massa

See also mässa, and Massa

English

Noun

massa (plural massas)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of master, representing African American Vernacular English.

Usage notes

Associated with slavery.

Anagrams

• amass, Assam, Šamaš

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmasə/, X-SAMPA: /"mas@/
• Rhymes: -asə
• Homophone: maça

Adjective

massa m, f (masculine and feminine plural masses)

1. too much, too many

Adverb

massa

1. too (to an excessive degree)
2. excessively, too much

Noun

massa f (plural masses)

1. mass
2. dough

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin massa - mass.

Noun

massa

1. mass

Declension

    declension of massa

nominative	massa
genitive	massanıñ
dative	massağa
accusative	massanı
locative	massada
ablative	massadan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Dutch

Noun

massa f, m (plural massa's, diminutive massaatje)

1. mass, large amount
2. (physics) mass
3. A large group of people.

   Was er veel volk? — Massa's!

   Were there a lot of people? — Masses!

   opium voor de massa

   opium for the masses

Derived terms

• massaproductie

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Finnish

Noun

massa

1. mass
2. bulk

Declension

Declension of massa (type kala) singular plural nominative massa massat genitive massan massojen massain1 partitive massaa massoja accusative massa massan massat inessive massassa massoissa elative massasta massoista illative massaan massoihin adessive massalla massoilla ablative massalta massoilta allative massalle massoille essive massana massoina translative massaksi massoiksi instructive – massoin abessive massatta massoitta comitative – massoineen 1) Rare.

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French

Verb

massa

1. third-person singular past historic of masser

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Italian

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Noun

massa f (plural masse)

1. mass (etymology2, all senses)

Related terms

• ammassare
• di massa
• massiccio
• massificare
• massivo
• mass media
• masso

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μᾶζα (maza, “bread”).

Noun

massa (genitive massae); f, first declension

1. mass, bulk (of material)
2. load, burden
3. dough
4. lump

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	massa	massae
genitive	massae	massārum
dative	massae	massīs
accusative	massam	massās
ablative	massā	massīs
vocative	massa	massae

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (maza, “bread”), from μάσσω (massō, “I handle; I knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.sa/, /ˈma.sɐ/
• Homophone: maça

Noun

massa f (plural massas)

1. dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
2. a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects
3. mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)
4. multitude (a great mass of people)
5. (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)
6. (Brazil, slang, uncountable) money

Synonyms

• (dough): pasta
• (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
• (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
• (multitude): multidão, povo
• (mass): peso (colloquial)
• (money): dinheiro, grana, verba

Derived terms

em massa massa atómica massa bruta massa cinzenta

massa corrida massa do sangue massa folhada massas

Related terms

• amassado
• amassar
• massas

Adjective

massa m and f (plural massas; comparable)

1. (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)

Synonyms

• legal

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

massa c

1. a mass (of people; the masses), a large crowd
2. a lot (of), many

   en massa saker

   a lot of things

   massor av saker

   lots of things

3. a mass (a substance)
4. (physics) mass (as measured in kilograms)

Declension

Declension of massa

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	massa	massan	massor	massorna
genitive	massas	massans	massors	massornas

Related terms

• folkmassa
• mandelmassa
• masscentrum
• massdemonstration
• massförstörelse
• massiv
• massmarknad
• massmedium
• massmord
• massrörelse
• nötmassa
• ostmassa
• pappersmassa
• tätningsmassa