topas
See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás
English
Alternative forms
- topass, topaz
Etymology
From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊpas/
Noun
topas (plural topas or topasses)
- (East India, now historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 110:
- The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins 2021, p. 110:
Danish
Noun
topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)
- topaz
Declension
Declension of topas
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | topas | topasen | topaser | topaserne |
| genitive | topas' | topasens | topasers | topasernes |
References
- “topas” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
topas m (definite singular topasen)
- topaz
References
- “topas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
topas m (definite singular topasen)
- topaz
References
- “topas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
topas
- second-person singular present indicative of topar
Spanish
Verb
topas
- second-person singular present indicative of topar
Swedish
Noun
topas c
- topaz
Declension
| Declension of topas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | topas | topasen | topaser | topaserna |
| Genitive | topas | topasens | topasers | topasernas |
Anagrams
- posta, sopat
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek Τοπάζιος (Topázios, proper noun), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral τοπάζιον (topázion, “peridot”).
Noun
topas m (uncountable)
- topaz
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| topas | dopas | nhopas | thopas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “topas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies