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compás

compás

See also: compas and compàs

Irish

Noun

compás m (genitive singular compáis, nominative plural compáis)

  1. compass
  2. pair of compasses
  3. limit, circumference

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
compás chompás gcompás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

From compasar, from Latin cum + passus.

Noun

compás m (plural compases)

  1. pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)
  2. rhythm
  3. (music) beat
  4. (music) bar
  5. (fencing) beat