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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromDutchgas,coinedby chemistJan Baptist van HelmontinOrtus Medicinae.Derived fromAncient Greekχάος(kháos,“chasm, void, empty space”);perhaps also inspired bygeest(“breath, vapour, spirit”).Doubletofchaos.First attested in 1648.

Noun

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gas(countableanduncountable,pluralgasesorgasses)

  2. (uncountable,physical chemistry)Matterin an intermediate state betweenliquidandplasmathat can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by asolid(or in abubbleofliquid,or held together by gravitational pull); it cancondenseinto a liquid, or can (rarely) become asoliddirectly bydeposition.
    • 2013July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, inAmerican Scientist‎[1],archived fromthe originalon7 September 2013:
      Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latinturbo,meaningvortex,and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid orgasturns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
    A lot ofgashad escaped from the cylinder.
    Synonyms:vapor,vapour
    1. (uncountable)A flammable gaseoushydrocarbonor hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especiallynatural gas.
      Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
    2. (uncountable,military)Poison gas.
      The artillery firedgasshells into the enemy trenches.
  3. (countable,physical chemistry)A chemicalelementorcompoundin such a state.
    The atmosphere is made up of a number of differentgases.
  4. (countable)Ahobon a gascooker.
    She turned thegason, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
  5. (uncountable)Methaneor other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process;flatus.
    Synonym:wind
    My tummy hurts so bad – I havegas.
    • 2008,Nicholas Drayson,A Guide to the Birds of East Africa,page72:
      But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that muchgasin his bottom was clearly not a well person.
  6. (business,oftenattributive)Thesupplyofnatural gas,as autility.
  7. (slang,dated)Ahumorousorentertainingevent,person,orthing.
    • 1963May,Gloria Steinem,“A Bunny's Tale”, inShow Magazine‎[2],archived fromthe originalon2017-10-04:
      Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is agas,”said pink.
    • 1971,Marc Bolan(lyrics and music), “Life's a Gas”, inElectric Warrior,performed by T. Rex:
      No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's agas/ I hope it's going to last
    • 1973March 1, “Money” (track 6), inThe Dark Side of the Moon‎[3],performed byPink Floyd:
      Money, it's agas.Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
    • 1978,“Heart of Glass”,inParallel Lines,performed byBlondie:
      Once I had a love and it was agas/ Soon turned out had a heart of glass
    • 1979,“Belsen Was a Gas”, inThe Great Rock ‛n’ Roll Swindle,performed by Sex Pistols:
      Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was agas/ Be a man, kill someone
    • 2011October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)” (track 14), inBrussels Affair (Live 1973)‎[4],performed byThe Rolling Stones:
      One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's agas.But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's agas,gas,gas.
  8. (slang)Frothyorboastfultalk;chatter.
    • 2017July 1, “About That”, performed by Soph Aspin and Millie B:
      Bang, little boy, stop with thegas/ Little T, man he chats up his ass
  9. (baseball)Afastball.
    The closer threw him nothing butgas.
  10. (medicine,colloquial)Arterialorvenousbloodgas.
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Verb

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gas(third-person singular simple presentgassesorgases,present participlegassing,simple past and past participlegassed)

  1. (transitive)Toattackorkillwithpoison gas.
    The Nazisgassedmillions of Jews during the Holocaust.
    He never fully recovered after he wasgassedon the Western Front.
  2. (transitive)To usepoison gasin (a volume or area) toattackorkillsomeone or something.
    • 2023October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, inSCP Foundation‎[5],archived fromthe originalon23 May 2024:
      "He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then...gasthe foyer, as it were. "
  3. (intransitive,slang)Totalkin aboastfulorvapidway; tochatter.
    • 1899,Stephen Crane,chapter 1, inTwelve O'Clock:
      […](it was the town's humour to be alwaysgassingof phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…]Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money.[…]”
    • 1955,C. S. Lewis,chapter 3, inThe Magician's Nephew,Collins, published1998:
      "Well don't keep ongassingabout it, "said Digory.
  4. (transitive,slang)Toimposeupon bytalkingboastfully.
    • 2018September 14, “Don'tGasMe” (track 1), inDon'tGasMe‎[6],performed byDizzy Rascal:
      I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said...(whaaat): "You ain't gottagas,I'm gas fam "( don'tgasme), "You ain't gottagas,I'm gas fam ".
  5. (intransitive)Toemitgas.
    The battery cell wasgassing.
  6. (transitive)Toimpregnatewithgas.
    togaslime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
  7. (transitive)Tosinge,as in agasflame,so as toremoveloosefibers.
    togasthread
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Etymology 2

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Clippingofgasoline.

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gas(countableanduncountable,pluralgasesorgasses)

  2. (uncountable,Canada,US,New Zealand)Gasoline,alightderivativeofpetroleumused asfuel.
    Synonyms:(US)gasoline,(British)petrol;see alsoThesaurus:petroleum
  3. (uncountable,by extension)Ellipsisofgas pedal;accelerator.
  5. (uncountable,cryptocurrencies)An internalvirtual currencyused inEthereumto pay for certain operations, such asblockchaintransactions.
    Coordinate term:Ether
    gasfee
    • 2018,Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood,Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps‎[7],O'Reilly Media,→ISBN:
      Gasis the fuel of Ethereum.Gasis not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum usesgasto control the amount of resources that transactions can use[…]
    • 2021November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, inThe Guardian‎[8]:
      The average “gasfee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.
  6. (slang,uncountable)Marijuana,typically of high quality.
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  • Unlike most terms derived fromgasoline,the use ofgasto meangas pedalis not restricted to North America, and is also used in the UK; particularly among driving instructors and motoring enthusiasts.
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Terms derived fromgas(gasoline)
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gas(third-person singular simple presentgassesorgases,present participlegassing,simple past and past participlegassed)

  1. (US)Toincreasethefuelflowto avehicle'senginein order toaccelerateit.
    Synonyms:hit the gas,step on the gas
    The cops are coming.Gasit!
  2. (US)Tofill(avehicle'sfuel tank) withfuel.
    Synonym:refuel
    • 1947October 30,Bureau of Ships,“SECTION III - DISCUSSION”, inU.S.S. Princeton (CVL23): Loss in Action, Battle for Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944‎[9],United States Hydrographic Office,archived fromthe originalon25 June 2024,B. Fires and Explosions in Hangar., page 8:
      Between 0945 and 1020 six definite explosions were reported in the hangar. Explosions at 0945 and 1006 were described as minor while those at 1002, 1003 and 1005 were classed as major explosions and the explosion at 1020 was described as a heavy explosion but less severe than some previous ones. The cause of these explosions was not reported and can only be estimated from the damage sustained by the ship and the known condition of loading. Each of the six torpedo planes spotted in the hangar was armed with one Mark 13, torpex-loaded torpedo and was fullygassed,including auxiliary wing tanks. Explosions in the hangar therefore might have been either detonations of torpedoes or gasoline vapor explosions.
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Etymology 3

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Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

Adjective

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gas(comparativegasser,superlativegassest)

  1. (slang)Comical,zany;fun,amusing.
    Mary's new boyfriend is agasman.
    It wasgaswhen the bird flew into the classroom.
    • 2016,Liz Nugent,Lying In Wait,→ISBN,page113:
      The other models weregasfun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.
    • 2018September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), inDon't Gas Me‎[10],performed byDizzy Rascal:
      I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'mgasfam "( don't gas me)," You ain't gotta gas, I'mgasfam ".

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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FromDutchgast.

Noun

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gas(pluralgaste)

  1. guest

Etymology 2

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FromDutchgas.

Noun

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gas(pluralgasse)

  1. gas(substance in gaseous phase)

Basque

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gasinan

  1. gas

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Declension ofgas(inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gas gasa gasak
ergative gasek gasak gasek
dative gasi gasari gasei
genitive gasen gasaren gasen
comitative gasekin gasarekin gasekin
causative gasengatik gasarengatik gasengatik
benefactive gasentzat gasarentzat gasentzat
instrumental gasez gasaz gasez
inessive gasetan gasean gasetan
locative gasetako gaseko gasetako
allative gasetara gasera gasetara
terminative gasetaraino gaseraino gasetaraino
directive gasetarantz gaserantz gasetarantz
destinative gasetarako gaserako gasetarako
ablative gasetatik gasetik gasetatik
partitive gasik — —
prolative gastzat — —

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Catalan

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gasm(pluralgasos)

  1. gas

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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishgas.

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gas

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)gas(fuel)

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Coinedby chemistJan Baptist van HelmontinOrtus Medicinae(1648), by way of deliberate similarity toAncient Greekχάος(kháos,“chasm, void, chaos”).

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gasn(pluralgassen,diminutivegasjen)

  1. gas
  2. liquefied petroleum gas
    Synonyms:autogas,LPG
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Dutchgasse(“unpaved street”),fromMiddle High Germangazze,fromOld High Germangazza,fromProto-Germanic*gatwǭ.

Noun

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gasf(pluralgassen,diminutivegasjen)

  1. unpavedstreet

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

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gas

  1. inflection ofgassen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

Galician

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gasm(pluralgases)

  1. gas
    Synonym:vapor

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromDutchgas.

Noun

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gasn(genitive singulargass,nominative pluralgös)

  1. gas(state of matter)
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Declension ofgas
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið gös gösin
accusative gas gasið gös gösin
dative gasi gasinu gösum gösunum
genitive gass gassins gasa gasanna
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromFrenchgaze.

Noun

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gasn(genitive singulargass,no plural)

  1. gauze
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Declension ofgas
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative gas gasið
accusative gas gasið
dative gasi gasinu
genitive gass gassins
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromDutchgas(“gas”),a term coined by chemistJan Baptist van Helmont.Perhaps inspired bygeest(“breath, vapour, spirit”)or bychaos(“chaos”),fromAncient Greekχάος(kháos,“chasm, void”).

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  • IPA(key):[ˈɡas]
  • Hyphenation:gas

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gas(pluralgas-gas,first-person possessivegasku,second-person possessivegasmu,third-person possessivegasnya)

  1. gas
    1. (chemistry,physics)Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
    2. A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

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gas

  1. (colloquial)tohit the gas,toaccelerate.
    Synonym:mengegas

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Interlingua

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Noun

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gas(pluralgases)

  1. gas

Irish

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Etymology

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(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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gasm(genitive singulargais,nominative pluralgaisorgasa)

  1. stalk,stem
  2. sprig,shoot,frond
  3. (figuratively)stripling;scion

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Declension ofgas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gas gais
Vocative aghais aghasa
Genitive gais gas
Dative gas gais

Forms with thedefinite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative angas nagais
Genitive anghais nangas
Dative leis anngas

donghas

leis nagais

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gas ghas ngas
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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  1. ^Finck, F. N.(1899)Die araner mundart(in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page121

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Italian

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  • IPA(key):/ˈɡas/
  • Rhymes:-as
  • Hyphenation:gàs

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gasm(uncountable)

  1. gas(state of matter, petroleum)
  2. carbon dioxide(in fizzy drinks)
  3. petrol
    Synonym:benzina
  4. poison gas
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Further reading

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  • gasin Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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Coined by chemistJan Baptist van Helmont(appearing in hisOrtus Medicinaeas an invariable noun).

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gasn(genitivegasis);third declension

  1. (physics)gas(state of matter)
    Synonyms:gasum,gasium

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Third-declensionnoun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gas gasa
Genitive gasis gasum
Dative gasī gasibus
Accusative gas gasa
Ablative gase gasibus
Vocative gas gasa

Malay

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Etymology

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FromEnglishgas,fromDutchgas,coinedby chemistJan Baptist van HelmontinOrtus Medicinae.Derived fromAncient Greekχάος(kháos,“chasm, void, empty space”);perhaps also inspired bygeest(“breath, vapour, spirit”).

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gas(Jawi spellingݢس,pluralgas-gas,informal 1st possessivegasku,2nd possessivegasmu,3rd possessivegasnya)

  1. gas:
    1. (physics)One of the fourstatesofmatter.
      Coordinate terms:pepejal(“solid”),cecair(“liquid”),plasma(“plasma”)
    2. (uncountable,physical chemistry)Matterin an intermediate state betweenliquidandplasmathat can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by asolid(or in abubbleofliquid,or held together by gravitational pull); it cancondenseinto a liquid, or can (rarely) become asoliddirectly bydeposition.
    3. Thegasthat isreleasedbycoalfactories.
    4. Thevapourthat isreleasedbypetrolorgasoline.

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Naga Pidgin

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Etymology

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InheritedfromAssameseগছ(gos).

Noun

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gas

  1. tree

Norman

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchgars,nominative singular form ofgarçon.

Noun

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gasm(pluralgas)

  1. (Jersey)chap

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromFrenchgaze.

Noun

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gasm(definite singulargasen,indefinite pluralgaser,definite pluralgasene)

  1. gauze

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromFrenchgaze.

Noun

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gasm(definite singulargasen,indefinite pluralgasar,definite pluralgasane)

  1. gauze

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*gans,fromProto-Germanic*gans,fromProto-Indo-European*ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun

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gāsf

  1. agoose

Declension

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Declension ofgās(irregular)
singular plural
nominative gās gās
accusative gāses gāse
genitive gās gās
dative gāsō gāsum
instrumental — —


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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsegás,fromProto-Germanic*gans.

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gāsf

  1. goose

Declension

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Declension ofgās(consonant stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gās gāsin gǣs gǣssinar, -ena(r)
accusative gās gāsina,-ena gǣs gǣssinar, -ena(r)
dative gās gāsinni,-inne gāsum,-om gāsumin,-omen
genitive gāsa(r) inna(r) gāsa gāsanna

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Rohingya

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Etymology

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FromSanskrit.

Noun

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gas

  1. tree

Romagnol

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Etymology

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FromDutchgas(“gas”),invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, fromLatinchaos(“chaos”).

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gasm(pluralghës)

  1. gas

Serbo-Croatian

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gȃsm(Cyrillic spellingга̑с)

  1. (chieflyBosnia,Serbiaorcolloquial)gas(state of matter)
    Synonym:(Croatian)plȋn
  2. gas (asfuelforcombustionengines)
  3. (figuratively)acceleration
    • dȁtigȃs- “give gas”: accelerate
  4. gas pedal,accelerator

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Declension ofgas
singular plural
nominative gȃs gásovi
genitive gasa gásōvā
dative gasu gasovima
accusative gȃs gasove
vocative gase gasovi
locative gásu gasovima
instrumental gasom gasovima

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchgas,coined by Belgian chemistJan Baptist van Helmont.Perhaps inspired byMiddle Dutchgheest(ModernDutchgeest(“breath, vapour, spirit”),or fromAncient Greekχάος(kháos,“chasm, void”).

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gasm(pluralgases)

  1. gas(matter between liquid and plasma)
  2. gas(an element or compound in such a state)
  3. gas(flammable gas used for combustion)
  4. (in theplural)gas(waste gases trapped in one's belly)

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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FromDutchgas.

Noun

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gasc

  1. gas;a state of matter
  2. gas; a compound or element in such a state
  3. gas; gaseous fuels
  4. (plural only:gaser)gas; waste gas
  5. gas pedal,acceleration(comparegaspedal(“gas pedal”)andgasa(“accelerate, hit the gas”))
    trampa på gasen
    step on the gas
    full gas
    full throttle
    gasen i botten
    pedal to the metal
Declension
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Declension ofgas
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gas gas
definite gasen gasens
plural indefinite gaser gasers
definite gaserna gasernas
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Etymology 2

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FromFrenchgaze.Attested since 1670.

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gasc

  1. (chiefly in compounds)gauze(thin fabric with a loose, open weave)
    1. (medicine)gauze
Declension
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Declension ofgas
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gas gass
definite gasen gasens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Either fromEnglishgas,itself aclippingofgasoline,or aclippingofgasolina.

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gas(Baybayin spellingᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. gasoline
    Synonym:gasolina
  2. kerosene;petroleum;gas
    Synonym:petrolyo
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Etymology 2

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Either fromSpanishgasorEnglishgas,ultimately fromDutchgas.

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gas(Baybayin spellingᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. gaseoussubstance;vapor;fume
    Synonyms:singaw,asngaw

Welsh

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gas

  1. Soft mutation ofcas.

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cas gas nghas chas
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West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchgas.

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Noun

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gasn(pluralgassen)

  1. gas

Further reading

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  • “gas”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011
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