gas

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Garasia or Hindi गरासिया (garāsiyā). === Symbol === gas (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Adiwasi Garasia. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Adiwasi Garasia terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: găs, IPA(key): /ɡæs/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ɡɛəs/ (regional) enPR: găz, IPA(key): /ɡæz/, (æ-raising) /ɡɛəz/ Rhymes: -æs, -æz === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648. ==== Noun ==== gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses) (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. Synonyms: vapor, vapour (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas. (uncountable, military) Poison gas. (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker. (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus. Synonym: wind (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility. (slang, dated) A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing. (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter. (baseball) A fastball. (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== fluid liquid solid ==== Verb ==== gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed) (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas. (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something. (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter. (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully. (intransitive) To emit gas. (transitive) To impregnate with gas. (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z. ==== Noun ==== gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses) (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel. Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol; see also Thesaurus:petroleum (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle. (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions. Coordinate term: Ether gas fee (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality. ===== Usage notes ===== Unlike most terms derived from gasoline, the use of gas to mean gas pedal is not restricted to North America, and is also used in the UK; particularly among driving instructors and motoring enthusiasts. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed) (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it. Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. Synonym: refuel ===== Derived terms ===== gas and dash, gas-and-dash gas and go, gas-and-go gas up ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest) (slang, uncountable) Of high quality. === Etymology 3 === Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above. ==== Adjective ==== gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest) (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing. === Anagrams === AGs, GSA, sag, AGS, Ags., SAG, ags, Sag, ASG, SGA == Achang == === Pronunciation === (Myanmar) /ɡa˧˩/ === Particle === gas Marks the topic of a sentence. === Further reading === Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[11], Payap University, page 33 == Afrikaans == === Etymology 1 === From Dutch gast. ==== Noun ==== gas (plural gaste) guest === Etymology 2 === From Dutch gas. ==== Noun ==== gas (plural gasse) gas (substance in gaseous phase) == Basque == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gas inan gas ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gaseoso == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡas] === Noun === gas m (plural gasos) gas ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gasificar gasolina === Further reading === “gas”, 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 “gas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “gas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “gas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Chinese == === Etymology === From English gas. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gas (Hong Kong Cantonese) gas (fuel) ==== Derived terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Dutch gas. === Noun === gas c or n (singular definite gassen, plural indefinite gasser) (common) gas; a state of matter (common) gas; a compound or element in such a state (common) gas; gaseous fuels (common) gas pedal, acceleration (neuter, informal) drivel, nonsense Synonyms: vrøvl, sjov ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== luftart ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “gas” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɑs/ Hyphenation: gas Rhymes: -ɑs === Etymology 1 === Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, chaos”). ==== Noun ==== gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n) gas liquefied petroleum gas Synonyms: autogas, LPG ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: gas → Danish: gas → Caribbean Javanese: gas → English: gas → Indonesian: gas → French: gaz→ Arabic: غَاز (ḡāz)→ Greek: γκάζι (gkázi)→ Hebrew: גז (gaz)→ Ottoman Turkish: غاز (gaz)Turkish: gaz→ Polish: gaz, gaza (Far Masovian, Kolno, Kurpie, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate)→ Kashubian: gaz→ Persian: گاز (gâz)→ Portuguese: gás→ Romanian: gaz→ Russian: газ (gaz), газъ (gaz) — pre-1918 spelling→ Kazakh: газ (gaz)→ Mariupol Greek: гказ (gaz)→ Yakut: газ (gaz) → German: Gas → Saramaccan: gási → West Frisian: gas === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. ==== Noun ==== gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n) unpaved street === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gas inflection of gassen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Galician == === Noun === gas m (plural gases) gas Synonym: vapor ==== Derived terms ==== gas nobre ==== Related terms ==== gasoso == Hamer-Banna == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡás/ === Noun === gas threshold of a hut === References === Petrollino, Sara (2016), A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[12], Leiden University == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːs/ Rhymes: -aːs === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch gas. ==== Noun ==== gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös) gas (state of matter) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== táragas === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French gaze. ==== Noun ==== gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural) gauze ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gasbleia === Anagrams === sag == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by a Dutch chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”). Doublet of kaos and keos. Semantic loan from American English gas pedal for “accelerator pedal” or “accelerating” vehicle sense. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: gas === Noun === gas (countable and uncountable, plural gas-gas) (physical chemistry) gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma (colloquial, vehicles) accelerator (UK), gas pedal (US) Near-synonyms: akselerator, pemercepat, pecut injak ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Verb === gas (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate Synonym: ngegas === Further reading === “gas”, 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 == Interlingua == === Noun === gas (plural gases) gas == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ɡɑsˠ/ (Connemara, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡasˠ/ === Noun === gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa) stalk, stem sprig, shoot, frond (figuratively) stripling; scion ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ Rhymes: -as Hyphenation: gàs === Noun === gas m (uncountable) gas (state of matter, petroleum) carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks) petrol Synonym: benzina poison gas ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡas] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡas] === Noun === gas n (genitive gasis); third declension (physics) gas (state of matter) Synonyms: gasum, gasium ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gas, from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡes/ [ˈɡɛs] (English-based) Rhymes: -ɛs IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas] (Baku) Rhymes: -as Hyphenation: gas === Noun === gas (Jawi spelling ݢس, plural gas-gas or gas2) Gas: (physics) One of the four states of matter. Coordinate terms: pepejal (“solid”), cecair (“liquid”), plasma (“plasma”) (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition. The gas that is released by coal factories. The vapour that is released by petrol or gasoline. ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === "gas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Naga Pidgin == === Alternative forms === gach === Etymology === Inherited from Assamese গছ (gos). === Noun === gas tree == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon. === Noun === gas m (plural gas) (Jersey) chap == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French gaze. === Noun === gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene) gauze === See also === gass gås === References === “gas” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From French gaze. === Noun === gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane) gauze === See also === gass gås === References === “gas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === gōs === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. === Noun === gās f a goose ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Low German: Goos == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === ᚵᛆᛋ === Etymology === From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans. === Noun === gās f goose ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: gås == Rohingya == === Etymology === From Sanskrit. === Noun === gas tree == Romagnol == === Etymology === From Dutch gas (“gas”), invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, from Latin chaos (“chaos”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡas/ === Noun === gas m (plural ghës) gas == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡâːs/ === Noun === gȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling га̑с) (Bosnia, Serbia) gas (state of matter) Synonym: (Croatia) plȋn gas (as fuel for combustion engines) (figuratively) acceleration dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate gas pedal, accelerator ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: gas === Noun === gas m (plural gases) gas (matter between liquid and plasma) gas (an element or compound in such a state) gas (flammable gas used for combustion) (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === ags, Ags == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑːs/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch gas. ==== Noun ==== gas c gas; a state of matter gas; a compound or element in such a state gas; gaseous fuels (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas gas pedal, acceleration (compare gaspedal (“gas pedal”) and gasa (“accelerate, hit the gas”)) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From French gaze. Attested since 1670. ==== Noun ==== gas c (chiefly in compounds) gauze (thin fabric with a loose, open weave) (medicine) gauze ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== gasbinda gasväv === References === “gas”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === ags, asg == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: gas === Etymology 1 === Either from English gas, itself a clipping of gasoline, or a clipping of gasolina. ==== Alternative forms ==== gaas ==== Noun ==== gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔) gasoline Synonym: gasolina kerosene; petroleum; gas Synonyms: kerosin, petrolyo ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Either from Spanish gas or English gas, ultimately from Dutch gas. ==== Noun ==== gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔) gaseous substance; vapor; fume Synonyms: singaw, asngaw == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaːs/ === Verb === gas soft mutation of cas === Mutation === == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch gas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔs/ === Noun === gas n (plural gassen) gas ==== Further reading ==== “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011