pas

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Translingual

Symbol

pas

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Papasena.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Papasena terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

pas (plural pas)

1. (now rare) The right of going foremost; precedence. [from 18th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 71:

     ‘Nobody of any elegance of manners can exist, where tradesmen, attornies, and mechanics have the pas.’

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 9, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     Even Mrs. Bute Crawley, the Rector's wife, refused to visit her, as she said she would never give the pas to a tradesman's daughter.

2. A step in a dance. [from 18th c.]
   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 18, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     The premier pas in life is the most important of all ……

Derived terms

• have the pas of someone

Translations

step

Bulgarian: танцова стъпка f (tancova stǎpka) Chinese: Mandarin: 舞步 (zh) (wǔbù) Finnish: askel (fi), tanssiaskel French: pas (fr) m German: Schritt (de) m Polish: pas (pl) m Russian: па (ru) n (pa)

See also

• haut-pas
• n'est-ce pas
• pas de deux
• pas de quatre
• pas de trois
• pas devant
• pas devant les enfants
• pas seul

Etymology 2

• see pa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

pas

1. plural of pa

Anagrams

• SPA, APS, Spa, SAP, sap, APs, PsA, s.ap., spa, asp, PSA, ASP, SpA, Psa.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɑs]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pas (plural passe)

1. pace, step
2. pass (a card or document)

   die paswette tydens die apartheidsjare - the pass laws during the years of apartheid

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mbas — Tosk, Standard Albanian
• mas — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pa ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“directly to, at, after”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πός (pós, “at, to, by”), Old Church Slavonic по (po, “behind, after”).

Preposition

pas (+ ablative)

1. behind, beyond
2. after
3. at
4. over
5. against

Adverb

pas

1. behind
2. after
3. hence

Derived terms

• pasi
• pastaj
• pasojë
• pasardhës

Related terms

• pa
• mbasi
• mbas

Antillean Creole

Conjunction

pas

1. because

Aragonese

FWOTD – 21 June 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas/
• Syllabification: pas
• Rhymes: -as

Adverb

pas

1. emphasises a negation; (not) at all; (not) ever
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page I:

     –pero no pas superficial, asperamos–

     – but not at all superficial, we hope –

   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 20:

     No ocurre pas debant de f-, […]

     It doesn’t ever occur before f-, […]

See also

• no

Asturian

Noun

pas m pl

1. plural of pá

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bas (“residue”).

Noun

pas (definite accusative pası, plural paslar)

1. rust
   1. deteriorated state of iron or steel
   2. disease of plants
2. (figurative) shame, disgrace, infamy

   Synonym: eyib

Declension

Declension of pas

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	paslar
definite accusative	pası	pasları
dative	pasa	paslara
locative	pasda	paslarda
ablative	pasdan	paslardan
definite genitive	pasın	pasların

Possessive forms of pas

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasım	paslarım
sənin (“your”)	pasın	pasların
onun (“his/her/its”)	pası	pasları
bizim (“our”)	pasımız	paslarımız
sizin (“your”)	pasınız	paslarınız
onların (“their”)	pası or pasları	pasları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımı	paslarımı
sənin (“your”)	pasını	paslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasını	paslarını
bizim (“our”)	pasımızı	paslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	pasınızı	paslarınızı
onların (“their”)	pasını or paslarını	paslarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasıma	paslarıma
sənin (“your”)	pasına	paslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasına	paslarına
bizim (“our”)	pasımıza	paslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	pasınıza	paslarınıza
onların (“their”)	pasına or paslarına	paslarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımda	paslarımda
sənin (“your”)	pasında	paslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasında	paslarında
bizim (“our”)	pasımızda	paslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	pasınızda	paslarınızda
onların (“their”)	pasında or paslarında	paslarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımdan	paslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	pasından	paslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasından	paslarından
bizim (“our”)	pasımızdan	paslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	pasınızdan	paslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	pasından or paslarından	paslarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pasımın	paslarımın
sənin (“your”)	pasının	paslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	pasının	paslarının
bizim (“our”)	pasımızın	paslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	pasınızın	paslarınızın
onların (“their”)	pasının or paslarının	paslarının

Related terms

• pasaq

Further reading

• “pas” in Obastan.com.

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

pas

1. squirrel (rodent)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpas]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: pas

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan pas, from Latin passus (“step”). Its use as an auxiliary adverb comes from an accusative use (Latin nec…passum) in negative constructions – literally ‘not…a step’, i.e. ‘not at all’ – originally used with certain verbs of motion. Compare similarly used French pas. Cognate with Galician and Spanish paso and Portuguese passo.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

1. pace, step
2. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace, a traditional unit of length
3. (figuratively) pace, action
4. pace, gait, rhythm of walking

Synonyms

• passa

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): peu (⅕ pas), vara (⅗ pas), braça (1⅕ pas)

Derived terms

• passet

Related terms

• passar

Adverb

pas

1. (in negative sentences) used to intensify negation: at all, ever

   No feu pas això ― Do not ever do this

   No serà pas important. ― It won't matter. (literally, “It won't be so important.”)

Usage notes

• The main marker of negation in Catalan is the adverb no. No is placed before the verbs, while pas is usually placed after it. Unlike Occitan or French, where pas and pas is a mandatory negative particle (under many circumstances); in Catalan, pas is only used as an optional intensifier of negation. However, some northern dialects use "pas" instead of "no" as the mandatory negative particle. Also, in many dialects "pas" has totally disappeared.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from passar.

Noun

pas m (plural passos)

1. passing
2. crossing

   pas zebra ― zebra crossing

3. passage

   ritu de pas ― rite of passage

4. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects)

   pas de rosca

   screw pitch

   (the distance from a point on a screw thread to a corresponding point on the next thread measured parallel to the axis)

   pas polar ― polar pitch

Derived terms

• de pas
• pas a nivell
• pas de vianants
• pas zebra

References

• “pas”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Preposition

pas

1. past

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *pas, from Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Breton paz and Welsh pas.

Noun

pas m (plural pasow)

1. cough

Derived terms

• losanj pas (“cough sweet”)
• pas garm (“whooping cough”)
• pasa (“cough”, verb)

Verb

pas

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of pasa
2. second-person singular imperative of pasa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pace.

Noun

pas m (plural pasys)

1. pace, step

   Synonym: kamm

Mutation

Mutation of pas

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
pas	bas	fas	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-w-s
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاسَ (bāsa).

Verb

pas I (present pipús) (transitive)

1. to kiss

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pas

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpas]

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

pas m inan

1. alternative form of pás (“waist”)

Declension

Declension of pas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasů
dative	pasu	pasům
accusative	pas	pasy
vocative	pase	pasy
locative	pase, pasu	pasech
instrumental	pasem	pasy

Etymology 2

Noun

pas m inan

1. passport

Declension

Declension of pas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pas	pasy
genitive	pasu	pasů
dative	pasu	pasům
accusative	pas	pasy
vocative	pase	pasy
locative	pase, pasu	pasech
instrumental	pasem	pasy

Derived terms

• cestovní pas
• číslo pasu
• zbrojní pas

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

1. second-person singular imperative of pást

Further reading

• “pas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pass, from Italian passaporto.

Noun

pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite pas)

1. passport

Declension

Declension of pas

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passet	pas	passene
genitive	pas'	passets	pas'	passenes

Etymology 2

From French pas and German Pass, from Latin passus.

Noun

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pas n (singular definite passet, plural indefinite passer)

1. (geography) mountain pass

   Synonym: bjergpas

Declension

Declension of pas

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passet	passer	passerne
genitive	pas'	passets	passers	passernes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French passe, from French passer.

Noun

pas c (singular definite passen, plural indefinite passer)

1. (card games) pass

Declension

Declension of pas

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pas	passen	passer	passerne
genitive	pas'	passens	passers	passernes

Further reading

• “pas” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

Deverbal from passen, from Middle Dutch passen, from pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus. Equivalent to a derivation from etymology 2.

Adverb

pas

1. just, recently
2. hardly
3. only, not until, not any sooner

   Pas als je kamer is opgeruimd, krijg je een koekje.

   Only when your room has been cleaned up, you'll get a cookie.

4. now … really

   Da's pas stoer!

   Now that is really cool!

Derived terms

• pasgeboren
• pasgeleden
• pasgetrouwd

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pas
• Negerhollands: pas
• → Aukan: pasi pasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: pás
• → Caribbean Javanese: pas
• → Indonesian: pas
• → Volapük: pas

Adjective

pas (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. fitting, having a proper fit, having the correct size and shape

   Die schoenen zijn niet pas.

   Those shoes do not fit well.

Derived terms

• waterpas

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pas

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pas, from Old French pas, from Latin passus.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

1. pace, step; also as a measure of distance
2. (geography) mountain pass
3. fit of an object, notably depending on forms and/or dimensions

Derived terms

• bergpas
• danspas
• looppas
• wandelpas

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pas
• → Indonesian: pas

Etymology 3

From paspoort or from etymology 2.

Noun

pas m (plural passen, diminutive pasje n)

1. pass, passport (travel document)
2. identification document

Derived terms

• bankpas
• betaalpas
• ledenpas
• pasfoto
• pinpas
• reispas

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pas
• → Caribbean Javanese: layang pas
• → Indonesian: pas
• → Papiamentu: pas

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pas

1. inflection of passen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• sap

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pas

1. to open

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of passata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Syllabification^(key): pas
• Hyphenation^(key): pas

Interjection

pas

1. (card games) I pass!

Further reading

• “pas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023