mas.
abbreviation
masculine.
mas.
Americanabbreviation
mas
1
British
/ mɑːs /
noun
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a carnival
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music played for a carnival, or a band playing this
-mas
2
British
combining form
Etymology
Origin of mas1
C20: from masquerade
Origin of -mas2
from Mass
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The other cases, both mas. and fem., are formed from the nominative, according to the rules already given for forming the cases of nouns of the first declension.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Noun mas. breast, chest; hence it signifies an ascent, a steep; in the Dat. case, preceded by h, after the Prep. ri: ri h-uchd, in ascending, breasting, encountering, assailing.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Gen. sing. of the Noun mas. feum, necessity, exigency; governed in the Gen. by the Noun uchd.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
The nom. and acc. sing, and acc. plur. mas. correspond to those of the Latin 2nd or 3rd declension, the nom. plur. to that of the 2nd declension.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Declined—third pers. mas. gend. sing. num. nom. he, poss. his, obj. him.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
The original term for devil mas is "Jab Molassie," which is French patois for "Molasses Devil".
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
It was the first meal I remember enjoying in more than a year, and I wanted to memorialize the feeling with a tattoo of the Korean character for “savor,” mas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
I’m trying to ask writers: What does living mas mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
She’s still la mas chingona — the ultimate badass — emcee Enrique Cerna said as he welcomed her to the stage in October.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Those days, the world feels as gray and cold as it really is and it's hard not to believe the new girl isn't mas mejor than me.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
In Spit-amas, the suffix -mas is the common form of the superlative, and may be compared with the Latin -mus in optimus, intimus, supremus, and the like.
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