mas.
abbreviation
masculine.
mas.
Americanabbreviation
mas
1
British
/ mɑːs /
noun
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a carnival
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music played for a carnival, or a band playing this
-mas
2
British
combining form
Etymology
Origin of mas1
C20: from masquerade
Origin of -mas2
from Mass
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Thus, when I say, The man who writes, who is mas. gend. and sing.; but when I say, The ladies who write, who is feminine, and plural.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
Noun mas. breast, chest; hence it signifies an ascent, a steep; in the Dat. case, preceded by h, after the Prep. ri: ri h-uchd, in ascending, breasting, encountering, assailing.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Nom. sing. of the mas. noun saighdear, a soldier, in the aspirated form, because preceded by the Adj. deadh.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
Gen. sing. of the Noun mas. feum, necessity, exigency; governed in the Gen. by the Noun uchd.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
The First Comparative is formed from the gen. sing. mas. by adding e; as, geal white, g. s. m. gil, comp. gile, ghile; ciontach guilty, g. s. m. ciontaich, comp. ciontaiche.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart
“She the home girl thas what I meant , have mas love for her” Echeverria wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
The origins of the devil masquerade - or "mas" for short - date all the way back to the days of slavery.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
I’m trying to ask writers: What does living mas mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
She’s still la mas chingona — the ultimate badass — emcee Enrique Cerna said as he welcomed her to the stage in October.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
“Caring for her own, best as she can. Like all us mas and pas.”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
In Spit-amas, the suffix -mas is the common form of the superlative, and may be compared with the Latin -mus in optimus, intimus, supremus, and the like.
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