Translingual - Symbol

as

1. (metrology) Symbol for the attosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds.
2. (metrology) arcsecond

English - Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /æz/
• Rhymes: -æz
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /əz/

English - Etymology 1

Reduced form of also, from Old English eallswā (“just so”). Cognate with West Frisian as (“as”), Low German as (“as”), Dutch als (“as”), German als (“as”). More at also.

Adverb

as (not comparable)

1. To such an extent or degree.

   You’re not as tall as I am.  It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.

   • 1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, Zollenstein, chapterIV:

     “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

2. In the manner or role specified.

   The kidnappers released him as agreed.  The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.  He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.

3. (dated) For example.
   • 1913, "Aboriginal", in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

     First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

Translations

Conjunction

as

1. In the same way that; according to what.

   As you wish, my lord!

   as in . . .

2. At the same instant that; when.

   As I came in, she flew.

3. At the same time that; while.

   He sleeps as the rain falls.

4. Varying through time in the same proportion that.

   As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.

5. Considering that, because, since.

   As it’s too late, I quit.

6. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.

   She's twice as strong as an ox.

   It's not so complicated as I expected.

   They're big as houses.

7. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. [to 19th century]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     And sodenly there cam a sounde from heven as it had bene the commynge off a myghty wynde […]

   • c. 1616, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI part 2, First Folio 1623, I.1:

     Oft haue I seene the haughty Cardinall, / More like a Souldier then a man o'th' Church, / As stout and proud as he were Lord of all […]

8. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
   • Dryden

     I start as from some dreadful dream.

9. (now dialectal) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. [from 14th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:

     the temper is to be altered and amended, with such things as fortify and strengthen the heart and brain […].

10. Expressing concession; though.
    • Macaulay

      We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited.

11. (obsolete, rare) Than.
    • Fuller

      The king was not more forward to bestow favours on them as they free to deal affronts to others their superiors.

Translations

Preposition

as

1. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.

   You are not as tall as me.

   • 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:

     A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

2. In the role of.

   What is your opinion as a parent?

   • 2000, Tom Pendergast, ‎Sara Pendergast, St. James encyclopedia of popular culture (volume 2, page 223)

     Directed by Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starred Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei and Jane Russell as Dorothy.

Translations

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English - Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin as.

Noun

as (plural asses)

1. (unit of weight) A libra.
2. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.

Translations

See also

• As (Roman coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:As (coin)

Statistics

English - Etymology 3

a +‎ -s.

Noun

as

1. plural form of a

Usage notes

• There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states at page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states at paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual at page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

English - Anagrams

• S.A., SA, Sa, s.a.

Aragonese - Etymology

From Latin illas.

Aragonese - Article

as f pl

1. the

   As mesachas de Zaragoza = "The girls from Saragossa"

Usage notes

The form las, either pronounced as las or as ras, can be found after words ending with an -a.

Catalan - Etymology 1

From Latin as (“basic Roman unit of money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ás]
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

as m (plural asos)

1. (games) An ace. (the side of a die with a single pip)
2. (card games) An ace. (a card with a single pip, usually of highest rank in a suit)
3. (figuratively, sports) An ace. (an expert)
4. (historical, metrology) An as or a libra. (Roman unit of weight)
5. (historical, numismatics) An as (Roman unit of money).

Derived terms

• as de guia (bowline knot)
• sempre un sis o un as (a handicap or a problem)

Catalan - Etymology 2

From Old Norse áss, singular of æsir (“the Norse gods”).

Noun

as m (plural asos)

1. (mythology) One of the Æsir.

Catalan - Etymology 3

Contraction

as

1. (dialect) Contraction of the preposition a with the salty article es.

Synonyms

• al (“contraction of a and el”)

Catalan - Etymology 4

Noun

as

1. plural form of a

Cimbrian - Conjunction

as

1. if

Cimbrian - References

• “as” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Danish - Etymology

From Old Norse áss (pl æsir).

Danish - Noun

as n (singular definite asset, plural indefinite asser)

1. A-flat (A♭)

Inflection

Danish - Verb

as

1. imperative of ase

Dutch - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑs

Dutch - Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch asche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-Germanic *askǭ. Compare Low German Asch, German Asche, English ash, West Frisian jiske, Danish aske, Swedish aska.

Noun

as f (uncountable)

1. ash
2. ashes

Synonyms

• asse

Dutch - Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch asse, from Old Dutch *assa, from earlier *ahsa, from Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Noun

as f (plural assen, diminutive asje n)

1. axis
2. axle

Dutch - Etymology 3

From standard Dutch als.

Conjunction

as

1. (The Hague dialect) (subordinating) if, when
2. (The Hague dialect) when, as soon as

Preposition

as

1. (The Hague dialect) like, as
2. (The Hague dialect) eive ... as: as ... as

Fala - Etymology

From Old Portuguese as, from Latin illas.

Fala - Article

as f pl (singular a, masculine o, masculine plural os)

1. feminine plural of definite article o

Finnish - Noun

as

1. (music) a flat

Declension

French - Etymology 1

From Latin as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

as m (plural as)

1. ace (card of value 1)
2. ace (expert or pilot)

Descendants

• German: Ass

French - Etymology 2

From the verb avoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Verb

as

1. second-person singular present indicative of avoir

   Tu as un chien.

   You have a dog.

French - Anagrams

• sa

French - External Links

• “as” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian - Etymology

From Latin axis.

Friulian - Noun

as m

1. axis
2. board

Galician - Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille (“that”).

Galician - Article

as f pl (feminine singular a, masculine singular o, masculine plural os)

1. (definite) the

Usage notes

The definite article o (in all its forms) regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con as ("with the") contracts to coas, and en as ("in the") contracts to nas.

Derived terms

Galician - Pronoun

as f pl accusative (nominative elas, oblique elas, dative lles)

1. them (feminine plural third-person personal pronoun)

Usage notes

The third-person direct object pronouns o, os, a, and as, have variant forms prefixed with l- or n-. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The l- forms (e.g. las) are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The n- forms (e.g. nas) are used when the preceding word ends in a -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

In all other situations, the standard forms of the pronouns are used (o, os, a, as) and are not suffixed to the preceding word.

These direct object pronouns also form contractions when they immediately follow an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che as ("I gave you them.") contracts to Dou chas.

Derived terms

Related terms

• a
• os

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• se
• seu

Icelandic - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Icelandic - Noun

as n

1. (music) A flat

Irish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asˠ]

Irish - Etymology 1

From Old Irish ass, a (“out of”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs. Cognate of Latin ex-. Compare Scottish Gaelic à.

Preposition

as

1. out of
2. from

Inflection

Irish - Etymology 2

From Old Irish ass.

Pronoun

as

1. third-person masculine singular of as (from, off, out of)

   Ní fhuair tú freagra as.

   You didn’t get an answer from him.

Derived terms

• as-san (emphatic)

Jèrriais - Noun

as m (plural as)

1. (card games) ace

Latin - Alternative Forms

Latin - Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /as/

Latin - Noun

as m (genitive assis); third declension

1. An as; a Roman coin originally made of bronze and weighing a pound, but later made of copper and weighing half an ounce.

Usage notes

It is especially significant as being the coin of least value in the Classical age; as such it often used in poetry as representative of the idea of worthlessness - one example being in Vivamus atque amemus, where Catullus mentions "valuing opinions of old men at a single as". 2 and a half asses equalled a single sesterce.

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Manx - Etymology

From Old Irish ocus "and", originally "proximity" < Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus < *onkus "near"

Manx - Conjunction

as

1. and

Navajo - Alternative Forms

• is

Navajo - Interjection

as

1. oh: expressing surprise

Old French - Etymology 1

Noun

as m (oblique plural as, nominative singular as, nominative plural as)

1. a score of one on a die

Descendants

• French: as

Old French - Etymology 2

Contraction

as

1. alternative form of als ("to the")

Old French - Etymology 3

Latin habēs.

Verb

as

1. second-person singular present indicative of avoir

Descendants

• French: as

Old Prussian - Pronoun

as

1. I, the first-person singular pronoun

Old Saxon - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *Ans- (“breath, spirit, deity”). Cognate with Old Norse áss.

Old Saxon - Noun

ās m (declension unknown)

1. god
2. the runic character ᚨ (/a/ or /aː/)

Polish - Noun

as m

1. (card games) ace

Declension

Polish - External Links

• “as” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese - Etymology

From Old Portuguese as, from Latin illas (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish las).

Portuguese - Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as/, /aʃ/, /ajʃ/
• Homophones: ás, às, hás, az
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ/
• Hyphenation: as

Portuguese - Article

as f pl

1. Feminine plural of article o.
   • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Rocco, page 99:

     Todos olharam para trás ao alcançarem as árvores.

     Everyone looked behind when they reached the trees.

   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 211:

     Mandaram lacrar todas as saídas e não deixar ninguém...

     They ordered me to seal all the exits and not to let anyone...

See also

Portuguese - Pronoun

as f pl

1. (third person personal) them (as a direct object; the corresponding indirect object is lhes; the form used after prepositions is elas).

   Encontrei-as na rua. — I met them in the street.

Synonyms

• las, lhes, nas

Usage notes

• As becomes -las after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-las? = "May I see them?"

  After pôs: Quero pô-las ali. = "I want to put them there."

  After fiz: Fi-las ficar contente. = "I made them become happy."

  After nos: Deu-no-las relutantemente. = "He gave them to us reluctantly."

  After eis: Ei-las! = "Behold them!"

• Becomes -nas after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].

  Detêm-nas como prisioneiros. = "They detain them as prisoners."

• In Brazil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form elas.

  Eu as vi. → Eu vi elas. = "I saw them."

See also

Portuguese - Etymology 2

Conjunction

as

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Non-standard, Fast Speech) but

Synonyms

• mas

Scottish Gaelic - Particle

as

1. Creates the superlative when preceding the comparative form of an adjective or an adverb.

   glic - wise

   as glice - wisest

   mòr - big

   as motha - biggest

Usage notes

• Only used in the present and future tenses. In the past tense and the conditional mood, a bu and a b' are used.
• Lenites initial f if followed by a vowel:

  fuar > as fhuaire

Related terms

• nas

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology

From German As, from Latin as (“as, copper coin”).

Serbo-Croatian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âs/

Serbo-Croatian - Noun

ȁs m (Cyrillic spelling а̏с)

1. (card games, sports) ace

Declension

Slovene - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈáːs/
• Tonal orthography: ȃs

Slovene - Noun

ás m anim (genitive ása, nominative plural ási)

1. (card games) An ace; in a game of cards.
2. An ace; somebody very proficient at an activity.

Declension

Spanish - Noun

as m (plural ases)

1. (card games) An ace; in a game of cards.
2. An ace; somebody very proficient at an activity.

Swedish - Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

as n

1. Carrion, carcass (of an animal killed by a predator).
2. (slang) Derogatory and offensive term describing or addressing a person whose behaviour is considered as inconsiderate towards others.

   Dra åt helvete ditt jävla as!

   Go to hell you bloody arse!

Declension

Derived terms

• asätare

Swedish - Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

as c

1. One of the Æsir, a Norse God.

Declension

Synonyms

• asagud

Tok Pisin - Etymology

From English arse.

Tok Pisin - Noun

as

1. buttocks, backside
2. bottom, base
3. reason, meaning, motivation
4. beginning, source

Derived terms

• asbin
• as ples bilong em
• as bilong tok
• as bilong trabel
• as nating
• as tingting
• as tok

Turkish - Etymology 1

From Old Turkic as (“ermine”), from Proto-Turkic *argun, *āŕ.

Noun

as

1. ermine

Synonyms

• kakım
• ermin

Turkish - Etymology 2

From French as.

Noun

as

1. (card games) The ace in card games.

Verb

as

1. imperative of asmak

Volapük - Preposition

as (ays, äs)

1. as

West Frisian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs/

West Frisian - Conjunction

as

1. if, provided that
2. as, like

West Frisian - Noun

as

1. axis
2. axle

West Frisian - Preposition

as

1. as (used to form an equating phrase)

   Grut as in hûs. — Big as a house.

2. than

   Grutter as in hûs. — Bigger than a house.

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