tas

Noun

tas (plural tasses)

1. Alternative spelling of tass

Anagrams

• S.A.T., Sta., ats, ast, Sat., Sta, sta, S. A. T., AST, sat, Ast, ATs, sat., ATS, Sat, at's, TSA, SAT, T(S/A), as't, -ast, STA

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَاس (ṭās), ultimately from Middle Persian tšt'. Doublet of teşt.

Etymology 2

From Persian طاس (tâs), from Middle Persian tʾs (tās, “die, dice”).

Declension

Numeral

tas

1. three

   Dios Sap, Dios Cot, Dios Espiritu Santo, tas persona, cayca Dios üeñec. (18th century catechism)

   Dios Padre, Dios Hijo, Dios Espíritu Santo. Tres personas, pero un solo Dios nomás. (translation by Bausami, 1975)

   God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Three persons but only one God.

Etymology

From Old Cornish tat, from Proto-Brythonic *tad, from Proto-Celtic *tatos. Cognate with Breton and Welsh tad.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [taːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [tæːz]

Noun

tas m (plural tasow)

1. father, dad

   Synonym: sira

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtas]

Verb

tas

1. second-person singular imperative of tasit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.

Etymology 2

From French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch tas, tasse, from Old Dutch *tas, *tasso, compare Old English tas and English tass (from Frankish), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“pile, heap”), Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).

Anagrams

• sta

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French tas (“heap, mass”), from Frankish *tas (“mass”), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“heap, mow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).

Akin to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”) (Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“heap, stack of wheat or other grain, mow”), Old English tas (“heap, mow of corn or hay”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dais (“heap”), Scots dass, Welsh dâs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/ ~ /tɑ/

• Audio:

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Noun

tas m (plural tas)

1. heap, pile
   • 1964, “Sacré Charlemagne”, Robert Gall (lyrics), Georges Liferman (music)‎:

     Il faut apprendre à compter et faire des tas de dictées.

     One has to learn to calculate and do heaps of dictations.

   • 2001, Alain Souchon, “La vie ne vaut rien”:

     Il a demandé leur avis à des tas de gens ravis / Ravis, de donner leur avis sur la vie

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial, dialectal) thing

Further reading

• “tas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• STA

Etymology

From French tasse (“cup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tas/

Noun

tas

1. cup

Etymology

From Dutch tas, from Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtas/
• Hyphenation: tas

Noun

tas (plural tas-tas)

1. bag

Further reading

• “tas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tas, from Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tas

Noun

tas

1. bag; backpack

   Synonym: ransel