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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gaas, from French gaze.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaas (plural gase, diminutive gasie)
- gauze
- Synonym: ogiesdraad
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French gaze.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaas n (plural gazen, diminutive gaasje n)
- gauze, mesh, wire gauze
Derived terms
Descendants
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
gaas (genitive gaasi, partitive gaasi)
- gas
Declension
Compounds
Further reading
- “gaas”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “gaas”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- gaas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gaas f
- obsolete typography of gås
Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.
Noun
gaas f (nominative plural gæs)
- goose
Descendants
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
gaás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜀᜐ᜔)
- Alternative form of gas
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gaas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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