topas

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See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

topas (plural topas or topasses)

  1. (East India, now historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
    • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 110:
      The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.

Danish

Noun

topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)

  1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topas
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative topas topasen topaser topaserne
genitive topas' topasens topasers topasernes

References

Galician

Verb

topas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

  1. topaz

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

  1. topaz

References

Portuguese

Verb

topas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Spanish

Verb

topas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Swedish

Noun

topas c

  1. topaz

Declension

Declension of topas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative topas topasen topaser topaserna
Genitive topas topasens topasers topasernas

Descendants

  • → Finnish: topaasi

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

topas m (uncountable)

  1. 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
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