ras
English
Etymology 1
From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2.
Noun
ras (plural rases)
- An Ethiopian king or prince.
Etymology 2
From Arabic رأس (raʾs, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above, as well as of resh; further related to reis.
Noun
ras (plural rases)
- A headland; a cape.
Usage notes
Chiefly found in proper names.
Anagrams
- ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin rāsus, past participle of rādere (“scrape, shave”). Cognate to Spanish raso.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈras/
Adjective
ras (feminine rasa, masculine plural rasos, feminine plural rases)
- close-cropped, shorn
- smooth, flat, level
- level, full to the brim (of a container)
- una mesura rasa de farina ― one level measure of flour
Noun
ras m (plural rasos)
- open country, the open
- al ras ― in the open
Derived terms
- al ras
- rasa
Further reading
- “ras” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ras” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ras”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈras]
Noun
ras f
- genitive plural of rasa
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]
Verb
ras
- imperative of rase
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɑs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ras
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Etymology 1
Borrowing from French race.
Noun
ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)
- race, breed
Derived terms
- hondenras
- paardenras
- rasecht
- rassenhaat
- rassenleer
- rassenscheiding
- rassensegregatie
- raszuiver
- vuilnisbakkenras
Descendants
- → Indonesian: ras
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch rasch, from Old Dutch *rasc, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz. Cognates include English rash, German rasch.
Adjective
ras (comparative rasser, superlative meest ras or rast)
- (dated) quick
Inflection
| Inflection of ras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ras | |||
| inflected | rasse | |||
| comparative | rasser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ras | rasser | het rast het raste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rasse | rassere | raste |
| n. sing. | ras | rasser | raste | |
| plural | rasse | rassere | raste | |
| definite | rasse | rassere | raste | |
| partitive | ras | rassers | — | |
Derived terms
- alras
French
Etymology 1
From Amharic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁas/, /ʁɑs/
- Rhymes: -ɑ
Noun
ras m (plural ras)
- ras
Etymology 2
From Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin rāsus. Doublet of rez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa/, /ʁɑ/
Adjective
ras (feminine rase, masculine plural ras, feminine plural rases)
- short
- close-cropped (of hair etc.)
Derived terms
- à ras de
- au ras de
- au ras des pâquerettes
- à ras bord
- en avoir ras la casquette
- en avoir ras le bol
- en avoir ras le cul
- rase campagne
- table rase
Related terms
- rez
Further reading
- “ras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈras]
- Hyphenation: ras
Noun
ras (plural ras-ras, first-person possessive rasku, second-person possessive rasmu, third-person possessive rasnya)
- race
- Synonym: rumpun bangsa
Further reading
- “ras” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic ራስ (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈras/
- Rhymes: -as
- Hyphenation: ràs
Noun
ras m (invariable)
- (historical) title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
- (figurative, derogatory) any small local authority who exercises power despotically
- a local boss of organized crime
- (historical) a Fascist party official
Synonyms
- (Fascist official): gerarca
Related terms
- rais
See also
- negus
- degiac (ethiopian commander of a unit equivalent to a regiment, composed of two to three thousand men)
Lithuanian
Verb
ras
- third-person singular future of rasti
- third-person plural future of rasti
Malay
Etymology
From Dutch ras, from French race, from Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈɾäs]
Noun
ras (Jawi spelling رس, plural ras-ras, informal 1st possessive rasku, 2nd possessive rasmu, 3rd possessive rasnya)
- (Onomatopoeia) sound of a dry leaf being brushed.
- rope
- Ras kekang
- Head collar rope
- Synonym(s): tali
- Head collar rope
- Ras kekang
- race
- Ras Cina
- Chinese race
- Synonym(s): keturunan, puak, etnik, bangsa
- Chinese race
- Ras Cina
Further reading
- “ras” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| r-j-s |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic رَأْس (raʾs). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːs/
Noun
ras f (dual (obsolete) rasejn, plural rjus, diminutive rwajsa)
- (anatomy) head
- (measure word for livestock) a single animal
- beginning
- front part
- promontory, headland, cape
- chief, leader
- clove
- Synonym: sinna
- top
- intellect
- (in the plural) chapters
Derived terms
- Ras ir-Randan
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ras, compare with the verb rase.
Noun
ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa or rasene)
- an avalanche, landslide, landslip
Synonyms
- skred
Derived terms
- jordras
- snøras
- steinras
- takras
Verb
ras
- imperative of rase
References
- “ras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ras_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ras, compare with rase.
Noun
ras n (definite singular raset, indefinite plural ras, definite plural rasa)
- an avalanche, landslide, landslip
Synonyms
- skred
Derived terms
- jordras
- snøras
- steinras
- takras
References
- “ras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ras/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ras
Noun
ras
- genitive plural of rasa
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin rāsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ras/
- Rhymes: -as
Verb
ras (past participle of rade)
- past participle of rade
Adjective
ras m or n (feminine singular rasă, masculine plural rași, feminine and neuter plural rase)
- shaved, shaven
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ras | rasă | rași | rase | ||
| definite | rasul | rasa | rașii | rasele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ras | rase | rași | rase | ||
| definite | rasului | rasei | rașilor | raselor | |||
Antonyms
- neras
Related terms
- rade
- răsură
Spanish
Etymology
From rasar, from raso (“level”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈras/ [ˈras]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ras
Noun
ras m (plural rases)
- evenness, levelness
Derived terms
- a ras
- a ras de tierra
- ras con ras
Further reading
- “ras”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɑːs/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rás (“race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.
Noun
ras c
- a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage), a breed
- hundraser ― dog breeds
Declension
| Declension of ras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ras | rasen | raser | raserna |
| Genitive | ras | rasens | rasers | rasernas |
Derived terms
- hundras
- kattras
- rasben
- rasbiologi
- rasbiologisk
- rasblandning
- rasbråk
- rasdiskriminerande
- rasdiskriminering
- rasdjur
- rasfrände
- rasfråga
- rasfördom
- rasförföljelse
- rasförtryck
- rashat
- rashatare
- rashets
- rashetsare
- rashund
- rashygien
- rashygienisk
- rashäst
- rashögfärd
- rasism
- rasist
- rasistisk
- raskamp
- raskatt
- raskravaller
- raskrig
- raslag
- raslig
- raslära
- rasmotsättning
- rasmässig
- raspolitik
- raspolitisk
- rasproblem
- rasprogram
- rasren
- rasrenhet
- rassegregation
- rasskillnad
- rastillhörighet
- rastänkande
- rasåtskillnad
- renrasig
Etymology 2
Verbal noun of rasa. Compare Danish and Norwegian ras.
Noun
ras n
- a collapse (of a building)
- a mudslide (geological disaster)
- a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
- a fall (of stock market values)
Declension
| Declension of ras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ras | raset | ras | rasen |
| Genitive | ras | rasets | ras | rasens |
Related terms
- rasa
- rasbrant
- rasera
- rasering
- rasgräns
- raskant
- rasmassa
- rasolycka
- rasrisk
- snöras
- stenras
References
- ras in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- -sar, ars
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːs/
- Rhymes: -aːs
Etymology 1
From English race.
Noun
ras f (plural rasys, not mutable)
- race (contest)
Derived terms
- cae ras m (“racecourse”)
- rasio (“race”, verb)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ras
- Soft mutation of gras (“grace”).
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse ras n (“impetuosity, hurry.”).
Noun
ras n
- Hurry, urgency.
- Han gjol alltihopän fälut i ett ras ― He completed all of it at once, without interruption.
Derived terms
- rassan
- rasvill
- röso