Mast

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See also Mast

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäst, IPA: /mɑːst/, SAMPA: /mA:st/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːst

Etymology 1

Old English mæst, from Germanic *mastaz, from Indo-European *mast- ‘board’. Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast; and with Latin mālus, Russian мост ‘bridge’, Irish adhmad.

Noun

Singular Mast

Plural {{{1}}}

Mast ({{{1}}})

1. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for examples, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial.

Derived terms

• foremast
• mainmast
• mizzenmast

Related terms

• boom
• crow's nest
• flagpole
• spar
• top, maintop, foretop, mizzentop
• tower

Translations

support of a sail

Armenian: կայմ (kaym) Bosnian: jarbol bs(bs) m. Catalan: pal m. Croatian: jarbol hr(hr) m. Czech: stěžeň cs(cs) m. Dutch: mast nl(nl) m. Esperanto: masto eo(eo) Finnish: masto fi(fi) French: mât fr(fr) m. German: Mast de(de) m. Hungarian: árboc hu(hu)

Icelandic: mastur n., siglutré n. Italian: albero it(it) Latin: malus la(la) m. Polish: maszt pl(pl) Portuguese: mastro pt(pt) Romanian: catarg ro(ro), arbore ro(ro) Russian: мачта ru(ru) (mačta) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: јарбол m. Roman: jarbol m. Spanish: mástil es(es) m. Swedish: mast sv(sv) c.

Verb

Infinitive to Mast

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Mast (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To supply and fit a mast to a ship

Translations

supply and fit a mast to a ship

Italian: alberare it(it), inalberare it(it)

See also

• column
• pole
• pylon
• tower

Etymology 2

Old English mæst, from West Germanic; probably related to meat.

Noun

Singular Mast

Plural {{{1}}}

Mast ({{{1}}})

1. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, &c.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

Translations

the fruit of forest-trees

Norwegian: olden no(no) m. (archaic)

Anagrams

• amst,
• ASTM
• ATMs
• mats, Mats
• tams

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Bosnian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mastь.

Noun

Mast f (plural masti)

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

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Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mastь.

Noun

Mast f (plural masti)

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mastь.

Noun

Mast f.

1. ointment

Derived terms

• mastička f.

Related terms

• mastit
• mastný
• mastnota

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Kurdish

Noun

Mast m.

1. yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at yoghurt. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Mast in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

From Template:Gmw-lge[[Category:no:Template:Gmw-lge derivations|Mast]] mast (“‘mast’”)

Noun

Template:No-noun-c

1. mast

Derived terms

• fokkemast
• stormast
• radiomast
• lysmast

Synonyms

• stang

References

• “Mast” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Etymology 2

Verb

mast

1. Past participle of mase

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Serbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mastь.

Noun

Mast f. (Cyrillic spelling маст)

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

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Swedish

Noun

Inflection for Mast	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form
Possessive form

mast c.

1. mast, tall slim structure

ang:mast fr:mast io:mast it:mast ku:mast lo:mast hu:mast ml:mast nl:mast pl:mast ru:mast sl:mast fi:mast sv:mast ta:mast te:mast tr:mast vi:mast vo:mast zh:mast