See also: масо, мѧсо, and м'ясо

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męso, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms. Compare Serbo-Croatian meso, Czech maso, Polish mięso, and Slovene meso. Compare Old Prussian mensa (meat).

Sense 5 refers to the football club being supported by a meat factory in Moscow during the 1930s.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲasə]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -asə

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мя́со (mjáson inan (genitive мя́са, nominative plural *мяса́, genitive plural *мяс, relational adjective мясно́й, diminutive мяско́ or мясцо́)

  1. (usually uncountable) meat
  2. (usually uncountable) flesh, pulp
  3. (biology, usually uncountable) tissue, flesh
  4. (usually uncountable) (cannon) fodder
    пу́шечное мя́соpúšečnoje mjásocannon fodder
  5. (usually uncountable, slang, soccer) FC Spartak Moscow
    Кто мы? Мя́со!Kto my? Mjáso!Who are we? We are the Meat!

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