topas

See also: Topas, tópas, and tópás

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

topasses

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• topass, topaz

Etymology

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊpas/

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

• “topas” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Verb

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

topas

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtopas/ [ˈt̪o.pas]
• Rhymes: -opas
• Syllabification: to‧pas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch topaas (“topaz”), from Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

topas (plural topas-topas)

1. topaz
   1. (mineralogy) a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
   2. an often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

topas (plural topas-topas or para topas)

1. (nautical) crew whose job is to serve the food and accommodation needs of other subordinate crew members

Further reading

• “topas”, 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

topas

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

References

• “topas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

topas

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

References

• “topas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	topas	topas
	definite	topasen	topasens
plural	indefinite	topaser	topasers
	definite	topaserna	topasernas

Descendants

• → Finnish: topaasi

Anagrams

• posta, sopat

Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

topas m (uncountable)

1. topaz

Mutation

Mutated forms of topas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
topas	dopas	nhopas	thopas

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

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