English Online Dictionary. What means gas? What does gas mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: găs, IPA(key): /ɡæs/
- enPR: găz, IPA(key): /ɡæz/ (regional)
- Rhymes: -æs
- Rhymes: -æz (some speakers)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
Noun
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state 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 by deposition.
- Synonyms: vapor, vapour
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- Synonym: wind
- (slang, dated) A humorous or entertaining event, person or thing.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- fluid
- liquid
- solid
Verb
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of gasoline.
Noun
gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol, see also Thesaurus:petroleum
- (uncountable, Canada, US, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- Coordinate term: Ether
- gas fee
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- Synonym: refuel
Derived terms
- gas and dash, gas-and-dash
- gas and go, gas-and-go
- gas up
Translations
Etymology 3
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
Adjective
gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)
- (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
Anagrams
- AGS, AGs, Ags., GSA, SAG, SGA, Sag, sag
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
From Dutch gast.
Noun
gas (plural gaste)
- guest
Etymology 2
From Dutch gas.
Noun
gas (plural gasse)
- gas (substance in gaseous phase)
Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
gas inan
- gas
Declension
Derived terms
- gaseoso
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡas]
Noun
gas m (plural gasos)
- gas
Derived terms
Related terms
- gasificar
- gasolina
Further reading
- “gas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese
Etymology
From English gas.
Pronunciation
Noun
gas
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) gas (fuel)
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɑs/
- Hyphenation: gas
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Etymology 1
Coined by chemist Jan Baptiste van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Greek χάος (cháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).
Noun
gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
- gas
- liquefied petroleum gas
- Synonyms: autogas, LPG
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.
Noun
gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
- unpaved street
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gas
- inflection of gassen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Galician
Noun
gas m (plural gases)
- gas
- Synonym: vapor
Derived terms
- gas nobre
Related terms
- gasoso
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːs/
- Rhymes: -aːs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch gas.
Noun
gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös)
- gas (state of matter)
Declension
Derived terms
- táragas
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French gaze.
Noun
gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural)
- gauze
Declension
Derived terms
- gasbleia
Anagrams
- sag
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡas]
- Hyphenation: gas
Noun
gas (plural gas-gas, first-person possessive gasku, second-person possessive gasmu, third-person possessive gasnya)
- gas
- (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.
- 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.
Derived terms
Compounds
Verb
gas
- (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate.
- Synonym: mengegas
Further reading
- “gas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
gas (plural gases)
- gas
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): [ɡɑsˠ]
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): [ɡasˠ]
Noun
gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa)
- stalk, stem
- sprig, shoot, frond
- (figuratively) stripling; scion
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡas/
- Rhymes: -as
- Hyphenation: gàs
Noun
gas m (uncountable)
- gas (state of matter, petroleum)
- carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks)
- petrol
- Synonym: benzina
- poison gas
Related terms
Further reading
- gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡas/, [ɡäs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡas/, [ɡäs]
Noun
gas n (genitive gasis); third declension
- (physics) gas (state of matter)
- Synonyms: gasum, gasium
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Malay
Etymology
From English gas or Dutch gas.
Noun
gas (Jawi spelling ݢس, plural gas-gas, informal 1st possessive gasku, 2nd possessive gasmu, 3rd possessive gasnya)
- gas.
Further reading
- “gas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Naga Pidgin
Alternative forms
- gach
Etymology
Inherited from Assamese গছ (gos).
Noun
gas
- tree
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.
Noun
gas m (plural gas)
- (Jersey) chap
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French gaze.
Noun
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene)
- gauze
See also
- gass
- gås
References
- “gas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French gaze.
Noun
gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane)
- gauze
See also
- gass
- gås
References
- “gas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- gōs
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Noun
gās f
- a goose
Declension
Descendants
- Low German: Goos
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ᚵᛆᛋ
Etymology
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.
Noun
gās f
- goose
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: gås
Rohingya
Etymology
From Sanskrit.
Noun
gas
- tree
Romagnol
Etymology
From Dutch gas (“gas”), invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, from Latin chaos (“chaos”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡas/
Noun
gas m (plural ghës)
- gas
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡâːs/
Noun
gȃs m (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)
- (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
- Synonym: (Croatian) plȋn
- gas (as fuel for combustion engines)
- (figuratively) acceleration
- dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
- gas pedal, accelerator
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: gas
Noun
gas m (plural gases)
- gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
- gas (an element or compound in such a state)
- gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
- (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)
Derived terms
Related terms
- gasolina
Further reading
- “gas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- ags, Ags
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑːs/
Etymology 1
From Dutch gas.
Noun
gas c
- gas; a state of matter
- gas; a compound or element in such a state
- gas; gaseous fuels
- (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
- gas pedal, acceleration (compare gaspedal (“gas pedal”) and gasa (“accelerate, hit the gas”))
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From French gaze. Attested since 1670.
Noun
gas c
- (chiefly in compounds) gauze (thin fabric with a loose, open weave)
- (medicine) gauze
Declension
Derived terms
- gasbinda
References
- gas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- ags, asg
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡas/, [ˈɡas]
Etymology 1
Either from English gas, itself a clipping of gasoline, or a clipping of gasolina.
Alternative forms
- gaas
Noun
gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
- gasoline
- Synonym: gasolina
- kerosene; petroleum; gas
- Synonym: petrolyo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Either from Spanish gas or English gas, ultimately from Dutch gas.
Noun
gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
- gaseous substance; vapor; fume
- Synonyms: singaw, asngaw
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaːs/
Verb
gas
- Soft mutation of cas.
Mutation
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔs/
Noun
gas n (plural gassen)
- gas
Further reading
- “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011