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Translingual

Symbol

ass

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forIpulo.

See also

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishasse, fromOld Englishassa, back-formed fromassen(“she-ass”), fromCeltic (compareOld Irishasan,Old Cornishasen), fromLatinasinus. DisplacedOld Englishesol, fromProto-West Germanic*asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compareLatinasinus(“slow-witted person”)).

Noun

ass (pluralasses)

Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis)
  1. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especiallyEquus asinus, the domesticated of which are used asbeasts of burden.
    Synonym:donkey
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,1 Samuel16:20:
      And Iesse tooke anasse laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul.
    • 1650,Thomas Browne, “Of the Same[i.e., the Blacknesse of Negroes]”, inPseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […],→OCLC, 6th book,page282:
      Thus theAſſe having a peculiar mark of a croſſe made by a black liſt down his back, and another athwart, or at right angles down his ſhoulders; common opinion aſcribes this figure unto a peculiar ſignation; ſince that beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back.
    • 1843 December 19,Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, inA Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London:Chapman & Hall, […],→OCLC,page51:
      […] suddenly a man, in foreign garments: wonderfully real and distinct to look at: stood outside the window, with an axe stuck in his belt, and leading anass laden with wood by the bridle.
    • 1972, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 20(3)”, inRoad Traffic Act 1972‎[2], page14:
      In this section "animal" means any horse, cattle,ass, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog.
  2. (often vulgar through confusion with other word) Astupid person.
    Synonyms:fool,idiot
    That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What anass.
  3. (printing, slang, obsolete) Acompositor.
    • [1841,William Savage,Dictionary of the Art of Printing‎[3], page24:
      Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are calledAsses by the pressmen.]
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
animal—see alsodonkey
stupid person
See also

Etymology 2

Variant ofarse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately fromMiddle Englishars,ers, fromOld Englishærs,ears, fromProto-West Germanic*ars, fromProto-Germanic*arsaz (compareOld High Germanars (GermanArsch),Old Norsears,Old Frisianers), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁órsos (compareAncient Greekὄρρος(órrhos)).

Etymological notes

Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as apronunciation spelling (of the older formarse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of/ɹ/ beforecoronal consonants (especially/s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from theMiddle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as/ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) includecuss fromcurse,gash fromgarsh,bass(“fish”) frombarse,bust fromburst,passel fromparcel; seeCategory:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list.

Noun

ass (countable anduncountable,pluralasses)(vulgar, slang, US)

  2. (countable and uncountable) Thebuttocks.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:buttocks
  3. (countable and uncountable) Theanus.
    • 1962 [1959],William S. Burroughs,Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press,page81:
      Train compartment: two sick young junkies on their way to Lexington tear their pants down in convulsions of lust. One of them soaps his cock and works it up the other'sass with a corkscrew motion.
    • 1997 Matt Stone & Trey Parker, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe,"South Park, Season 1, Episode 1 (aired August 13, 1997), Spoken by Eric Cartman (Trey Parker)
      That does it! Now listen! Why is it that everything today has involved things either going in or coming out of myass? I’m sick of it! It’s completely immature!
  4. (synecdochically, uncountable)Sex; aperson to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on theircorporeality (theirbody) over theirpersonhood.
    Synonyms:poontang,poon,punani,pussy,tail,tang;see alsoThesaurus:copulation
    I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me someass.
    • 1971,Joni Mitchell, “Blue”, inBlue:
      Acid, booze, andass / Needles, guns, and grass
  5. (uncountable)Used insimiles to express somethingbad orunpleasant.
    I feel likeass today. ―I am feeling very bad today.
    This room smells likeass. ―This room smells very bad.
    What a bunch ofass. ―What a bunch of lies/nonsense/disappointment.
  7. (synecdochically, countable) Aperson; theself;(reflexively)oneself or one'sperson, chiefly theirbody. By extension, one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
    Coordinate terms:face;hide
    Get your lazyass out of bed!
    We risk ourasses out there every day.
    I'ma get medieval on yourass!(idiomatic sense "on you" (comparego crazy on you), not literally and specifically "on your buttocks")
    Mess up one more time and it's yourass(i.e. you're fired)
Usage notes
  • When usedsynecdochically to refer to a (whole) person, it adds a tone of anger or disapproval to the whole sentence:
    • "he has trouble getting his ass up in the morning" is much stronger and more negative than "he has trouble getting up in the morning".
  • The disapproval may not be of the person so referred to:
    • "And who do you think has to clean this mess up? My ass does!" (Does not indicate disapproval of the speaker themselves, but rather of the people who made the mess.)
      • (A hint ofjaded self-perception may be perceived: "I realize how they see me!")
  • Such usage is usually consideredvulgar and is thus usually confined tocasual/informalregisters; its use in formal contexts is mildlyoffensive.

Its semanticessence isimpersonalization (evenof oneself), whereby a chief body partsynecdochically represents the whole self, with aconnotation emphasizing the person'scorporeality over theirpersonhood (from that viewpoint, compare alsowatch his hide,show his face,what's-his-face,meatbag, orcrackhead).

Alternative forms
  • @$$(censored spelling)
Derived terms
Terms derived fromass (buttocks, vulgar)
Translations
buttocks
vulgar slang:sex
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Adjective

ass (notcomparable)

  1. (vulgar, slang) Of lowquality;bad.
    • 2019 February 5, Alex Miller, “Former Texas A&M QB Nick Starkel breaks down old Twitter beef with Tate Martell”, inDallas Morning News‎[4]:
      On a recent episode of "The Justin Dunning Podcast," Starkel shared his thoughts on Martell, a former Ohio State quarterback, saying "he'sass my dude" in reference to Starkel.
    • 2021 February 21, Thomas Carannante, “Patriots: Cam Newton getting disrespected by a teenager is everything that’s wrong with society”, inFansided‎[5]:
      For some reason, the teenager thought it’d be a good idea to criticize Newton and say he's "ass" and that he’s "about to be poor" because he's a free agent.
    • 2021 October 28, Josh Weinfuss, “What we learned about Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray by watching him on Twitch”, inESPN‎[6]:
      "You're soass," Murray says to another player.

Particle

ass

  1. Synonym of-ass(used to intensify an adjective)
    That was one bigass fish!
    That's an expensiveass car!

Further reading

  • Archibald A. Hill (1940) “Early Loss of[r] before Dentals”, inPMLA, volume55, number 2,→DOI, pages308-359
  • L. Sprague de Camp (1971) “Arse and ass”, inJournal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 1, number 2,→DOI, pages79–80
  • L. A. Hill and S. S. Eustac (1972) “On Arse and Ass”, inJournal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 2, number 2, pages79–80

Anagrams

German

Verb

ass

  1. Switzerland andLiechtenstein standard spelling ofaß.

Latgalian

Etymology 1

FromProto-Balto-Slavic*aśís. Cognates includeLatvianass andLithuanianašis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈasʲsʲ]
  • Hyphenation:ass

Noun

ass f (diminutiveaseite)

  1. axle
Declension
Declension ofass (type 6 noun)
singularplural
nominativeassass,asis
genitiveassošu
dativeaseiasim,ašom1)
accusativeasiass,asis
instrumentalasiasim,ašom1)
locativeasīasīs,ašuos1)
vocativeassass,asis

1) dialectal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈass]
  • Hyphenation:ass

Participle

ass (feminineasūte,masculine pluralasūts,feminine pluralasūts)

  1. presentobliqueparticiple ofbyut

References

  • M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973)Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page131

Latvian

Vagona ass
Ass

Etymology 1

FromProto-Balto-Slavic*aśís, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-. Originally an i/n-stem, it became an i-stem in Baltic.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ass f (6th declension)

  1. axle(pin orspindle around which something, e.g. awheel,rotates)
    ratuass ―axletree
    vagonaass ―wagonaxle
    motocikla pakaļējā riteņaass ―motorcycle rear wheelaxle
  2. (mathematics)axis(a line with certain important properties)
    simetrijas, rotācijasass ―axis of symmetry, of rotation
    zemes griešanāsass ―the Earth's rotationaxis
    koordinātuasis ―coordinateaxes
    abscisu, ordinātuass ―x-, y-axis
Declension
Declension ofass (6th declension)
singularplural
nominativeassasis
genitiveassasu
dativeasijasīm
accusativeasiasis
instrumentalasiasīm
locativeasīasīs
vocativeassasis

Etymology 2

From the same source asass(“axle”), originally a unit of measurement corresponding to the length of a person's outstretched arms (compareRussianса́жень(sáženʹ,“old unit of measurement; length of outstretched arms”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ass f (6th declension)

  1. oldunit oflength in theRussiansystem, equivalent toapproximately 2.13meters
    jūrasass ―fathom (unit of length in the English system, approximately 1.83 meters)
  2. oldunit ofvolume formeasuringwood, equivalent toapproximately 2-4cubic meters
    divasasis malkas ―twoaxes (=4-8m3) of wood
Declension
Declension ofass (6th declension)
singularplural
nominativeassasis
genitiveassasu
dativeasijasīm
accusativeasiasis
instrumentalasiasīm
locativeasīasīs
vocativeassasis

Etymology 3

From earlier*asus, fromProto-Baltic*ašus, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp, pointed, edgy”). With an extra suffix*-ro, the same stem also yieldedProto-Balto-Slavic*aśras(“sharp”), whence Latvian dialectalasrs, as well as theLithuanian cognateaštrùs, dialectalašrùs. From this stem, there are also Latvian reflexes withak rather thanas (e.g.,akmens(“stone”),akots(“awn”)), possibly a result of Proto-Indo-European dialectal variation. In Latvian, formeru-stem adjectives like*asus were assimilated into other classes;*asus gave rise to both ano-stem and ayo-stem variant which later on became independent words,ass andašs, with different semantic nuances (compare also, e.g.,plats andplašs, ordobs anddobjš). Other cognates includeOld Church Slavonicостръ(ostrŭ),Russianо́стрый(óstryj),Belarusianво́стры(vóstry),Ukrainianо́стрий(óstryj),го́стрий(hóstryj),Bulgarianо́стър(óstǎr),Czechostrý,Polishostry,Proto-Germanic*agjō (Old High Germanecka,egga(“corner, edge, point, peak, blade”),GermanEcke,Sanskritअश्रिः(áśriḥ,“corner, edge, blade”),Ancient Greekἀκή(akḗ,“point, tip”),ἄκρος(ákros,“sharp, pointed”),Latinācer(“sharp”),aciēs(“sharpness, blade”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ass (definiteasais,comparativeasāks,superlativevisasākais,adverbasi)

  1. sharp(such that it (blade,tool) can easilycut orpierce)
    ass nazis, zāģis, cirvis ―sharp knife, saw, ax
    ass īlens, ilknis ―sharp awl, fang
    asa adata ―sharp needle
    asi ragi, ilkņi ―sharp horns, fangs
  2. pointed(having anarrowtip)
    asas kalnu galotnes ―sharp mountain tops
    ass zīmulis ―sharp pencil
  3. angular, notrounded(ofbody parts; also ofwriting,drawing)
    asi elkoņi ―sharp elbows
    asi vaigu kauli ―sharp cheekbones
    asas burtu formas rokrakstā ―sharp letter forms in handwriting
  4. (ofplants)sharp(having littlethorns orthorn-likegrowths, or having a sharpedge, capable ofstinging)
    ass dadzis, paeglis, grīslis ―sharp thistle, juniper, sedge
    asa zāle, nātre ―sharp leaf, nettle
  5. (offabric,skin, etc.)coarse,rough
    asa sejas āda ―coarse,rough facial skin
    ass linu dvielis ―towel (made) ofcoarse linen
  6. sharp,pungent,hot(whichirritates the senses, creating astrongfeeling orreaction)
    asa mērce ―spicy,hot (lit.sharp) sauce
    asa dūmu smaka ―pungent smell of smoke
    ass ož pēc hlora ―sharp smell of chlorine
    ass vējš ―sharp wind
    asas sāpes ―sharp pain
    ass klepus ―sharp (painful) cough
  7. harsh(voice, sound);sharp,biting,unsparing,fierce
    asā balss ―harsh voice
    runātasā tonī ―to speak in aharsh tone (of voice)
    ass sarkasms ―sharp,biting sarcasm
    ass pārmetumi ―sharp,harsh criticism
    asa ķilda ―fierce quarrel
    asa mēle ―sharp tongue (= caustic, sarcastic)
  8. sharp, well-defined, clearlymarked
    asas kontūras ―sharp contour, profile
    asi sejas vaibsti ―sharp facial features
    zīmētasām līnijām ―to draw withsharp,well-defined lines
  9. (about problems, questions)clear,acute, ofimmediateimportance
    asa problēma ―aclear,acute problem
  10. sharp(very welldeveloped, veryaccurate)
    asa redze ―sharp vision
    ass prāts ―sharp mind
    asa uztvere ―sharp perception, acumen
Declension
Indefinite declension(nenoteiktāgalotne) ofass
masculine(vīriešu dzimte)feminine(sieviešu dzimte)
singularpluralsingularplural
nominativeassasiasaasas
genitiveasaasuasasasu
dativeasamasiemasaiasām
accusativeasuasusasuasas
instrumentalasuasiemasuasām
locativeasāasosasāasās
vocative————
Definite declension(noteiktāgalotne) ofass
masculine(vīriešu dzimte)feminine(sieviešu dzimte)
singularpluralsingularplural
nominativeasaisasieasāasās
genitiveasāasoasāsaso
dativeasajamasajiemasajaiasajām
accusativeasoasosasoasās
instrumentalasoasajiemasoasajām
locativeasajāasajosasajāasajās
vocativeaso,asaisasieaso,asāasās
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑1.01.11.2Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ass”, inLatviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS,→ISBN.

Luxembourgish

Verb

ass

  1. is(third-personsingularpresent ofsinn)

Manx

Etymology

FromOld Irishass, masculine and neuter singular form ofa(“out of, from”), fromProto-Celtic*exs, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs(“from”). CompareIrishas.

Adverb

ass

  1. out

Preposition

ass

  1. out of

Inflection

singularplural
Person:1st2nd3rd1st2nd3rd
mf
normalassymassydassassjeeassdooinassdiuassdaue
emphaticassymsassydsassynassjeeishassdooinynassdiuishassdauesyn

Derived terms

Pronoun

ass

  1. first-personplural ofec
    out ofhim/it

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

ass

  1. Alternative form ofasshe(“burnt matter”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • Ass(alternative capitalization)

Noun

ass m (definite singularassen,indefinite pluralasser,definite pluralassene)

  1. (informal, greater Oslo area)A sound that marks the end of a sentence, and which otherwise doesn't mean anything.
    • 2016 November 23, Urd Vindenes, “«Språk er rart, ass»”, inSpråknerderiet‎[7] (overall work in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved16 October 2023:
      Språk er rart, ass
      Linguistics are weird, yo
  2. (music)A-flat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • Ass(alternative capitalization)

Noun

ass m (definite singularassen,indefinite pluralassar,definite pluralassane)

  1. (music)A-flat

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ass

  1. third-personsingularmasculine ofa

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ass n

  1. (music)A-flat; the note A♭
Declension
Declension ofass
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteassass
definiteassetassets
pluralindefiniteassass
definiteassenassens
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ass n

  1. aninsuredletter;abbreviation ofassurerad (försändelse).
    Coordinate term:rek(“registered”)
Declension
Declension ofass
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteassass
definiteassetassets
pluralindefiniteassass
definiteassenassens

Anagrams

Tarifit

Alternative forms

Etymology

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ass m (Tifinagh spellingⴰⵙⵙ,pluralussan)

  1. day
    Synonym:nnhar
  2. daytime
    Synonym:aziř

Declension

singularplural
free stateassussan
construct statewasswussan

Derived terms

Tashelhit

Other scripts
Tifinaghⴰⵙⵙ
Arabicأس

Etymology

FromProto-Berber.

Noun

ass m (pluralussan)

  1. day

Derived terms

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