luas

See also: Luas and lúas

Esperanto

Verb

luas

1. present of lui

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay luas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas (“outside; spacious”). Doublet of luwes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luas/
• Hyphenation: lu‧as
• Rhymes: -as, -s

Adjective

luas

1. vast:
   1. very large or wide
   2. very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent
2. wide:
   1. having a large physical extent from side to side

      Synonyms: lapang, lebar

   2. large in scope

      Synonyms: banyak, besar

3. broad:
   1. wide in extent or scope
   2. extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full
   3. having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained
   4. comprehensive; liberal; enlarged

      Antonym: picik

   5. free; unrestrained; unconfined

      Synonym: banglas

4. spacious, extensive, capacious
5. widespread, comprehensive, broad

   Synonym: rata

6. public

   Synonym: umum

Noun

luas (plural luas-luas)

1. (mathematics) area: a measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units

Derived terms

• keluasan
• luasan
• meluas
• meluaskan
• memperluas
• peluas
• peluasan
• pemerluas
• perluasan
• terluaskan

• luas suara

Further reading

• “luas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúas (“swiftness, speed”), related to lúath (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuəsˠ/

Noun

luas m (genitive singular luais, nominative plural luasanna)

1. speed, velocity
2. (time) earliness

Declension

Declension of luas (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative luas luasanna vocative a luais a luasanna genitive luais luasanna dative luas luasanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an luas na luasanna genitive an luais na luasanna dative leis an luas don luas leis na luasanna

Derived terms

• aerluas m (“airspeed”)
• luasbhád m (“speedboat”)
• luasbhealach m (“expressway”)
• luasghéaraigh (“accelerate”, verb)
• luasmhéadar m (“speedometer”)
• luasmhoilligh (“decelerate”, verb)
• luasraon m (“speedway”)
• luasteorainn f, teorainn luais f (“speed limit”)
• mórluas m (“great speed”)

Related terms

• luath (“quick, fast; early, soon”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “luas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Latin

Verb

luās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of luō

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas (“outside; spacious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luas/
• Rhymes: -uas, -as

Adjective

luas (Jawi spelling لواس, comparative lebih luas, superlative paling luas)

1. vast, wide, spacious

   Luasnya bilik ni!

   This room is so spacious!

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• keluasan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• peluas [passive / name of profession] (pe-)
• seluas [comparability] (se-)
• luasi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• luas-luas [reduplication] (redup)
• meluaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• terluas [agentless action] (teR-)
• memperluas [causative agent focus] (mempeR-)
• diperluas [causative passive focus] (dipeR-)

Noun

luas (Jawi spelling لواس, plural luas-luas or luas²)

1. (mathematics) area

   Dengan maklumat ini, kita boleh hitung luas petak x.

   With this information, we can calculate the area of square x.

See also

• tinggi
• isi padu
• ketumpatan
• panjang

Further reading

• "luas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: lu‧as

Noun

luas f pl

1. plural of lua