gas

Εννοια

Noun

1. (neuter) gas
2. (neuter) liquefied petroleum gas

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of gassen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of gassen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of gassen:

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɣɑs/

Ετυμολογία

Coined by chemist Jan Baptiste van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae (1648), by way of deliberate similarity to Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, chaos”).