vas

Everyday

1. (medicine, Latin) A tube or vessel in the body that carries fluid; mostly seen in vas deferens, the tube in a man's body that carries sperm. tree →
2. A fragment of longer words such as vascular (to do with blood vessels) or canvas. tree →
3. (French) Vas is a form of the French verb aller, to go: tu vas means you go or you are going; vas-y means go on! It sounds like va to an English ear. It is not an English word on its own. tree →

In the lessons

In science and health lessons it may appear in the name vas deferens in reproduction topics. In French lessons, vas-y and comment vas-tu (how are you?) are common phrases. Otherwise it is rarely used alone in English.

Examples

• The vas deferens is a tube in the male reproductive system. tree →
• Vascular plants have tubes that carry water. tree →
• In French, comment vas-tu means how are you. tree →
• Vas-y! means go on! in French. tree →
• Vas is Latin for vessel. tree →
• The word canvas ends with the letters vas. tree →

Note

Not a normal English word on its own; it is Latin (vessel) or French (go). In French the s is silent: vas sounds like va.