pas

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑː/

Noun

pas (plural pas)

(now rare) The right of going foremost; precedence. [from 18th c.]
A step in a dance. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

have the pas of someone

Translations

Etymology 2

see pa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑːz/

Noun

pas

plural of pa

Anagrams

SPA, APS, Spa, SAP, sap, APs, PsA, s.ap., spa, asp, PSA, ASP, SpA, Psa.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɑs]

Noun

pas (plural passe)

pace, step
pass (a card or document)
die paswette tydens die apartheidsjare - the pass laws during the years of apartheid

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Alternative forms

mbas — Tosk, Standard Albanian
mas — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pa ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”).

Preposition

pas (+ ablative)

behind, beyond
after
at
over
against

Adverb

pas

behind
after
hence

Derived terms

pasi
pastaj
pasojë
pasardhës

Related terms

pa
mbasi
mbas

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

pas

because

Aragonese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas

Adverb

pas

emphasises a negation; (not) at all; (not) ever

Asturian

Noun

pas m pl

plural of pá

Azerbaijani

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

rust
1. deteriorated state of iron or steel
2. disease of plants
(figurative) shame, disgrace, infamy
Synonym: eyib

Declension

Related terms

pasaq

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

pas

squirrel (rodent)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan pas, from Latin passus (“step”). Its use as an auxiliary adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec…passum) in negative constructions – literally ‘not…a step’, i.e. ‘not at all’ – originally used with certain verbs of motion. Compare similarly used French pas. Cognate with Galician and Spanish paso and Portuguese passo.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

pace, step
(historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length
(figuratively) pace, action
pace, gait, rhythm of walking

Synonyms

passa

Coordinate terms

(unit of length): peu (⅕ pas), vara (⅗ pas), braça (1⅕ pas)

Derived terms

passet

Related terms

passar

Adverb

pas

(in negative sentences) used to intensify negation: at all, ever
No feu pas això ― Do not ever do this

No serà pas important. ― It won't matter. (literally, “It won't be so important.”)

Usage notes

The main marker of negation in Catalan is the adverb no. No is placed before the verbs, while pas is usually placed after it. Unlike Occitan or French, where pas and pas is a mandatory negative particle (under many circumstances); in Catalan, pas is only used as an optional intensifier of negation. However, some northern dialects use "pas" instead of "no" as the mandatory negative particle. Also, in many dialects "pas" has totally disappeared.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

passing
crossing
pas zebra ― zebra crossing
passage
ritu de pas ― rite of passage
pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)
pas de rosca ― screw pitch (the distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measured parallel to the axis)

pas polar ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

de pas
pas a nivell
pas de vianants
pas zebra

References

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

Chuukese

Preposition

pas

past

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa).

Verb

pas I (present pipús) (transitive)

to kiss

References

Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpas]

Etymology 1

Noun

pas m inan

Alternative form of pás (“waist”)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m inan

passport

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

second-person singular imperative of pást

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pass, from Italian passaporto.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite pas)

passport

Declension

Etymology 2

From French pas and German Pass, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite passer)

(geography) mountain pass
Synonym: bjergpas

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French passe, from French passer.

Noun

pas c (singular definite passen, plural indefinite passer)

(card games) pass

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑs/
Hyphenation: pas
Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Equivalent to a derivation from etymology 2.

Adverb

pas

just, recently
hardly
only, not until, not any sooner
now … really

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
Negerhollands: pas
→ Aukan: pasi pasi
→ Caribbean Hindustani: pás
→ Caribbean Javanese: pas
→ Indonesian: pas
→ Volapük: pas

Adjective

pas (used only predicatively, not comparable)

fitting, having a proper fit, having the correct size and shape

Derived terms

waterpas

Descendants

→ Indonesian: pas

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

pace, step; also as a measure of distance
(geography) mountain pass
fit of an object, notably depending on forms and/or dimensions

Derived terms

bergpas
danspas
looppas
wandelpas

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
→ Indonesian: pas

Etymology 3

From paspoort or from etymology 2.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

pass, passport (travel document)
identification document

Derived terms

bankpas
betaalpas
ledenpas
pasfoto
pinpas
reispas

Descendants

Afrikaans: pas
→ Caribbean Javanese: layang pas
→ Indonesian: pas
→ Papiamentu: pas

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

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

Anagrams

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pas

to open

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of passata

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠]
Rhymes: -ɑs
Hyphenation^(key): pas

Interjection

pas

(card games) I pass!

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Its use as an auxiliary negative adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec… passum) in negative constructions – literally “not… a step”, i.e. “not at all” – originally used with certain verbs of motion. In older French other nouns could also be used in this way, such as ne… goutte (“not… a drop”) and ne… mie (“not… a crumb”), but in the modern language pas has become grammaticalized.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa/ ~ /pɑ/
Rhymes: -a, -ɑ

Noun

pas m (plural pas)

step, pace, footstep
(geography) strait, pass
Pas de Calais ― Strait of Dover
thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)

Derived terms

Adverb

pas

The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.

Usage notes

The adverb of negation pas is normally used in conjunction with the particle ne, as in the examples Je ne sais pas and Ma grande sœur n’habite pas avec nous above. In colloquial language, ne can be dropped, as in the example J'veux pas travailler above.
Word order:
- Pas directly follows the inflected verb, which itself follows the particle ne;
  Il ne mange pas. ― He's not eating.
  
  Ne le touchez pas. ― Don't touch him.
- in compound verb structures it is placed between the inflected auxiliary and the participle.
  Il n’a pas mangé. ― He didn't eat.
- When negating an infinitive verb, pas normally follows ne and precedes that verb in the construction ne pas + infinitive (though the sequence ne + infinitive + pas was common in the Classical French of the 17th and 18th centuries).
  Il a reçu une leçon à ne pas oublier. ― He received a lesson not to be forgotten.
- pas can be placed before an adverb that modifies all or part of a verbal syntagma, but it directly follows an adverb that modifies the whole sentence.
  Je n’ai pas vraiment compris. ― I didn't truly understand.
  
  Il n’est probablement pas arrivé. ― He probably hasn't arrived.
- Certain adverbs (e.g. même) can be used before or after pas without affecting the meaning of the phrase. With other adverbs (e.g. toujours), there may be considerable difference in meaning depending on whether pas comes before or after.
  pas toujours ― not always
  
  toujours pas ― still not

Synonyms

point

Derived terms

Related terms

passage
passer

References

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pass)

step, footstep
pace

Related terms

passâ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpas]
Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch passend, pas, from Middle Dutch pas, passen, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, pandere (“to spread, unfold, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *patno-, *pete- (“to spread, stretch out”).

Sense of "to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from" is semantic loan from Malay pas or English pass which both are cognate of above.

Noun

pas (plural pas-pas, first-person possessive pasku, second-person possessive pasmu, third-person possessive pasnya)

pass, permission or license to pass, or to go and come
mountain pass

Related terms

Adjective

pas (comparative lebih pas, superlative paling pas)

(colloquial) fit, suitable, proper.

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

pas

(uncommon) to pass, to achieve a successful outcome from
Synonym: lulus

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed and adapted from Dutch pas, a deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Therefore related to etymology 1.

Adverb

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) only, not until, not any sooner.
(colloquial, nonstandard) when, at the time of.

Conjunction

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) when
Synonyms: saat, ketika

Preposition

pas

(colloquial, nonstandard) during, at the time of

Usage notes

The word is very often used in casual and colloquial exchanges. However, the adverb's etymology is unusually scarcely scrutinized despite its common occurrences in day-to-day speech.

Etymology 3

Noun

pas (first-person possessive pasku, second-person possessive pasmu, third-person possessive pasnya)

(archaic) Alternative spelling of opas.

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpˠasˠ]

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pas, nominative plural pasanna)

passport
pass

Declension

Mutation

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pos, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards, post-”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pozdь́nъ (“late”), Latin post (“behind, after”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɐs]

Preposition

pàs

(usually with accusative) by; with; at
Ar tu norėtum sėdėti pas mane?
Would you like to sit by/with me?

Mes galime valgyti pas tave.
We can eat at your place.

Jis gyvena pas savo tėvus.
He lives with his parents.

References

Lombard

Noun

pas

peace

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Noun

pas m inan

belt

Declension

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pas)

pace; step

Descendants

French: pas

Mofu-Gudur

Noun

pas

sun, day

Occitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan pas, from Latin passus.

Adverb

pas

(after the verb) not (negates the meaning of a verb)
Intensifies adverbs of negation
pas jamai ― never ever

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m

step, pace

Old French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/

Etymology 1

From Latin passus.

Noun

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

pace; step

Descendants

→ English: pace
Middle French: pas

Etymology 2

From Latin pastus (“pasture”).

Noun

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

Alternative form of past

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese paz and Spanish paz and Kabuverdianu pás.

Noun

pas

peace

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (pas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Postposition

pas (پس)

after

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “pas”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pojasъ.

Alternative forms

pás (obsolete or dialectal)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas
Homophone: Pas

Noun

pas m inan (diminutive pasek)

belt
lane (lengthwise division of roadway)
(heraldry) fess
(anatomy) waist
(in the plural, colloquial) crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes)
Synonyms: przejście dla pieszych, zebra
(in the plural) stripes (pattern formed by parallelepiped rectangles touching at their longest side and having a different color or texture)
(Near Masovian) strap in a horse's harness that runs across the back

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Belarusian: пас (pas)
→ Yiddish: פּאַס (pas)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French passe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpas/
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pas

Noun

pas m inan

(card games) pass

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from French pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: pas
Homophone: pa

Noun

pas m inan (indeclinable)

pas, step

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/
Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural pași)

step, pace, footstep, stride
step (stage of a process)
gait

Declension

Derived terms

bate pasul pe loc
în pas cu
pas cu pas
păși
ține pasul

Related terms

păsa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pass, French pas.

Noun

pas n (plural pasuri)

(now rare outside place names) mountain pass
Synonym: trecătoare
(obsolete) passport
Synonym: pașaport

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

pas m (genitive singular pais, plural pasaichean)

pass (permission)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

pes (Kajkavian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâs/

Noun

pȁs m (Cyrillic spelling па̏с, diminutive psȉć, relational adjective pȁsjī or psȅćī)

dog
Volim svog psa. ― I love my dog.

Declension

Etymology 2

Shortened form of pȍjās. Compare Czech pás, Polish pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

(regional) belt, girdle
(regional) waist, waistline

Declension

Derived terms

opàsati

Related terms

pȍjās
opàsāč

Etymology 3

From English pass or French passe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâːs/

Noun

pȃs m (Cyrillic spelling па̑с)

(sports) pass

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pas]

Noun

pas m inan (related adjective pasový)

passport

Declension

Spanish

Noun

pas m pl

plural of pa

Tatar

Alternative forms

Noun

pas

price

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English pouch.

Noun

pas

pouch

Derived terms

skin pas (“envelope”)

Adjective

pas

closed; shut; sealed

Derived terms

ai i pas
bel i pas
pas maus

Related terms

pasim

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs/
Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاس (“rust”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

rust (oxidation of metal)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass or from French passe.

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

(sports) pass (The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.)

Derived terms

Related terms

pasör

Interjection

pas

(card games) A phrase indicating that the player is declining to play their turn; I pass

Volapük

Etymology

Apparently introduced by Arie de Jong in Volapük Nulik. If so, probably borrowed from Dutch pas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/

Adverb

pas

only recently, just now

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas. In turn from Proto-Celtic *kʷast- and Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”).

Alternative forms

(obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

cough (instance of coughing)
cough (illness characterised by coughing)
Synonym: peswch

Derived terms

pesychu (“to cough”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Alternative forms

(obsolete) pâs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

pas m or f (plural pasys)

pace, stride
Synonyms: cam, camre, cerddediad
pace, speed
Synonym: cyflymder
pace (unit of measurement equal to five feet)

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pasio (“to pass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas/
Rhymes: -as
Homophone: pàs (“permit, pass”)

Noun

pas m (uncountable)

excellence
Synonym: rhagoriaeth

Related terms

pàs (“pass, permit; act of passing”)

Mutation

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

pas

pas

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Preposition

Adverb

Derived terms

Related terms

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

Aragonese

Pronunciation

Adverb

See also

Asturian

Noun

Azerbaijani

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

Adverb

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

References

Chuukese

Preposition

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Verb

References

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension