ás

Portuguese

/ˈa(j)s/, /ˈaʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • ace card with a single spot
  • ace an expert at something
  • (military) ace pilot who shot down five or more enemy aircraft

Etymology

Inherited from Latin as (as, copper coin, basic Roman unit of money, a type of Roman coin).

Origin

Latin

as

Gloss

as, copper coin, basic Roman unit of money, a type of Roman coin

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • as Latin
  • As German
  • as French
  • as Spanish, Castilian
  • ess Norwegian Bokmål
  • ess Norwegian Nynorsk
  • as Old French
  • as Catalan, Valencian
  • es Middle Low German
  • ас Macedonian
  • *ass Old Latin