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mas

mas noun: a country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories. Also the plural of ma.

Noun (1)

mas (plural mas)

  1. A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
    • When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 520

Noun (2)

mas (plural mas)

  1. (Caribbean) A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean.
    • Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others.2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
    • Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.2017 September 28, “Neville Aming Passes Away At 96 In T&T”, in Bernews

Noun (3) capitalized: MAS

MAS (countable and uncountable, plural MASes)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of macrophage activation syndrome.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of multi-agent system.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of microarchitecture specification.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of master of applied science.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of male answer syndrome.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of milk-alkali syndrome.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of meconium aspiration syndrome.

Noun (4) capitalized: Mas

Mas (plural Masses)

  1. (historical) Master, used as a title of respect.
    • Is Mass’ Stone dead?1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii
    • Why, Mars Tom, I doan' want no rats.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) The title of someone holding a Master of Arts, especially a Presbyterian minister.

Noun (5) capitalized: MAs

MAs

  1. (plural) plural of MA

Also used as

mas is also the plural of ma.

Synonyms of mas

Forms of mas

pluralmas
pluralMASes
alternative formM.A.S.
alternative formM. A. S.
pluralMasses
alternative formMass
alternative formMas'
alternative formMars
alternative formMess

Origin of mas

From French mas, from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum, from mānsus, perfect participle of maneō (“stay, remain, abide”). Doublet of manse.

Shortened from master.

Words formed from mas

Phrases with mas

Questions about mas

What does mas mean?
Mas means a country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories.
What part of speech is mas?
Mas is a noun.
What is the plural of mas?
The plural of mas is mas.

Words near mas in the dictionary

  1. maréchaussée
  2. maréchaussées
  3. Maróczy bind
  4. Maróczy binds
  5. Marčana
  6. mas
  7. Mas John
  8. Mas Johns
  9. mas'r
  10. Mas-in
  11. masa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mas (page history and authors); MAS (page history and authors); Mas (page history and authors); MAs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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