Massa

See also: massa, mássa, massá, mássá, mâssa, mässa, måsså, máššá, and måßa

English

Etymology

The surname is from Italian Massa. Also found in southern France (see Massey).

Noun

Massa (plural Massas)

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

Proper noun

Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

1. (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy
2. (countable) A surname.

Translations

surname

• Italian: Massa (it)
• Portuguese: Massa

Massa, Tuscany, Italy

• Italian: Massa (it)

See also

• Masa

 

Anagrams

• Assam, Samas, amass, msasa

Italian

Etymology

• The town is from Latin Massa.
• The surname is from several places such as Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma or Massa d'Albe, all from Latin massa (“lump, pile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -assa
• Hyphenation: Màs‧sa

Proper noun

Massa f

1. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Proper noun

Massa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Massa

Latin

Etymology

From massa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmäːs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]

Proper noun

Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor
2. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Māssa
Genitive	Māssae
Dative	Māssae
Accusative	Māssam
Ablative	Māssā
Vocative	Māssa

Note that the town name also has locative Māssae.

References

• Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German messet, from Old Saxon metisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs.

Noun

Massa n (plural Massasch)

1. knife

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sɐ/

Proper noun

Massa m or f by sense

1. a surname, Massa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: Mas‧sa

Proper noun

Massa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Italian