arras

See also: arrás and Arras

English

Etymology

From Middle English arras, from Middle French draps d’Arras, from the city of Arras, which was a major source for tapestries in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹəs/

  Rhymes: -æɹəs

Noun

arras (countable and uncountable, plural arrases)

1. A tapestry or wall hanging.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], lines 159-160:

     At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: / Be you and I behind an arras then

   • 1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book X.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 219, lines 13–14:

     And with their conſorts chaſte at night they ſleep / On ſtatelieſt couches with rich arras ſpread.

   • 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter VII, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 133:

     The room was hung with coarſe arras, which concealed the cloſet; […]

   • 1982, Stephen R. Donaldson, The One Tree, page 241:

     Dozens of walls were covered with arrases like acts of homage, recognition, or flattery.

Derived terms

• arrased
• arrasene

Translations

tapestry or wall hanging

• Bulgarian: гоблен за стена
• Latin: dráppī Atrĕ́bătī m pl
• Polish: arras (pl) m, tapiseria (pl) f, gobelin (pl) m
• Portuguese: arrás m
• Romanian: tapițerie (ro) f
• Russian: гобеле́н (ru) m (gobelén)

Anagrams

• ra-ras

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arras, attested in local Latin documents since the 9th century. From Latin arrhas (“down payment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaras]

Noun

arras f pl (plural only)

1. (historical) dowry: money and properties the groom granted the bride when marrying

   Synonyms: casamento, dote

   • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 184:

     Ano de oytenta e quatro, a oyto dias de agosto, ena Rúa Nova da çibdad d'Ourense, Fernán de Moure, mercador, e sua muller Lionor Gonçalues e seu fillo Afonso de Moure, que todos tres estaban presentes, moradores en Chantada, huus con liçençia dos outros e os outros dos outros, espeçialmente o dito Afonso de Moure, con liçençia e outorgamento e consentimiento dos ditos seus padre e madre, dou en arras e en pura doaçón a Elvira , filla de Afonso de Prado e de sua muller Elvira Fernandes que sya nóbea en tanbo, eno sotó das casas de Lopo de Deça, canónigo, que son ena dita Rúa Nova, por vyrgynidade do seu corpo, os lugares de Faluche, con seus caseyros e casas e herdades e términos

     Year the eighty-four, eight days of August, in the Rúa Nova [New Street] of the city of Ourense, Fernán de Moure, merchant, and his wife Leonor González and their son Afonso de Moure, all the three present, inhabitants in Chantada, with mutual license, especially said Afonso de Moure with the license and grant and consent of said father and mother; he gave in dowry as pure donation to Elvira, daughter of Afonso de Prado and of his wife Elvira Fernández, being the bride in the nuptial chamber in the ground floor of the houses of Lopo de Deza, canon, which are in said Rúa Nova, for the virginity of her body, the hamlet of Faluche, with its tenants and houses and properties and limits

2. a set of thirteen coins that the groom handles the bride during a Catholic wedding

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arras”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arras”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arras”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arras”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arras”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Arras, the name of the city of Arras, which was a major source for tapestries in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ras/

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• Rhymes: -arras
• Syllabification: ar‧ras
• Homophone: Arras

Noun

arras m inan

1. arras

   Synonyms: gobelin, tapiseria

Declension

Declension of arras

	singular	plural
nominative	arras	arrasy
genitive	arrasu	arrasów
dative	arrasowi	arrasom
accusative	arras	arrasy
instrumental	arrasem	arrasami
locative	arrasie	arrasach
vocative	arrasie	arrasy

Derived terms

adjective

• arrasowy

 

Related terms

noun

• Arras

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin arrha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʁɐs/ [ˈa.hɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʁɐs/ [ˈa.hɐs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʁɐʃ/ [ˈa.χɐʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʁas/ [ˈa.has]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʁɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ras

Noun

arras f pl (plural only)

1. downpayment

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaras/ [ˈa.ras]
• Rhymes: -aras
• Syllabification: a‧rras

Noun

arras f pl (plural only)

1. downpayment

Derived terms

• contrato de arras

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: aras
• → Tagalog: aras

Further reading

• “arras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

arras

1. passive infinitive of arra
2. present passive of arra