topas

• topass, topaz

From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊpas/

topas (plural topas or topasses)

1. (East India, now historical) A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 110:

     The topas represented the earlier colonial presence of Portugal in the subcontinent.

topas c (singular definite topasen, plural indefinite topaser)

1. topaz

• “topas” in Den Danske Ordbog

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtopas/ [ˈt̪o.pas]
• Rhymes: -opas
• Syllabification: to‧pas

Borrowed from Dutch topaas (“topaz”), from Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

topas (plural topas-topas)

1. topaz
   1. (mineralogy) a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities.
   2. an often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this.

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topas (plural topas-topas or para topas)

1. (nautical) crew whose job is to serve the food and accommodation needs of other subordinate crew members

• “topas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

• “topas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

topas m (definite singular topasen)

1. topaz

• “topas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

topas

1. second-person singular present indicative of topar

topas c

1. topaz

• → Finnish: topaasi

• posta, sopat

Borrowed from English topaz, from Old French topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

topas m (uncountable)

1. topaz

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “topas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies