gans

== English == === Pronunciation === (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ɡænz/ === Verb === gans (Geordie) third-person singular simple present indicative of gan === Anagrams === AGNs, nags, ANGs, Angs, ngas, snag, NSAG, sang, SNAG, GNAs, Sang == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch gans. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gans (plural ganse) goose ==== Descendants ==== → Xhosa: urhanisi → Zulu: ihansi == Cornish == === Alternative forms === gen (Revived Late Cornish) === Etymology === From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Brythonic *gant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”). === Preposition === gans with (in the company of) with (expresses possession of something on one's person) Antonym: heb by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice) by (indicates the creator of a work) ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɑns/ Hyphenation: gans Rhymes: -ɑns === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch gans (alongside gōs, gās), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans. ==== Noun ==== gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n) a goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae ===== Alternative forms ===== goes (dialectal) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: gans → Xhosa: urhanisi → Zulu: ihansi Jersey Dutch: xânz Negerhollands: gans → Lokono: kansa → Caribbean Hindustani: hans → Papiamentu: gans (dated) → Sranan Tongo: gansi → Aukan: gansi → Saramaccan: gánsi === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch gansch, gans, gands, gants, borrowed from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”). ==== Determiner ==== gans (now chiefly Belgium, informal) whole, entire Synonyms: heel, geheel, volledig het ganse land ― the whole country ===== Usage notes ===== Comes across as old-fashioned in most of the Netherlands. Still common, though mostly informal, in Belgium and Dutch Limburg. ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== (obsolete) gansch, gantsch ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: gans Negerhollands: gans ==== Adverb ==== gans entirely Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig ===== Alternative forms ===== gansch (obsolete) === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === ganteng + -s === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡans/ [ˈɡans] Rhymes: -ans Syllabification: gans === Adjective === gans (slang) handsome == Latvian == === Noun === gans m (1st declension, female equivalent gane) (male) shepherd ==== Declension ==== == Scots == === Verb === gans third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan == Volapük == === Noun === gans nominative plural of gan