kaos

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰæːʌs], [ˈkʰæːɐs]
• Homophone: kagers

Noun

kaos n (singular definite kaosset, not used in plural form)

1. chaos

See also

• kaos on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kaos (genitive kaose, partitive kaost)

1. chaos

Declension

Declension of kaos (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaos	kaosed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaose
genitive			kaoste
partitive		kaost	kaoseid
illative		kaosesse	kaostesse kaoseisse
inessive		kaoses	kaostes kaoseis
elative		kaosest	kaostest kaoseist
allative		kaosele	kaostele kaoseile
adessive		kaosel	kaostel kaoseil
ablative		kaoselt	kaostelt kaoseilt
translative		kaoseks	kaosteks kaoseiks
terminative		kaoseni	kaosteni
essive		kaosena	kaostena
abessive		kaoseta	kaosteta
comitative		kaosega	kaostega

Derived terms

• kaootiline

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɔs/
• Hyphenation: ka‧os

Etymology 1

From Dutch chaos, from Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Noun

kaos (first-person possessive kaosku, second-person possessive kaosmu, third-person possessive kaosnya)

1. (rare) chaos.

   Synonyms: kacau-balau, kekacauan

Usage notes

Use of this term has been criticized due to confusion with the second etymology (below) term.

Etymology 2

Noun

kaos

1. Alternative spelling of kaus.

Further reading

• “kaos” 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

kaos n (definite singular kaoset) (uncountable)

1. chaos

Related terms

• kaotisk

References

• “kaos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Noun

kaos n (definite singular kaoset) (uncountable)

1. chaos

Related terms

• kaotisk

References

• “kaos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hȁos (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâos/
• Hyphenation: ka‧os

Noun

kȁos m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ос)

1. (Croatia, uncountable) chaos

Declension

Declension of kaos

	singular
nominative	kaos
genitive	kaosa
dative	kaosu
accusative	kaos
vocative	kaose
locative	kaosu
instrumental	kaosom

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊs/, /ˈkɑːʊs/

• Audio:

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Noun

kaos n

1. chaos (state of disorder)

   Det var totalt kaos på festen

   There was total chaos at the party

Declension

Declension of kaos

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kaos	kaos
	definite	kaoset	kaosets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• kaotisk

Turkish

Etymology

From French chaos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.os/

Noun

kaos (definite accusative kaosu, plural kaoslar)

1. chaos (state of disorder)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kaos
Definite accusative	kaosu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kaos	kaoslar
Definite accusative	kaosu	kaosları
Dative	kaosa	kaoslara
Locative	kaosta	kaoslarda
Ablative	kaostan	kaoslardan
Genitive	kaosun	kaosların

Related terms

• kaotik