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tass¹
- /tæs/
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).
Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.
noun tasses · tas
- A heap, pile.
tass²
- /tæs/
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.
noun tasses · tas
- A cup or cupful. "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
tass³
- /tæs/
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).
noun tasses · tasse · tas
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Synonym of tasse.
Similar: tasse
tass⁴
- /tæs/
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
From Hindi; compare तसर (tasar, “shuttle (weaving)”).
noun tash · tas
- An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.
TASS⁵
Where it comes from
From Russian ТАСС (TASS), acronym of Телеграфное аге́нтство Советского Союза (Telegrafnoje agéntstvo Sovetskovo Sojuza).
proper noun
- Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union In his remarks at the close of the summit, Lavrov also hailed the German government’s refusal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine as a “responsible stance,” TASS reported.
TASs⁶
noun
- plural of TAS
Tass⁷
Where it comes from
From Hungarian Tass.
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Talk about this word "tass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tass "tass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tass.Cite this
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title = {tass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
