gaz

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin gaudium.

gaz m

1. joy
2. laughter

gaz

1. gas

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from Dutch gas.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaz/, /ɡɑz/

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• Homophones: gaze, gazes, gazent

gaz m (plural gaz)

1. gas
2. (physics) gas
3. flatulence

• “gaz”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

A loanword with a debated origin:[1]

1. Borrowed from a Slavic language.
2. Borrowed from Ossetian.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒz]

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• Rhymes: -ɒz

gaz (plural gazok)

1. weed

   Synonym: gyom

• Romanian: goz

gaz (not generally comparable, comparative gazabb, superlative leggazabb)

1. (literary) vile, wicked, depraved, treacherous, villainous

   Synonyms: aljas, alávaló, álnok, galád, hitvány, gonosz (see also colloquial and slang synonyms under szemét)

• gaz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Malay gaz, from Persian گز (gaz).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaz/
• Homophone: gas
• Rhymes: -az

gaz (plural gaz-gaz, first-person possessive gazku, second-person possessive gazmu, third-person possessive gaznya)

1. (archaic) guz: A unit of length used in parts of Asia, ranging from 24 to 41 inches.

• “gaz” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Polish gaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡas/
• Syllabification: gaz

gaz m inan (related adjective gazowi)

1. (countable, chemistry) gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid; chemical element or compound in such a state)
2. (uncountable) gas (flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
3. (uncountable, colloquial) gas (amount of gasoline sent to the engine as controlled by the driver by means of the gas pedal)
4. (countable, colloquial) gas (gas pedal)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “gaz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “gaz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “gaz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• gaza

Borrowed from Polish gaz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡas]
• Syllabification: gaz

gaz m inan

1. gas (flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
2. carbon monoxide
3. paraffin, kerosene

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “gaz, gaza”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 2, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 251

Borrowed from French gaz.[1][2] First attested in the end of the 19th century.[3] Compare Silesian gaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡas/

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: gaz

gaz m inan (diminutive gazik, related adjective gazowy)

1. (countable, chemistry) gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid; chemical element or compound in such a state)
2. (uncountable) gas (flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
3. (uncountable) gas (flame produced by such a fuel)
4. (countable) gas instalation (something allowing the transfer and subsequent use of such a fuel)
5. (uncountable, colloquial) gas (amount of gasoline sent to the engine as controlled by the driver by means of the gas pedal)
6. (countable, colloquial) gas (gas pedal)
7. (in the plural) gass (state of having gas in digestive system)

   Synonyms: bąk, bździna, bździoch, pierd, pierdnięcie, wiatry

8. (regional) paraffin, kerosene

   Synonym: nafta

• → Kashubian: gaz
• → Masurian: gaz, gaza

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), gaz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 40 times in scientific texts, 14 times in news, 4 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 960th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

• gaz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gazy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “gaz”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “gaz”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 810

Borrowed from French gaz.

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gaz n (plural gaze)

1. gas (state of matter)

From Proto-Turkic *kāŕ. Compare to Turkish kaz.

• IPA^(key): [qɑz]

gaz (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. goose

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “gaz”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 121
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “qaz”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 463
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “qaz”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 224
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gaz”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 105

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gazъ, from extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʷā- (“to go”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːz/

gȃz m (Cyrillic spelling га̑з)

1. ford, shallow place
2. draft (of a ship)

• gas

Borrowed from German Gas. Compare Polish gaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: gaz

gaz m inan (related adjective gazowy)

1. gas (flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel)
2. paraffin, kerosene

• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “gaz”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 79
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “gaz”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎, page 233

gaz

1. Romanization of 𒄤 (gaz)

From Ottoman Turkish غاز (gaz), from French gaz, from Dutch gas.

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gaz (definite accusative gazı, plural gazlar)

1. gas
2. throttle

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