tas

Meaning

1. (invariable, masculine) heap, pile
2. (colloquial, dialectal, invariable, masculine) thing

Concepts

pile

heap

bunch

stack

mound

mass

pile up

gather

group

mountain

⛰️

wood pile

crowd

batch

make

swarm

take

set

assemblage

assemble

congeries

gathering

heap up

huddle

load

multitude

ton

small pile

pile of goods

in

lineup

line-up

slag heap

lot

lump

flock

enclosure

mess

mob

cumulus

collection

abundance

passel

clump

piled up

class

pot

rabble

raft

rampart

ream

Synonyms

pile

amas

foule

entasser

monceau

masse

groupe

rassembler

monticule

tas de bois

porter

bande

ensemble

faire

multitude

essaim

collection

rassemblement

troupe

moyette

petit tas

paquet

clôture

part

profusion

protubérance

quantité

crwth

chargement

totalité

dah

amoncellement

en tas

entassé

marée humaine

bosse

ballot

motte

dépôt

renflement

accumulation

dans

colline

lot

segment de mémoire

crouth

Translations

montón

Haufen

yığın

pilha

mucchio

Menge

hoop

pila

catasta

cumulo

munt

σωρός

montão

küme

ammasso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ta/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French:

Inherited from Old French: tas

Cognate with Middle Dutch: tas, tasse

Cognate with Dutch: tas

Cognate with Middle Low German: tas

Cognate with Old English: tas

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: dais

Cognate with Scots: dass

Cognate with Welsh: dâs

In summary

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French tas (“heap, mass”), from Frankish *tas (“mass”), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“heap, mow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).
Akin to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”) (Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“heap, stack of wheat or other grain, mow”), Old English tas (“heap, mow of corn or hay”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dais (“heap”), Scots dass, Welsh dâs.