# gas
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: găs, IPA: /ɡæs/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* (New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore) IPA: /ˈɡɛəs/
* enPR: găz, IPA: /ɡæz/ (regional)
* Rhymes: -æs, -æz

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

#### Noun

gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
* (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
    Synonyms: vapor, vapour
    A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
** 2013 July–August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist‎, archived from the original on 7 September 2013:Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
** (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
    Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
** (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
    The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
* (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
    The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
* (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
    She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
* (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
    Synonym: wind
    My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
** 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 72:But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.
* (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
* (slang, dated) A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
** 1963 May, Gloria Steinem, “A Bunny's Tale”, in Show Magazine‎, archived from the original on 2017-10-04:Two more girls came in, one in bright pink stretch pants and the other in purple. “Man this place is a gas,” said pink.
** 1971, Marc Bolan, “Life's a Gas”, in Electric Warrior, performed by T. Rex:No it really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's going to last
** 1973 March 1, “Money” (track 6), in The Dark Side of the Moon‎, performed by Pink Floyd:Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
** 1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out had a heart of glass
** 1979, “Belsen Was a Gas”, in The Great Rock ‛n’ Roll Swindle, performed by Sex Pistols:Be a man, Be a man / Belsen was a gas / Be a man, kill someone
** 2011 October 11, “Jumping Jack Flash (Live 1973)” (track 14), in Brussels Affair (Live 1973)‎, performed by The Rolling Stones:One two! I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. And I howled at the maw in the drivin' rain. But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas. But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a gas, gas, gas.
* (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
** 2017 July 1, “About That”, performed by Soph Aspin and Millie B:Bang, little boy, stop with the gas / Little T, man he chats up his ass
* (baseball) A fastball.
    The closer threw him nothing but gas.
* (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.

##### Derived terms

* air gas
* antigas
* bag gas
* base gas
* blast furnace gas
* bog gas
* bottled gas
* breathing gas
* Calor gas
* camping gas
* carbonic acid gas
* carrier gas
* CN gas
* coal gas
* coal seam gas (CSG)
* coke oven gas
* combined gas law
* cooking on gas
* cooking with gas
* CS gas
* degas
* drip gas
* exhaust gas
* Fermi gas
* filling gas
* flue gas
* fossil gas
* freedom gas
* galaxy gas
* gasalier
* gas and air
* gas and gaiters
* gasbag
* gas balloon
* gas bar
* gas bladder
* gas boat
* gas bottle
* gas bracket
* gas-bracket
* gas burner
* gas cap
* gas centrifuge
* gas chamber
* gas check
* gas chromatograph
* gas chromatography
* gas clathrate
* gas coal
* gas constant
* gas cylinder
* gas dynamics
* gas engine
* gaseous
* gasface
* gas field
* gas fire
* gas-fired
* gas fitter
* gasfitting
* gas flaring
* gas gauge
* gas generator
* gas giant
* Gashead
* gasholder
* gashouse
* gas-house egg
* gas hydrate
* gasiferous
* gasification
* gasiform
* gasify
* gas jar
* gas jet
* gas-jet
* gas jockey
* gaslamp, gas lamp
* gas law
* gasless
* gas-lighter
* gaslighter
* gas lighter
* gaslight, gas light, gas-light
* gas lighting
* gas-lighting
* gaslike
* gas line
* gas-liquid chromatography
* gaslit, gas-lit
* gas main
* gasman
* gas mantle
* gas mark
* gas mask
* gas-masked
* gas mechanics
* gas meter
* gas meter bandit
* gasogen
* gasogenous
* gasometer
* gasometre
* gasometric
* gasometry
* gas on a stick
* gasoscope
* gasotransmitter
* gas passer
* gaspipe
* gas pipeline
* gas plant
* gas poker
* gas-powered
* gasproof
* gassy
* gas syringe
* gas tar
* gastight
* gas turbine
* gas van
* gas washer
* gas water
* gasworker
* gasworks, gas works
* greenhouse gas
* happy gas
* have a gas
* hydrogen gas
* hydrogen gas electrode
* ideal gas
* ideal gas law
* illuminating gas
* inert gas
* inert gas narcosis
* Knudsen gas
* laughing gas
* lifting gas
* liquefied natural gas
* liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
* liquid gas
* liquid natural gas
* liquified natural gas
* marsh gas
* Mond gas
* multigas
* mustard gas
* natural gas
* natural gas liquid
* nerve gas
* Nevada gas
* noble gas
* nongas
* non-ideal gas
* nonideal gas
* OC gas
* off-gas
* oil gas
* olefiant gas
* outgas
* oxy-gas torch
* oxygen gas
* packaging gas
* pass gas
* pepper gas, pepper-gas
* Pintsch gas
* poison gas
* power to gas
* producer gas
* purple gas
* rare gas
* regas
* rotten egg gas, rotten-egg gas
* second gas effect
* sewer gas
* shale gas
* sneeze gas
* sour gas
* super greenhouse gas
* swamp gas
* synthesis gas, syngas
* take gas
* tear gas, tear-gas
* town gas
* towns gas
* ullage gas
* van der Waals gas
* water gas
* wet gas
* white gas
* wood gas

##### See also

* fluid
* liquid
* solid

#### Verb

gas (third-person singular simple present gasses or gases, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
* (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
    The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
    He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.
* (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
** 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:"He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were."
* (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
** 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “ […] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […] ”
** 1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:"Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.
* (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
** 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me‎, performed by Dizzy Rascal:I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".
* (intransitive) To emit gas.
    The battery cell was gassing.
* (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
    to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder
* (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
    to gas thread

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.

#### Noun

gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)
* (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
    Synonyms: (US) gasoline, (British) petrol; see also Thesaurus:petroleum
* (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
* (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
    Coordinate term: Ether
    gas fee
** 2018, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps‎, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use […]
** 2021 November 6, Ben Butler, “Australian banks are opening up to cryptocurrency: what does it mean for you?”, in The Guardian‎:The average “gas fee” – transaction cost – of an Ethereum transaction is between US$85 and US $156, according to crypto.com data.
* (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.

##### Usage notes

* Unlike most terms derived from gasoline, the use of gas to mean gas pedal is not restricted to North America, and is also used in the UK; particularly among driving instructors and motoring enthusiasts.

##### Derived terms

* autogas
* avgas, av-gas
* gas-guzzler, gas guzzler
* gas-guzzling, gas guzzling
* gas-hog
* gasless
* gasohol
* gas oil
* gas out
* gas pedal
* gas pump
* gas station
* gas tank
* gas truck
* gas up
* hit the gas
* mogas
* out of gas
* run out of gas
* step on the gas
* throw gas on the fire

##### Translations
#### Verb

gas (third-person singular simple present gasses or gases, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
* (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
    Synonyms: hit the gas, step on the gas
    The cops are coming. Gas it!
* (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
    Synonym: refuel
** 1947 October 30, Bureau of Ships, “SECTION III - DISCUSSION”, in U.S.S. Princeton (CVL23): Loss in Action, Battle for Leyte Gulf, 24 October 1944‎, United States Hydrographic Office, archived from the original on 25 June 2024, B. Fires and Explosions in Hangar., page 8:Between 0945 and 1020 six definite explosions were reported in the hangar. Explosions at 0945 and 1006 were described as minor while those at 1002, 1003 and 1005 were classed as major explosions and the explosion at 1020 was described as a heavy explosion but less severe than some previous ones. The cause of these explosions was not reported and can only be estimated from the damage sustained by the ship and the known condition of loading. Each of the six torpedo planes spotted in the hangar was armed with one Mark 13, torpex-loaded torpedo and was fully gassed, including auxiliary wing tanks. Explosions in the hangar therefore might have been either detonations of torpedoes or gasoline vapor explosions.
    (transitive or reflexive) To die through the inhalation of a gas.

##### Derived terms

* gas and dash, gas-and-dash
* gas and go, gas-and-go
* gas up

##### Translations
#### Adjective

gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)
* (slang, uncountable) Of high quality.
    This food is gas.

### Etymology 3

Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.

#### Adjective

gas (comparative gasser, superlative gassest)
* (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
    Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
    It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
** 2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 113:The other models were gas fun, though they were all a bit hoity-toity.
** 2018 September 14, “Don't Gas Me” (track 1), in Don't Gas Me‎, performed by Dizzy Rascal:I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".

### Anagrams

* AGs, GSA, sag, AGS, Ags., SAG, ags, Sag, ASG, SGA

## Afrikaans
### Etymology 1

From Dutch gast.

#### Noun

gas (plural gaste)
* guest

### Etymology 2

From Dutch gas.

#### Noun

gas (plural gasse)
* gas (substance in gaseous phase)

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gas inan
* gas

#### Derived terms

* gaseoso

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡas]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gas m (plural gasos)
* gas

#### Derived terms

* biogàs
* cambra de gas
* gas d'envasat
* gas lacrimogen
* gas natural
* gas noble
* gasós

#### Related terms

* gasificar
* gasolina

### Further reading

* “gas” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “gas”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “gas” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “gas” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English gas.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ge$^1$ si$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ge$^1$ si$^2$
*** Yale: gē sí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ge$^1$ si$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gé$^1$ xi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛː⁵⁵ siː³⁵/

### Noun

gas
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) gas (fuel)

#### Derived terms

* gas爐 / gas炉 (ge$^1$ si$^2$ lou$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 嘥gas (saai$^1$ ge$^1$ si$^2$) (Cantonese)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gas
* Rhymes: -ɑs

### Etymology 1

Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).

#### Noun

gas n (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
* gas
* liquefied petroleum gas
    Synonyms: autogas, LPG

##### Derived terms

* aardgas
* afvalgas
* autogas
* biogas
* blauwzuurgas
* broeikasgas
* campinggas
* chloorgas
* edelgas
* gasaanleg
* gasaansteker
* gasaanval
* gasaarde
* gasachtig
* gasautomaat
* gasbarbecue
* gasbaten
* gasbedrijf
* gasbel
* gasbescherming
* gasboei
* gasbom
* gasboring
* gasbrander
* gasbron
* gasbuis
* gascel
* gascentrale
* gascilinder
* gascoke
* gasdicht
* gasdruk
* gasexplosie
* gasfabriek
* gasfilter
* gasfitter
* gasfles
* gasfornuis
* gasgeiser
* gasgenerator
* gasgloeilicht
* gasgranaat
* gashaard
* gashendel
* gashouder
* gasijs
* gaskachel
* gaskamer
* gaskast
* gasketel
* gasklok
* gaskous
* gaskraan
* gaskroon
* gaslamp
* gaslantaarn
* gasleiding
* gaslek
* gaslicht
* gaslucht
* gasmasker
* gasmengsel
* gasmeter
* gasmotor
* gasnet
* gasnevel
* gasolie
* gasoline
* gasometer
* gasontploffing
* gasoorlog
* gasoven
* gaspatroon
* gaspedaal
* gaspenning
* gaspijp
* gaspistool
* gaspit
* gasplaneet
* gaspook
* gasprijs
* gasproductie
* gasradiator
* gasreserve
* gasreus
* gasrotonde
* gassig
* gasslang
* gassluis
* gasstel
* gastank
* gastarief
* gasthermometer
* gastoestel
* gasturbine
* gasveer
* gasveld
* gasverbruik
* gasvergiftiging
* gasvering
* gasverlichting
* gasverwarming
* gasvlam
* gasvoorraad
* gasvoorziening
* gasvormig
* gasvorming
* gasvrij
* gaswinning
* gaswolk
* gifgas
* knalgas
* kolengas
* lachgas
* lichtgas
* mijngas
* moerasgas
* mosterdgas
* motorgas
* oorlogsgas
* plankgas
* strijdgas
* traangas
* turfgas
* uitlaatgas
* verpakkingsgas
* waterstofgas
* zenuwgas
* zuurstofgas

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: gas
* → Caribbean Javanese: gas
* → English: gas
* → French: gaz
** → Arabic: غَاز (ḡāz)
** → Greek: γκάζι (gkázi)
** → Hebrew: גז (gaz)
** → Polish: gaz
*** → Kashubian: gaz
** → Persian: گاز (gâz)
** → Portuguese: gás
** → Romanian: gaz
** → Russian: газ (gaz), газъ (gaz) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
*** → Kazakh: газ (gaz)
*** → Yakut: газ (gaz)
** → Turkish: gaz
* → German: Gas
* → Saramaccan: gási
* → West Frisian: gas

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gasse (“unpaved street”), from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ.

#### Noun

gas f (plural gassen, diminutive gasje n)
* unpaved street

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gas
* inflection of gassen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Galician
### Noun

gas m (plural gases)
* gas
    Synonym: vapor

#### Derived terms

* gas nobre

#### Related terms

* gasoso

## Hamer-Banna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡás/

### Noun

gas
* threshold of a hut

### References

* Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaːs/
* Rhymes: -aːs

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch gas.

#### Noun

gas n (genitive singular gass, nominative plural gös)
* gas (state of matter)

##### Derived terms

* táragas

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gaze.

#### Noun

gas n (genitive singular gass, no plural)
* gauze

##### Derived terms

* gasbleia

### Anagrams

* sag

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch gas (“gas”), a term coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”) or by chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡas]
* Hyphenation: gas

### Noun

gas (plural)
* gas
** (chemistry, physics) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
** A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

#### Derived terms

* bergas
* mengegas

#### Compounds

* gas air
* gas air mata
* gas alam
* gas basah
* gas batu bara
* gas bersin
* gas buang
* gas bumi
* gas gelap
* gas ikutan
* gas karbit
* gas karbon
* gas kecut
* gas kilang
* gas lamban
* gas lembam
* gas lembap
* gas minyak cair
* gas mulia
* gas pemati lemas
* gas pencerna
* gas pencerna anaerob
* gas penyesak napas
* gas racun
* gas rawa
* gas rumah kaca
* gas saraf
* gas sintesis
* gas tanur
* gas toksik

### Verb

gas
* (colloquial) to hit the gas, to accelerate.
    Synonym: mengegas

### Further reading

* “gas” 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.

## Interlingua
### Noun

gas (plural gases)
* gas

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ɡɑsˠ/
* (Connemara, Ulster) IPA: /ɡasˠ/

### Noun

gas m (genitive singular gais, nominative plural gais or gasa)
* stalk, stem
* sprig, shoot, frond
* (figuratively) stripling; scion

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
gas
gais
vocative
a ghais
a ghasa
genitive
gais
gas
dative
gas
gais
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an gas
na gais
genitive
an ghais
na ngas
dative
leis an ngas don ghas
leis na gais :

#### Derived terms

* gasach
* gasán
* gasarnach
* gasghreim
* gasóg
* gasra
* gasta

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 121

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “gas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡas/
* Rhymes: -as
* Hyphenation: gàs

### Noun

gas m (uncountable)
* gas (state of matter, petroleum)
* carbon dioxide (in fizzy drinks)
* petrol
    Synonym: benzina
* poison gas

#### Related terms

* gasare
* gasolina
* gassare
* gassificare
* gassista
* gassometro
* gassoso

### Further reading

* gas in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

Coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (appearing in his Ortus Medicinae as an invariable noun).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡas/, [ˈɡäs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡas/, [ˈɡäs]

### Noun

gas n (genitive gasis); third declension
* (physics) gas (state of matter)
    Synonyms: gasum, gasium

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

## Malay
### Etymology

From English gas, from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɛs], [ɡas]
* Rhymes: -ɛs, -as
* Hyphenation: gas

### Noun

gas (Jawi spelling ݢس, plural gas-gas, informal 1st possessive gasku, 2nd possessive gasmu, 3rd possessive gasnya)
* gas:
** (physics) One of the four states of matter.
    Coordinate terms: pepejal (“solid”), cecair (“liquid”), plasma (“plasma”)
** (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
** The gas that is released by coal factories.
** The vapour that is released by petrol or gasoline.

#### Compounds

* gas adi, gas lengai, gas nadir (“noble gas”)
* gas air mata, gas pemedih mata (“tear gas”)
* gas asli (“natural gas”)
* gas ketawa (“laughing gas, nitrous oxide”)
* gas petroleum cecair (“liquefied petroleum gas”)
* gas sahih, gas tak sempurna (“real gas”)
* gas sempurna, gas unggul (“perfect gas”)
* kilang gas

### Further reading

* “gas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Naga Pidgin
### Alternative forms

* gach

### Etymology

Inherited from Assamese গছ (gos).

### Noun

gas
* tree

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French gars, nominative singular form of garçon.

### Noun

gas m (plural gas)
* (Jersey) chap

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French gaze.

### Noun

gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gaser, definite plural gasene)
* gauze

### See also

* gass
* gås

### References

* “gas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French gaze.

### Noun

gas m (definite singular gasen, indefinite plural gasar, definite plural gasane)
* gauze

### See also

* gass
* gås

### References

* “gas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* gōs

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

### Noun

gās f
* a goose

#### Descendants

* Low German: Goos

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* ᚵᛆᛋ

### Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

### Noun

gās f
* goose

#### Descendants

* Swedish: gås

## Rohingya
### Etymology

From Sanskrit.

### Noun

gas
* tree

## Romagnol
### Etymology

From Dutch gas (“gas”), invented by Jan Baptiste van Helmont, from Latin chaos (“chaos”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡas/

### Noun

gas m (plural ghës)
* gas

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡâːs/

### Noun

gȃs m (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)
* (chiefly Bosnia, Serbia or colloquial) gas (state of matter)
    Synonym: (Croatian) plȋn
* gas (as fuel for combustion engines)
* (figuratively) acceleration
** dȁti gȃs - “give gas”: accelerate
* gas pedal, accelerator

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by Belgian chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Middle Dutch gheest (Modern Dutch geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”), or from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: gas

### Noun

gas m (plural gases)
* gas (matter between liquid and plasma)
* gas (an element or compound in such a state)
* gas (flammable gas used for combustion)
* (in the plural) gas (waste gases trapped in one's belly)

#### Derived terms

* a medio gas
* a todo gas
* agua con gas
* antigás
* biogas
* cámara de gas
* contador de gas
* contador del gas
* gas de alumbrado
* gas de invernadero
* gas hilarante
* gas inerte
* gas lacrimógeno
* gas mostaza
* gas natural
* gas noble
* gasear
* gaseoso
* gasero
* gasificar
* gasómetro
* perder gas
* tanque de gas
* tener gases

#### Related terms

* gasolina

### Further reading

* “gas”, 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

### Anagrams

* ags, Ags

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑːs/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Dutch gas.

#### Noun

gas c
* gas; a state of matter
* gas; a compound or element in such a state
* gas; gaseous fuels
* (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
* gas pedal, acceleration (compare gaspedal (“gas pedal”) and gasa (“accelerate, hit the gas”))
    trampa på gasenstep on the gas
    full gasfull throttle
    gasen i bottenpedal to the metal

##### Derived terms

* avgas
* biogas
* fordonsgas
* förpackningsgas
* gasa
* gasbehållare
* gasbrand
* gasbrännare
* gasbuss
* gasformig
* gaskammare
* gasklocka
* gaskromatografi
* gasledning
* gaslykta
* gaslåga
* gasmask
* gaspedal
* gasspis
* gassvetsning
* gasturbin
* gasverk
* ge gas
* ha gaser
* kvävgas
* naturgas
* nervgas
* rötgas
* stadsgas
* sumpgas
* syrgas
* tårgas
* vätgas

### Etymology 2

From French gaze. Attested since 1670.

#### Noun

gas c
* (chiefly in compounds) gauze (thin fabric with a loose, open weave)
** (medicine) gauze

##### Derived terms

* gasbinda

### References

* gas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ags, asg

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡas/ [ˈɡas]
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: gas

### Etymology 1

Either from English gas, itself a clipping of gasoline, or a clipping of gasolina.

#### Alternative forms

* gaas

#### Noun

gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
* gasoline
    Synonym: gasolina
* kerosene; petroleum; gas
    Synonyms: kerosin, petrolyo

##### Derived terms

* gasan
* gasera
* gaserahan

### Etymology 2

Either from Spanish gas or English gas, ultimately from Dutch gas.

#### Noun

gas (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔)
* gaseous substance; vapor; fume
    Synonyms: singaw, asngaw

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaːs/

### Verb

gas
* Soft mutation of cas.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔs/

### Noun

gas n (plural gassen)
* gas

#### Further reading

* “gas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011