adj · name · noun · verb · 40 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:găs
General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ɡæs/
/ɡɛəs/æ-raising
regional:găz
regional:/ɡæz/
regional:/ɡɛəz/æ-raising
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rhymes with -æs
rhymes with -æz
CMU ARPABET:G AE1 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of high quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Examples
This food is gas.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Examples
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A city in Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vapor, vapour
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
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.
Poison gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
Examples
The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vapor, vapour
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaseous state
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of matter, state
36
noun
Meaning 36
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵheh2-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas 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.
Across languages
Translations
271 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Albanian:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Amharic:
ጋዝ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Arabic:
غَاز
(ḡāz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Armenian:
գազ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Assamese:
গেছ
(ges)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Azerbaijani:
غاز
(gāz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Azerbaijani:
qaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Basque:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Belarusian:
газ
(haz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Bengali:
গ্যাস
(gês)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Bulgarian:
газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Burmese:
ဓာတ်ငွေ့
(dhatngwe.)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Catalan:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Chinese Cantonese:
氣體 /气体
(hei3 tai2)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Eastern Min Chinese:
氣體 /气体
(ké-tā̤)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Hakka Chinese:
氣體 /气体
(hi-thí)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Chinese:
氣體 /气体
(khì-thé)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Chinese Mandarin:
氣體 /气体
(qìtǐ)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Chinese Mandarin:
氣 /气
(qì)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Wu Chinese:
氣體 /气体
(5chi-thi)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Czech:
plyn
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Danish:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Dutch:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Erzya:
лекс
(leks)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Esperanto:
gaso
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Estonian:
gaas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Faroese:
gass
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Finnish:
kaasu
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
French:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
West-Frisian:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Galician:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Georgian:
გაზი
(gazi)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Georgian:
აირი
(airi)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
German:
Gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Greek:
γκάζι
(gkázi)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Greek:
αέριο
(aério)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Greek:
ατμός
(atmós)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Greenlandic:
gassi
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Gujarati:
વાયુ
(vāyu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Hebrew:
גַּז
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Hindi:
गैस
(gais)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Hungarian:
gáz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Icelandic:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Ido:
gaso
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Indonesian:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Interlingua:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Irish:
gás
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Italian:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Japanese:
気体
(kitai)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Japanese:
ガス
(gasu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Kannada:
ಅನಿಲ
(anila)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Kazakh:
газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Khakas:
кии
(kii)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Khmer:
ឧស្ម័ន
(ʼusman)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Khmer:
ហ្គាស
(gaah)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Korean:
가스
(gaseu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Korean:
기체
(giche)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Central Kurdish:
گاز
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Northern Kurdish:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Kyrgyz:
газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Lao:
ອາຍໄຕ້
(ʼāi tai)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Lao:
ອາຍ
(ʼāi)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Lao:
ແກັສ
(kæs)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Latin:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Latin:
gasum
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Latin:
gasium
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Latvian:
gāze
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Lithuanian:
dujos
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Macedonian:
гас
(gas)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Malay:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Maltese:
gass
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Māori:
haurehu
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Māori:
kāhi
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Marathi:
वायू
(vāyū)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Mongolian:
хий
(xii)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Mongolian:
ᠬᠡᠢ
(kei)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Norwegian Bokmål:
gass
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gass
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Odia:
ଗ୍ୟାସ୍
(gyās)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Pashto:
ګاز
(gāz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Pashto:
غاز
(ǧāz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Iranian Persian:
گاز
(gâz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Polish:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Portuguese:
gás
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Punjabi:
ਗੈਸ
(gais)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Punjabi:
ਫੂ
(phū)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Romagnol:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Romanian:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Romanian:
gaze
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Russian:
газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Scottish Gaelic:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Serbo-Croatian:
пли̑н
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Serbo-Croatian:
га̑с
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Serbo-Croatian:
plȋn
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Serbo-Croatian:
gȃs
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Sicilian:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Silesian:
goz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Sinhalese:
වායු
(wāyu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Slovak:
plyn
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Slovene:
plin
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Spanish:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Swahili:
gesi
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Swedish:
gas
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tagalog:
buhag
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tajik:
газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tamil:
வளிமம்
(vaḷimam)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tamil:
வாயு
(vāyu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tatar:
газ
(ğaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Telugu:
వాయువు
(vāyuvu)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Thai:
ก๊าซ
(gáat)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Thai:
แก๊ส
(gɛ́ɛt)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tibetan:
རླངས་རླུང
(rlangs rlung)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Turkish:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Ottoman Turkish:
غاز
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Turkmen:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Tuvan:
хей
(xey)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Ukrainian:
газ
(haz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Urdu:
گَیس
(gais)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Urdu:
فارغہ
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Uyghur:
گاز
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Uzbek:
gaz
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Vietnamese:
khí tê
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Vietnamese:
khí
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Vietnamese:
chất khí
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Volapük:
vap
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Welsh:
nwy
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Yakut:
гаас
(gaas)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Yiddish:
גאַז
(gaz)
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Yoruba:
gáàsì
— (uncountable, chemistry) state of matter
Belarusian:
газ
(haz)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Bulgarian:
газ
(gaz)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
French:
gaz
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Georgian:
აირი
(airi)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Gujarati:
વાયુ
(vāyu)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Hungarian:
gáz
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Polish:
gaz
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Portuguese:
gás
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Russian:
газ
(gaz)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Sicilian:
gas
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Slovak:
plyn
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Swedish:
gas
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Ottoman Turkish:
غاز
(gaz)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Ukrainian:
газ
(haz)
— (countable, chemistry) chemical element or compound
Belarusian:
газ
(haz)
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
Belarusian:
прыро́дны газ
(pryródny haz)
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
Bulgarian:
газ f приро́дна газ
(gaz)
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
French:
gaz
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
Georgian:
ბუნებრივი აირი
(bunebrivi airi)
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
Hungarian:
gáz
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture
Hungarian:
PB-gáz
— (uncountable) flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture