# kompas
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kompas, from Middle Dutch compas (“circle, pair of compasses, compass”), from Old French compas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔmˈpas/

### Noun

kompas (plural kompasse)
* compass (navigational compass)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ко́мпас (kómpas).

### Noun

kompas (definite accusative kompası, plural kompaslar)
* compass

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kompas” in Obastan.com.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian compasso, from Medieval Latin compassus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkompas]
* Hyphenation: kom‧pas

### Noun

kompas m inan
* compass (navigational device)
    Synonym: buzola

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch compas (“circle, pair of compasses, compass”), from Old French compas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔmˈpɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kom‧pas
* Rhymes: -ɑs

### Noun

kompas n (plural kompassen, diminutive kompasje n)
* compass (navigational compass)

#### Derived terms

* kompasnaald
* scheepskompas

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kompas
* → Indonesian: kompas
* → Japanese: コンパス
** → Ainu: コㇺパㇱ
* Negerhollands: kompos

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔm.pas/
* Rhymes: -pas
* Hyphenation: kom‧pas
* Rhymes: -as

### Etymology 1

From Dutch kompas, from Middle Dutch compas (“circle; pair of compasses; compass”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”).

#### Noun

kompas
* compass (a magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north))
    Synonyms: (uncommon) padom, (obsolete) pedoman
* compass direction
    Synonyms: (uncommon) padom, (obsolete) pedoman

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

kompas (active mengompas, passive dikompas)
* (ambitransitive, dialectal) to ask for money by force
    Near-synonym: rampas

##### Derived terms

* pengompas
* pengompasan

### References

* “kompas” 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.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

kompas m or n
* form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by kompass

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kompas m or n
* (pre-2012) alternative form of kompass

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian compasso, from Medieval Latin compassus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔm.pas/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔmpas
* Syllabification: kom‧pas

### Noun

kompas m inan
* compass (device used to determine the cardinal directions)

#### Derived terms

* astrokompas

### Further reading

* kompas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kompas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kǒmpas/
* Hyphenation: kom‧pas

### Noun

kòmpas m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀мпас)
* compass

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kóːmpas/, /kɔmpáːs/

### Noun

kọ̑mpas or kompȃs m inan
* compass

#### Inflection
## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English compass, from Middle English compas, from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“circle, circuit”). Doublet of kumpas.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkompas/ [ˈkom.pɐs], /komˈpas/ [komˈpas]
* Rhymes: -ompas, -as
* Syllabification: kom‧pas

#### Noun

kompas or kompás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜐ᜔)
* magnetic compass; compass (magnetic direction finder)
    Synonyms: bruhula, paraluman, aguha
* calipers; divider; pair of compasses; compass (device used to draw circular curves)
    Synonym: aguhon

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /komˈpas/ [komˈpas]
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: kom‧pas

#### Noun

kompás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜐ᜔)
* Alternative form of kumpas

### References

* “kompas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “kompas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018