mas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

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Translingual

Etymology 1

• (metrology): From m- +‎ as.

Symbol

mas

1. (metrology) milliarcsecond

Etymology 2

• (ISO 639): Abbreviation of English Maasai.

Symbol

mas

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Maasai.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maasai terms

English

Etymology 1

From French mas, Occitan mas. Doublet of manse.

Noun

mas (plural mas)

1. A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 520:

     When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.

Etymology 2

Noun

mas

1. plural of ma

Etymology 3

Noun

mas (plural mas)

1. (Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
   • 2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:

     Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others.

   • 2017 September 28, “Neville Aming Passes Away At 96 In T&T”, in Bernews:

     Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.

   • 2016 February 7, Michelle Loubon, “Taking a Carnival tour”, in Trinidad & Tobago Express:

     Belmont masman and wire bender Richard Lera displays a headpiece at his Norfolk Street mas camp.

Derived terms

• masman

Anagrams

• 'ams, MSA, Sam., ASM, AMS, sam, sma, SMA, Sam, S. Am., A.M.s, SAM, asm

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mast, from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas/

Noun

mas (plural maste)

1. mast (pole on a ship, for holding sails)

Derived terms

• hoofmas