

Derived terms

• mas é
• mas sim
• mas também

Adverb

mas (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) emphasises a previous clause, adverb or adjective; really; and how

   Este livro é bom, mas bom mesmo.‎

   This book is good, really good.

   Os ladrões correram, mas correram.‎

   The thieves ran, and how they ran.

Synonyms

• e como, e

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mas.

Noun

mas m (plural mas)

1. but (an instance of proclaiming an exception)

   Quero que você termine isso, sem mas nem porquês.‎

   I want you to finish this, no buts or whys.

Derived terms

• deixar de mas
• sem mas nem meio mas

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali মাছ ‎(mach).

Noun

mas

1. fish

Romani

Noun

mas m

1. meat

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mansum, from mansus.

Noun

mas n ‎(plural masuri)

1. (popular) putting up for the night, spending the night

Declension

Related terms

• mânea

Verb

mas

1. past participle of mânea

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

mas

1. if is

Usage notes

• This is a shortened form of ma ‎(“if”) is ‎(“am, is, are”).

  mas cuimhne leat - if you remember (literally "if memory is with you")

Somali

Noun

mas m

1. snake

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

mas

1. but
2. however

Synonyms

• (but): pero
• (however): sin embargo, no obstante

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English must.

Verb

mas

1. must
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:3 (translation here):

     Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

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