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Ras

Ras

(räs)
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Noun.
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Definition 2024


Ras

Ras

See also: ras, RAS, rás, râs, rãs, rǡs, and răs-

English

Noun

Ras

  1. plural of Ra

Anagrams

ras

ras

See also: Ras, RAS, rás, râs, rãs, rǡs, and răs-

English

Noun

ras (plural rases)

  1. An Ethiopian king or prince.

Anagrams


Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːs/, [ʁɑːˀs]

Verb

ras

  1. imperative of rase

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ras n (plural rassen, diminutive rasje n)

  1. race, breed

Derived terms


French

Etymology 1

From Amharic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑs/

Noun

ras m (plural ras)

  1. ras

Etymology 2

Old French rés (remodelled after raser), itself from Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ/

Adjective

ras m (feminine singular rase, masculine plural ras, feminine plural rases)

  1. short
  2. close-cropped (of hair etc.)
Derived terms
  • à ras de
  • au ras de
  • à ras bord
Related terms

Lojban

Rafsi

ras

  1. rafsi of grasu.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَأْس (raʾs), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɐːs/

Noun

ras f (plural rjus)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. beginning

Polish

Noun

ras

  1. genitive plural of rasa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin rāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ras/
  • Rhymes: -as

Verb

ras (past participle of rade)

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Adjective

ras m, n (feminine singular rasă, masculine plural rași, feminine and neuter plural rase)

  1. shaved, shaven

Declension

Antonyms


Spanish

Noun

ras m (plural rases)

  1. evenness, levelness

Derived terms


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rás (race), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ras c

  1. a race (a large group of individuals of the same species set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)
Declension
Inflection of ras 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ras rasen raser raserna
Genitive ras rasens rasers rasernas
Related terms
  • hundras
  • kattras
  • rasben
  • rasbiologi
  • rasbiologisk
  • rasblandning
  • rasbråk
  • rasdiskriminerande
  • rasdiskriminering
  • rasdjur
  • rasfråga
  • rasfrände
  • rasfördom
  • rasförföljelse
  • rasförtryck
  • rashat
  • rashatare
  • rashets
  • rashetsare
  • rashund
  • rashygien
  • rashygienisk
  • rashäst
  • rashögfärd
  • rasism
  • rasist
  • rasistisk
  • raskamp
  • raskatt
  • raskravaller
  • raskrig
  • raslag
  • raslig
  • raslära
  • rasmotsättning
  • rasmässig
  • raspolitik
  • raspolitisk
  • rasproblem
  • rasprogram
  • rasren
  • rasrenhet
  • rassegregation
  • rasskillnad
  • rastillhörighet
  • rastänkande
  • rasåtskillnad
  • renrasig

Etymology 2

Noun

ras n

  1. a collapse (of a building)
  2. a mudslide (geological disaster)
  3. a cave in, a collapse inward or downward
  4. a fall (of stock market values)
Declension
Inflection of ras 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ras raset ras rasen
Genitive ras rasets ras rasens
Related terms
  • rasering
  • rasgräns
  • raskant
  • snöras

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