baas

1. 1.

   South African term for `boss'

   Broaderforeman

Other forms of baas

plural

baases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baas

What does baas mean?

baas means "South African term for `boss'".

How many syllables are in baas?

baas has 1 syllable: baas. In IPA it is /ˈbɑz/.

Is baas a common word?

baas is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.