mas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

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Translingual

Etymology

(metrology): From m- +‎ as.

Symbol

mas

(metrology) milliarcsecond
(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Maasai.

English

Etymology 1

From French mas, Occitan mas. Doublet of manse.

Noun

mas (plural mas)

A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 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

plural of ma

Etymology 3

Noun

mas (plural mas)

(Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
- 2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:
  Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others.
- 2017 September 28, “Neville Aming Passes Away At 96 In T&T”, in Bernews:
  Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.
- 2016 February 7, Michelle Loubon, “Taking a Carnival tour”, in Trinidad & Tobago Express:
  Belmont masman and wire bender Richard Lera displays a headpiece at his Norfolk Street mas camp.

Anagrams

'ams, MSA, Sam., ASM, AMS, sam, sma, SMA, Sam, S. Am., A.M.s, SAM, asm

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mas (plural maste)

mast (pole on a ship, for holding sails)

Derived terms

hoofmas

Albanian

Alternative forms

mat

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *matja, from *mh̥₁ti̯-e-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (compare Old English mǣd, Latin mētior).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mas]

Verb

mas (aorist mata, participle matur)

Derived terms

Related terms

mot

Etymology 2

Gheg variant of Tosk pas (“behind, beyond, after”). From mbasi, mbas (“after”). A compound of më (“more, most”) + pas (“behind, after, beyond”) (pas from Proto-Albanian *pa ̊ (see pa), from Proto-Indo-European *pos(t) (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”)).

Preposition

mas (+ ablative)

Adverb

mas

behind, after
hence

Derived terms

masi (Gheg)
masanej (Gheg)

Related terms

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mas”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-7

Asturian

Noun

mas f pl

plural of ma

Conjunction

mas

but
Synonym: pero

Mas nun hai qu'estrayese
But don't get distracted
only, other than, no more than (used with negative)
Nun había mas unos vecinos
There wasn't anyone other than some neighbours

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish más.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmas/ [ˈmas]

Particle

mas (Basahan spelling ᜋᜐ᜔)

comparative marker of inequality
Synonym: urog

Mas dakula ako kisa saiya.
I am bigger than him/her.

Mas mahal an talong digdi kompara sa balyong merkado.
The eggplant here is more expensive than the one on the other market.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mas, from Latin mānsum. Compare Occitan mas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmas]

Noun

mas m (plural masos)

farmhouse, typical country house in Catalan-speaking and Occitan-speaking territories

Derived terms

Related terms

masover

References

“mas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“mas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“mas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmas]
Rhymes: -as
Homophone: maz

Noun

mas

genitive plural of maso

Danish

Noun

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

bother, trouble

Verb

mas

imperative of mase

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

màs (ORB, narrow)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin magis. Doublet of més (“more”).

Conjunction

mas (ORB, broad)

but

References

mais in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
mas in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma/ ~ /mɑ/, /mas/ ~ /mɑs/

Noun

mas m (plural mas)

(Provence) farm, ranch, (country) house (type of rural farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories)

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/

Etymology 1

From French mars (“March”).

Noun

mas

March

Etymology 2

From French masse (“mass”).

Noun

mas

mass

Iban

Etymology

From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mas

gold (element)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

mas n (genitive singular mass, no plural)

chatter, small talk, chit-chat

Declension

Declension of mas (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mas	masið
accusative	mas	masið
dative	masi	masinu
genitive	mass	massins

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mas]

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas, “brother, older brother; gold”), from Old Javanese mas, mās, ĕmas, hĕmas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Pronoun

mas

(formal) Second-person male singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms

Indonesian formal second-person pronouns:

mas (used for males)
mbak (used for females)
kakak (gender-neutral, intimate nuance)
Anda, saudara (used for people of either gender of equal status)
saudari (used for women of equal status)
bapak (lit. "father"; used for men of higher status)
ibu (lit. "mother"; used for women of higher status)
sampeyan (Central & East Java, gender-neutral)
panjenengan (Central Java, gender-neutral, very formal)

Etymology 2

From Malay mas, shortened from emas, see previous etymology.

Noun

mas

Alternative form of emas (“gold”)

Derived terms

mas kawin

Italian

Etymology

From motoscafo armato silurante.

Noun

mas m (invariable)

(nautical) motor torpedo boat

Latin

Etymology

Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (“young man”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young girl”), and Old Armenian մարի (mari, “female bird, hen”). But this cannot account for the resultant phonetics, particularly the a-vocalism.

It has been connected with masturbor and with mālus (“pole”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maːs/, [mäːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas/, [mäs]

Noun

mās m (genitive maris); third declension

male
man
Synonym: vir

Usage notes

Mās means male, in contrast to fēmina (“female”); thus, it means man (in contrast to woman) when used in reference to an adult human, but it can also be used to refer to male animals, deities, or even plants. "Man" in the sense of “human being” is rendered by homō, and in the sense of “(free) adult male human being” by Latin vir.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	mās	marēs
genitive	maris	marium marum
dative	marī	maribus
accusative	marem	marēs marīs
ablative	mare	maribus
vocative	mās	marēs

Coordinate terms

fēmina (“female”)

Derived terms

Adjective

mās (neuter mare); third-declension two-termination adjective

male, masculine, manly
Synonyms: masculus, masculīnus, virīlis
- Apuleius Madaurensis, De Mundo 20.1:
  Sic mare et femineum secus iungitur, ac diversus utriusque sexus ex dissimilibus simile animal facit
  Thus the male and female sex is joined together, and the different sex of each makes a similar animal from the dissimilar.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	mās	mare	marēs	maria
genitive	maris		marium marum
dative	marī		maribus
accusative	marem	mare	marēs marīs	maria
ablative	marī		maribus
vocative	maris	mare	marēs	maria

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mās, maris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

Macanese

Alternative forms

maz, mâz

Etymology

From Portuguese mas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɐʃ/, /mɐs/

Conjunction

mas

but
Mas vôs sábi qui ancusa iou tâ papiâ.
But you know what I'm talking about.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with más.

Malay

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platinum (Pt)
Next: perak cergas (Hg)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened from emas, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mas (Jawi spelling امس)

Alternative form of emas

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman masse.

Noun

mas

Alternative form of masse (“mass”)

Etymology 2

From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.

Noun

mas

Alternative form of messe (“mass”)

Northern Sami

Pronoun

mas

locative singular of mii

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mas

imperative of mase

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mas

imperative of masa

Occitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mansum. Cognate with Romanian mas.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

mas m (plural mases)

farmhouse, typical country house in Occitan-speaking and Catalan-speaking territories.

Papiamentu

Adverb

mas

most

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: mas

Noun

mas f

genitive plural of masa

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mas/, /majs/ [maɪ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʃ/, /majʃ/ [maɪ̯ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐʃ/

Homophone: mais (Brazil, with intrusive /j/)
Hyphenation: mas

Conjunction

mas

but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)
Synonyms: (informal) só que, (more formal) contudo, (more formal) no entanto, (more formal) porém, (formal) todavia, (more formal) entretanto

O livro é curto, mas bom.
The book is short, but good.

Somos preguiçosos mas fazemos o que precisa de ser feito.
We are lazy but we do what needs to be done.
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.
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.
(beginning a sentence) emphasises an exclamation
Mas que porcaria!
What the heck!

Mas que diabos vocês estão fazendo aqui?
What the hell are you doing here?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.

Derived terms

Descendants

Macanese: mas

Adverb

mas (not comparable)

(colloquial) emphasises a previous clause, adverb or adjective; really; and how
Synonyms: e como, e

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.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mas.

Noun

mas m (invariable)

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

Rohingya

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀘 (maśca).

Noun

mas

fish

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀲 (maṃsa), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsám, from Proto-Indo-European *mēms-ó-m, from *mḗms.

Noun

mas m (plural masa)

meat

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[2], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mansum, from mansus.

Noun

mas n (plural masuri)

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

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	mas	masul	masuri	masurile
genitive-dative	mas	masului	masuri	masurilor
vocative	masule		masurilor

Related terms

mânea

Verb

mas

past participle of mânea

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

mas

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

snake

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin magis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/ [mas]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: mas
Homophone: más

Conjunction

mas

(formal) but
Synonym: pero
(formal) however
Synonyms: sin embargo, no obstante

Adverb

mas

Misspelling of más.
Obsolete spelling of más.

Noun

mas f pl

plural of ma

Swedish

Noun

mas c

Dalecarlian; a man or boy from the province of Dalarna (“Dalecarlia”) (in particular one of the common people)
(colloquial) tax collector

Declension

Declension of mas

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mas	mas
singular	definite	masen	masens
plural	indefinite	masar	masars
plural	definite	masarna	masarnas

Synonyms

man from Dalecarlia

tax collector

References

Anagrams

-sam, sam, sam-

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish más, from Latin magis.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmas/ [ˈmas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: mas

Particle

mas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ᜔)

comparative marker of inequality; -er
Mas malaki ako kumpara sa kaniya.
I am bigger than him/her.

Mas mahal ang talong dito kumpara sa kabilang palengke.
The eggplant here is more expensive than the one on the other market.

Anagrams

sam-

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English must.

Verb

mas

must
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:3:
  Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.
  →New International Version translation

Tsuut'ina

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

más

knife

References

"Tsuut'ina Nominalized Phrases (Video)." Youtube, uploaded by AlbertaUArts, 30 May. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t6EdGunXLc

Welsh

Alternative forms

ma's

Etymology

From i 'r maes (“to the field”), ae in monosyllabic words often being pronounced /aː/ in South Wales. For the same semantic development compare Irish amuigh (“out”) < Old Irish i mmaig (literally “in (a) field”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Adverb

mas

(South Wales, colloquial) out
Synonym: allan

Derived terms

mas draw (“extremely”)
mas o'r glas (“out of the blue”)
mas tu fas (“right outside”)
maswr (“outside-half”)
tu fas (“outside”)
tu fewn tu fas (“inside out”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mas*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mas	fas	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Woleaian

Verb

mas

to die

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mas”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-7

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mās, maris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

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Translingual

Etymology

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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Verb

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Preposition

Adverb

Derived terms

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References

Asturian

Noun

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Bikol Central

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Catalan

Etymology

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Noun

Derived terms

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Czech

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Danish

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Verb

Franco-Provençal

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French

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Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Iban

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Synonyms

Etymology 2