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From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)

1. to crack, burst, break through

• pëlcas
• plasë
• ples

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /pl̪as̪/
• Rhymes: -as̪

Borrowed from English flash.

plas

1. flash

plas

1. (photography) to flash

Borrowed from English flush.

plas

1. to flush

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

plas

1. addition
2. (arithmetic) a plus sign: +

plas

1. to add

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas]

plas

1. genitive plural of plasa

• IPA^(key): /plɑs/
• Hyphenation: plas
• Rhymes: -ɑs

From Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). Probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

1. a body of still water, pool

   De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.

   The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.

2. puddle

   Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.

   He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.

3. (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result

   Hij deed een grote plas.

   He urinated extensively.

• plas-dras

• Afrikaans: plas
• → Papiamentu: plas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plas

1. inflection of plassen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• slap

From French place.

• IPA^(key): /plas/

plas

1. place, space
2. position, job
3. plaza, square

• plase (“to place”)

plas

1. Alternative form of place

plas

1. wham!, whack!

   Synonym: plaf

2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

• “plas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

From Old French place.

• IPA^(key): /plaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

plas m (plural plasau)

1. mansion
2. palace
3. hall

• plasty

• palas

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

• IPA^(key): /pˡa˩/

From Proto-Hmong *ploŋᴰ (“owl”).^[1]

plas (classifier: tus)

1. owl (bird)

   Plas muaj qhov muag loj. ― The owl has big eyes.

plas

1. classifier for a wide expanse or large area

   plas hav zoov laus ― a jungle

   ib plag teb ― one large field

   ib plag hluav taws ― a large expanse of fire

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 248.