plas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plas"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

Verb

plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)

1. to crack, burst, break through

Related terms

• pëlcas
• plasë
• ples

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /pl̪as̪/
• Rhymes: -as̪

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English flash.

Noun

plas

1. flash

Verb

plas

1. (photography) to flash

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flush.

Verb

plas

1. to flush

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

Noun

plas

1. addition
2. (arithmetic) a plus sign: +

Verb

plas

1. to add

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas]

Noun

plas

1. genitive plural of plasa

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑs/

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• Hyphenation: plas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). Probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

Noun

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

1. a body of still water, pool

   De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.

   The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.

2. puddle

   Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.

   He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.

3. (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result

   Hij deed een grote plas.

   He urinated extensively.

Derived terms

• plas-dras

Descendants

• Afrikaans: plas
• → Papiamentu: plas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

plas

1. inflection of plassen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• slap

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plas/

Noun

plas

1. place, space
2. position, job
3. plaza, square

Related terms

• plase (“to place”)

Middle English

Noun

plas

1. Alternative form of place

Spanish

Interjection

plas

1. wham!, whack!

   Synonym: plaf

2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

Derived terms

• plis plas

 

Further reading

• “plas”, 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

Welsh

Etymology

From Old French place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

plas m (plural plasau)

1. mansion
2. palace
3. hall

Synonyms

• plasty

See also

• palas

Mutation

Mutated forms of plas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plas	blas	mhlas	phlas

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˡa˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *ploŋᴰ (“owl”).

Noun

plas (classifier: tus)

1. owl (bird)

   Plas muaj qhov muag loj. ― The owl has big eyes.

Etymology 2

Classifier

plas

1. classifier for a wide expanse or large area

   plas hav zoov laus ― a jungle

   ib plag teb ― one large field

   ib plag hluav taws ― a large expanse of fire

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 248.