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as

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of as in English

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Translingual

Symbol

(metrology) Symbol for attosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds.
(metrology) arcsecond
(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Assamese.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German as, German als, Dutch als.

Pronunciation

(stressed form) IPA^(key): /æz/
Rhymes: -æz
(unstressed form) IPA^(key): /əz/

Adverb

as (not comparable)

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
(dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)

Derived terms

as I live and breathe

Translations

Conjunction

In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
1. Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
2. Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is.
3. Expressing concession: though.
  - 1843 (first published), Thomas Babington Macaulay, Essays
    We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited.
At the time that; during the time when:
1. At the same instant or moment that: when.
2. At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
3. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
Being that, considering that, because, since.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:because
(dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive, or with the verb elided): as though, as if. [to 19th century]
(law) used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
(makes explicit that the case is continued between other parties to the litigation)

(makes explicit that it is continued against some other defendant)
Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.) [from 14th c.]
(rare, now England, Midland US and Southern US, possibly obsolete) Than.

Usage notes

Use of as as a relative conjunction meaning "that" dates to late Middle English and was formerly common in standard English, but is now only standard in constructions like "the same issue as she had" or "the identical issue as the appellant raised before"; otherwise, it is informal, found in the dialects of the Midland, Southern, Midwestern and Western US; and of Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Surrey, and Cornwall; sometimes in Durham, Westmorland, Yorkshire and Somerset; only rarely in Northumberland and Scotland; and only in certain set phrases in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Devon.

Alternative forms

-'s (contracted form)

Synonyms

(expressing concession): albeit, although; see also Thesaurus:even though
(at the same time that): while, whilst; see also Thesaurus:while
(being that): given that, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Derived terms

Translations

Preposition

Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
In the role of.
by way of

Usage notes

In traditional standard English as (like than) is a conjunction, not a preposition. The use of pronominal case forms (subject vs. object) therefore depends on the syntactical context. Compare:

In modern everyday English, this difference may be lost and the use of bare subject forms (I, he, she, we, they) after as may seem pedantic. Only the object forms are used on their own.

Derived terms

as-built

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin as. Doublet of ace.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæs/
Homophone: ass

Noun

as (plural ases or asses)

(unit of weight) A libra.
(numismatics) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
Synonyms: assarion, assarius

Translations

Etymology 3

From a +‎ -s.

Noun

(rare) Alternative form of a's.

Etymology 4

Shortening of as hell or as fuck or similar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæz/

Adverb

(New Zealand, slang) Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely

Etymology 5

(stenoscript) Abbreviation of associate and related forms of that word (associated, associating, association, etc.)

References

“as”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“as”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

S&A, S. A., S.A., SA, Sa, s.a.

Achumawi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ʌs/

Noun

water

References

Bruce E. Nevin, Aspects of Pit River phonology (1998) (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics)

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as/

Etymology 1

From Dutch as, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

as (plural asse, diminutive assie)

ash
ashes

Etymology 2

From Dutch as, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Noun

as (plural asse, diminutive assie)

axle
axis

Etymology 3

From Dutch als.

Conjunction

if
when

Preposition

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(ne) h₂óyu kʷíd (“(not) ever, (not) on your life”). compare Ancient Greek οὐ (ou) and Armenian ոչ (očʻ) -ës

Adverb

not, neither, nor

Related terms

References

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illās.

Article

as pl

the
As mesachas de Zaragoza ― The girls from Saragossa

Usage notes

The form las, either pronounced as las or as ras, can be found after words ending with -a.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈas]
Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

From Latin as (“basic Roman unit of money”).

Noun

as m (plural asos)

(games) an ace (the side of a die with a single pip)
(card games) an ace (a card with a single pip, usually of highest rank in a suit)
(figuratively, sports) an ace (an expert)
(historical, metrology) an as or a libra (Roman unit of weight)
(historical, numismatics) an as (Roman unit of money)

Derived terms

as de guia (“bowline knot”)
sempre un sis o un as (“a handicap or a problem”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse áss, singular of æsir (“the Norse gods”).

Noun

as m (plural asos)

(mythology) One of the Æsir

Etymology 3

Contraction

(dialectal) Contraction of the preposition a with the salty article es

Synonyms

al (“contraction of a and el”)

Etymology 4

Noun

plural of a

Cimbrian

Etymology

Compare German als, English as. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

(Sette Comuni) if

References

“as” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic ás.

Noun

as c (singular definite asen, plural indefinite aser)

one of the Æsir

Inflection

Noun

as n (singular definite asset, plural indefinite asser)

A-flat (A♭)

Inflection

Verb

imperative of ase

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑs/
Hyphenation: as
Rhymes: -ɑs
Homophone: Asch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch asche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-West Germanic *askā, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Cognate with Low German Asch, German Asche, English ash, West Frisian jiske, Danish aske, Swedish aska.

Noun

as f (plural assen, diminutive asje n)

ash
ashes

Alternative forms

asch (obsolete)
asse

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: as
Berbice Creole Dutch: asi
Negerhollands: haschěsis, hassesje, assche, ašiši, hašiši, haši, babaši, aschies, assisje, az

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch asse, from Old Dutch *assa, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Noun

as f (plural assen, diminutive asje n)

axis
axle

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: as
Negerhollands: az
→ Indonesian: as
→ Papiamentu: as (dated)

Etymology 3

Conjunction

(The Hague dialect) Alternative spelling of als

Preposition

(The Hague dialect) Alternative spelling of als
(The Hague dialect) eive ... as: as ... as

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese as, from Latin illās.

Article

as f pl (singular a, masculine u or o, masculine plural us or os)

Feminine plural definite article; the

Pronoun

Third person plural feminine accusative pronoun; them

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From German As (German key notation).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑs/, [ˈɑ̝s̠]
Rhymes: -ɑs
Hyphenation^(key): as

Noun

(music) A-flat

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From Latin as.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as/ ~ /ɑs/
Rhymes: -as

Noun

as m (plural as)

ace (card of value 1)
ace (expert or pilot)
as (Roman coin)

Derived terms

as des as
plein aux as

Descendants

→ German: As, Ass
- → Hungarian: ász
→ Turkish: as
→ Vietnamese: át

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a/
Homophones: à, a
Rhymes: -a

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of avoir

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin axis.

Noun

as m

axis
board

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese as, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɐs/

Article

as f pl (feminine singular a, masculine singular o, masculine plural os)

(definite) the

Usage notes

The definite article o (in all its forms) regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con as ("with the") contracts to coas, and en as ("in the") contracts to nas.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

accusative of elas

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

as n

(music) A flat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈas]
Hyphenation: as
Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

From Dutch as (“axis, axle”), from Middle Dutch asse, from Old Dutch *assa, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

The sense of propeller shaft is a semantic loan from Javanese [Term?].

Noun

as (first-person possessive asku, second-person possessive asmu, third-person possessive asnya)

axis
Synonyms: aksis, poros, sumbu
axle
1. the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
  Synonyms: poros, sumbu
2. axletree: a transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage.
  Synonyms: poros, sumbu
(dialect) propeller shaft in fishing boat.

Etymology 2

From Dutch aas (“ace”), earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.

Semantic loan from English ace for meaning other than card with a single spot.

Noun

as (first-person possessive asku, second-person possessive asmu, third-person possessive asnya)

ace:
1. card with a single spot.
2. (tennis) point scored without the opponent hitting the ball.
3. (golf) a hole in one.

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːɑ/, [ˈɑs̠ː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑs/, [ˈɑʒ̥]
(Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑs/, [ˈɑʒ̥]
Rhymes: -ɑsː, -ɑs
Hyphenation: as

Postposition

as (+ illative or allative)

(of time) up to, until
(of distance or motion) all the way to

as (+ elative or ablative)

(of time) ever since
(of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms

saa, nasse, nas, nast, asse, ast

Derived terms

References

Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 22

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ass (“out of it”), the third-person singular inflected form of a (“out of”) (compare Scottish Gaelic à), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (compare Latin ex).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asˠ/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑsˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /æsˠ/ (as if spelled eas)

Preposition

as (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

out of
from (a place)
off

Inflection

Derived terms

as a chéile
as amharc
as cuma
as marc

See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "as"

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ass.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asˠ/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑsˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /æsˠ/ (as if spelled eas)

Pronoun

as (emphatic as-san)

third-person masculine singular of as (from, off, out of)

Derived terms

as féin (“alone”)

Adverb

off (in or into a state of non-operation or non-existence: of a machine, light, etc.)
out (in or into a state of non-operation or non-existence: of a fire, etc.)

Derived terms

cas as (“turn off”)
cuir as (“switch off”)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish as (“shoe, slipper”).

Noun

as m (genitive singular asa, nominative plural asa)

(literary) shoe

Declension

Etymology 4

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

Noun

as m (genitive singular asa)

(literary) milk

Declension

Mutation

References

Latgalian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈas]
Hyphenation: as

Pronoun

Archaic form of es.

References

Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Latin

Alternative forms

assis
𐆚 (symbol)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Etruscan: compare lībra and nummus, also loanwords. Original meaning was 'a rectangular bronze plaque weighing a pound'.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as/, [äs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as/, [äs]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.s/, [ˈäs̠ː] (before a vowel)
Note: the word is singularly and unreliably attested in poetry, but together with its derivatives usually measures long. It's more likely that it retained the geminate consonant before a vowel than that the vowel itself was lengthened. Most recent dictionaries give it as short, but EDL and certain other etymologists as long; compare far.

Noun

as m (genitive assis); third declension

as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and weighing one pound, but later made of copper and reduced to two ounces, one ounce, and eventually half an ounce.
1. a penny, a copper (any coin of similarly low value)
pound as a unit of weight
any undivided unit of measurement
1. (with ex) a whole estate
a circular flap or valve
any circular object; a slice, disk (also of the moon)

Usage notes

It is especially significant as being the coin of least value in the Classical age; as such it was often used in poetry as representative of the idea of worthlessness—one example being in Vivamus atque amemus, where Catullus mentions "valuing opinions of old men at a single as". Two and a half asses equalled a single sesterce.

Declension

The genitive plural is normally assium, but assum is found in Varro.

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

sēmis
bes, des
tressis
nōnussis
decussis

Descendants

Catalan: as
Old French: as
- Middle French: as
  - French: as (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: aes
  - Dutch: aas
    - Afrikaans: aas
- → Middle English: as
  - English: ace (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: ace
Italian: asso, asse
Portuguese: ás, asse
Sicilian: asu
Spanish: as
→ English: as
→ Polish: as

References

“as” on page 196 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
“as” in volume 2, column 744, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ās”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus (“and", originally "proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”).

Conjunction

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology 1

Reduction of alswo, alswa, also, from Old English eallswā. The reduced form is more common in this sense from c. 1200.

Alternative forms

ase, os

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as/

Conjunction

Descendants

English: as
Scots: as
Yola: az, as

References

“as, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French as (“ace”), from Latin as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːs/

Noun

(dice games) ace (single spot on a die)
(dice games) The lowest possible throw in dice.
(figuratively, by extension) bad luck

Descendants

English: ace (see there for further descendants)
Scots: ace

References

“ās, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Movima

Verb

to sit

Navajo

Alternative forms

Interjection

oh: expressing surprise

Norman

Etymology 1

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

Noun

as m (plural as)

(Jersey, card games) ace

Etymology 2

Verb

(Guernsey) second-person singular present indicative of aver

North Frisian

Verb

third-person singular present of wees(e)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From asa (“to swell”) and asa (“to struggle”).

Noun

as n (definite singular aset, indefinite plural as, definite plural asa)

fermentation
unrest, noice

Verb

imperative of asa

References

“as” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as/

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of aver

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Noun

as oblique singular, m (oblique plural as, nominative singular as, nominative plural as)

a score of one on a die

Descendants

Middle French: as
- French: as (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Dutch: aes
- Dutch: aas
  - Afrikaans: aas
→ Middle English: as
- English: ace (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: ace

Etymology 2

Contraction

Alternative form of als ("to the")

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of avoir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

ass (Etymologies 2 and 3)
es (Etymology 2)

Etymology 1

Verb

as (triggers lenition in a direct relative clause and eclipsis in an indirect relative clause)

third-person singular present indicative relative of is

Usage notes

Like modern Irish is, this form can be used with the comparative degree of an adjective to form a predicative construction where English would use an attributive construction:

c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^c21

Etymology 2

Pronoun

third-person singular masculine of a (“out of”)

Etymology 3

Noun

as n (genitive ais)

milk

Inflection

Mutation

Old Prussian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź-. Cognate with Lithuanian aš, Latvian es, Bulgarian аз (az).

Pronoun

I, the first-person singular pronoun

Inflection

Brackets contain all attested alternative spellings/forms of the words.

References

Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “as”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[5] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”).

Noun

ās m (declension unknown)

god
the runic character ᚨ (/a/ or /aː/)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German als, Dutch als, English as.

Conjunction

as
As ich des Poscht schreib...
As I write this post...
than
but

Pronoun

(relative) which
(relative) who
Leit as nix zu duh hen
People who have nothing to do

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French as.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: as
Homophone: -as

Noun

as m animal (diminutive asik)

(card games) ace
Synonym: (archaic) tuz
(tennis) ace (a serve won without the opponent hitting the ball)

Declension

Noun

as m pers

ace (someone skilled in a certain field)

Declension

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese as, from Latin illās (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish las).

Pronunciation

Homophones: ás (Brazil), às (Brazil), hás (Brazil), az (Brazil)
Hyphenation: as

Article

as f pl

feminine plural of o

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

Pronoun

as f pl

(third person personal) them (as a direct object; the corresponding indirect object is lhes; the form used after prepositions is elas)
Synonyms: las, nas

Encontrei-as na rua. ― I met them in the street.

Usage notes

as becomes -las after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.
After ver: Posso vê-las? ― May I see them?

After pôr: Quero pô-las ali. ― I want to put them there.

After fiz: Fi-las ficar contente. ― I made them become happy.

After nos: Deu-no-las relutantemente. ― He gave them to us reluctantly.

After eis: Ei-las! ― Behold them!
Becomes -nas after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].
Detêm-nas como prisioneiros. ― They detain them as prisoners.
In Brazil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form elas.
Eu as vi. → Eu vi elas. = "I saw them.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:as.

Noun

as m

plural of a

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin asse(m) (“a penny”), accusative of Latin as (“a penny”).

Pronunciation

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈaɐ̯s]

(Ville Unite):

Noun

as m (plural ës)

ace
champion

Noun

as m (plural ës)

axis

Pronoun

same use as a+s, and it's the reflexive pronoun of 1^st singular and plural persons and of 2^nd person

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 40

Romanian

Etymology

From French as or Italian asso.

Noun

as m (plural ași)

Declension

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian as, ase, asa, als, alse, alsa, equivalent to al +‎ so. More at as.

Adverb

Conjunction

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Particle

Creates the superlative when preceding the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.
glic (“wise”) → as glice (“wisest”)

mòr (“big”) → as motha (“biggest”)

Usage notes

Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, a bu and a b' are used.
Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:
fuar → as fhuaire

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Combination of the relative particle a with the copula is.
dè as ciall dha? ― what does it mean?

Usage notes

Typical of higher register language.

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Semai *ʔɑs, from Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔas ~ *ʔəs (“to swell”). Cognate with Koho as, Khasi at, Pacoh ayh, Riang ʔas¹.

Adjective

swollen

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German As, from Latin as (“as, copper coin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /âs/

Noun

ȁs m (Cyrillic spelling а̏с)

(card games, sports) ace

Declension

Slovak

Adverb

(poetic) approximately
Synonym: asi

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /áːs/

Noun

ȃs m anim

(card games) An ace; in a game of cards.
An ace; somebody very proficient at an activity.

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ās.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈas/ [ˈas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: as
Homophones: has, (Latin America) haz

Noun

as m (plural ases)

(card games) an ace (in a game of cards)
an ace, a hotshot (somebody very proficient at an activity)
an as#Noun (a Roman coin)

Derived terms

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵ(h₂). Compare Lithuanian àš (archaic eš), Latvian es, Old Prussian as, es.

Pronoun

aſ

(first-person singular) I

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːs/
Rhymes: -ɑːs

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German âs. Cf. German Aas, Dutch aas.

Noun

as n

Carrion, carcass (of an animal killed by a predator).
(colloquial, derogatory) an asshole, ass (inconsiderate or otherwise contemptible person)

Declension

Derived terms

asätare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Icelandic ás. If inherited from Old Norse, it would have the form ås.

Noun

as c

one of the gods from Old Norse religion, in particular one of the Æsir
Synonym: asagud

Declension

References

as in Svensk ordbok (SO)
as in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
as in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

as (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙ)

(intransitive) to come
(transitive) to receive, to be awarded
(intransitive, construed with ak) to suit, to fit

Usage notes

The verb as is always used with the proximity particle d.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Verbal noun: twasit (“coming, arrival”)
yusin (“upcoming”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English arse.

Noun

buttocks, backside
bottom, base
reason, meaning, motivation
beginning, source

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آس (as), from Proto-Turkic *argun, *āŕ.

Noun

as (definite accusative ası, plural aslar)

ermine
Synonyms: kakım, ermin
(dialectal) weasel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French as. Note that in Ottoman Turkish until its end – though it be that playing cards had been introduced in Turkey by Europeans and French in particular – the card was called بك (bey). Apparently this usage switch is a function of the Law on the Abolishment of Nicknames and Titles from the 26th of November 1934 (Lâkap ve Unvanların Kaldırılması Hakkındaki Kanun).

Noun

as (definite accusative ası, plural aslar)

(card games) ace

Coordinate terms

Etymology 3

Verb

second-person singular imperative of asmak

Volapük

Preposition

as (ays, äs)

Wagi

Noun

woman

Anagrams

S.A., SA, s.a., sa., Sa., Sa, S&A, S. A.

Welsh

Etymology

From English ace.

Pronunciation

(cy-) IPA^(key): /ˈaːs/

Noun

as f (plural asau)

(card games) ace

Mutation

References

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

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian as, ase, asa, als, alse, alsa, equivalent to al +‎ so. More at as.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔs/, /as/

Conjunction

if, provided that
as, like (used to form an equating phrase)
Grut as in hûs. ― Big as a house.
than
Grutter as in hûs. ― Bigger than a house.

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔs/

Noun

as c (plural assen, diminutive aske)

axis
axle (of a car)

Wolof

Article

a small (singular diminutive indefinite article)

Usage notes

Precedes the noun.

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

Alternative form of waas

Etymology 2

Adverb

Alternative form of az

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 26 & 90

as

as

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English

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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Preposition

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adverb

Etymology 5

References

Anagrams

Achumawi

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Preposition

Albanian

Etymology

Adverb

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Aragonese

Etymology

Article

Usage notes

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Contraction

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Etymology 4

Noun

Cimbrian

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Danish

Etymology

Noun

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Noun

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Verb

Dutch

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