rasa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rasa"

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit रस (rasa, literally “juice; essence”). Doublet of rasam.

Noun

rasa (plural rasas)

1. An essential mental state; the dominant emotional theme of a work.

Derived terms

• rasabox
• rasic

See also

• tabula rasa (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• AARs, ARSA, ASAR, Aras, SAAR, Saar, Sara, aras, asar

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rasə/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “taste”).

Noun

rasa (Balinese script ᬭᬲ or ᬭᬵᬲ)

1. taste

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa, “feeling”).

Noun

rasa (Balinese script ᬭᬵᬣ)

1. love

Further reading

• “rasa”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raza.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾasa/ [ˈɾa.sa]

Noun

rása

1. race

   Synonym: lahi

Catalan

Etymology

From ras (“smooth”) +‎ -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈra.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈra.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

rasa f (plural rases)

1. (construction) trench
2. ditch

   Synonym: escorranc

Further reading

• “rasa”, 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

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Rasse, from French race, from Italian razza, possibly from Arabic رَأْس (raʔs, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrasa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

rasa f (relational adjective rasový)

1. race (group of people)

Declension

Declension of rasa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	rasa	rasy
genitive	rasy	ras
dative	rase	rasám
accusative	rasu	rasy
vocative	raso	rasy
locative	rase	rasách
instrumental	rasou	rasami

Related terms

• rasismus
• rasista
• rasistický

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From ras- (“race”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrasa/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa

Adjective

rasa (accusative singular rasan, plural rasaj, accusative plural rasajn)

1. racial

Related terms

• rase (“racially”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

rasa

1. third-person singular past historic of raser

Anagrams

• aras, Sara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rasa, from Pali rasa, from Sanskrit रस (rasa). Cognate with Thai รส (rót), Lao ລົດ (lot), Lü ᦷᦟᧆ (lod) or ᦷᦟᧆᦉ (lodṡ), Burmese ရသ (ra.sa.), Khmer រស (rŭəh). Doublet of raksa, raksi, and resi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.sa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Noun

rasa (plural rasa-rasa)

1. taste
2. feeling

Derived terms

• berasa
• berperasaan
• memperasakan
• merasa
• merasa-rasai
• merasai
• merasakan
• perasa
• perasaan
• perasan
• rasa-rasanya
• rasanya
• serasa
• terasa
• terasakan

Further reading

• “rasa”, 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

Italian

Adjective

rasa f sg

1. feminine singular of raso

Verb

rasa

1. inflection of rasare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Arsa, Sara, arsa, sarà

Javanese

Romanization

rasa

1. romanization of ꦫꦱ

Latin

Participle

rāsa

1. inflection of rāsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

rāsā

1. ablative feminine singular of rāsus