vase

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vās. Doublet of vas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɑːz/, (obsolete) /vɔːz/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• (General American) IPA^(key): /veɪs/, /veɪz/, /vɑz/, (obsolete) /vɔz/^[1]

  • Audio (US):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /vɐːz/, /væes/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [veːz], [väːz], [vaz], [-s], [vɒːz]
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

vase (plural vases)

1. An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

   a vase of flowers

2. (architecture) The body of the Corinthian capital.

Verb

vase (third-person singular simple present vases, present participle vasing, simple past and past participle vased)

1. (transitive) To place in a vase or similar container.
   • 2009, Emily Bobo, Marvin Bell, Fugue, page 21:

     She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.

   • 2021, Christine DePetrillo, Wolf Love, page 172:

     After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar. That seemed a fitting centerpiece for the table.

References

Anagrams

• save, AEVs, Aves, aves, Veas, vaes, seva, Esav, Save, VAEs, VESA

Etymology

Borrowed from French vase, from Latin vās (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːsə/, [ˈvæːsə]

Noun

vase c (singular definite vasen, plural indefinite vaser)

1. vase

References

• “vase” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaz/ ~ /vɑz/

• Audio; “un vase”:

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Etymology 1

From Middle French, from Middle Dutch wase (“mud, silt, wet ground, clod of dirt, grass”), from *Old Dutch waso, from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, wet”). More at ouze.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin vās.

Further reading

• “vase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Noun

vāse

1. ablative singular of vās

Etymology

From Latin vās (“vessel”).

Noun

vase m (plural vases)

1. (Jersey) vase

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vaser, definite plural vasene)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.

Noun

vase m (definite singular vasen, indefinite plural vasar, definite plural vasane)

1. a vase

References

• “vase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

Noun

vase

1. vocative singular of vasā (“grease”)

Verb

vase

1. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to dwell”)
2. imperative active second-person singular of vasati (“to clothe”)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

vase c

1. sheaf, nowadays mostly as a heraldic symbol. Used in the coat of arms of the House of Vasa ruling Sweden 1523–1654
2. (Gothenburg dialect) small boy

Anagrams

• Evas, Svea, avse