amaso

See also: amasó

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French amas, Italian ammasso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmaso]
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• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧so

Noun

amaso (accusative singular amason, plural amasoj, accusative plural amasojn)

1. mass (large quantity)

   Li facile rekoneblas pro sia amaso da rufaj haroj. ― He’s easy to be recognized because of his mass of red hair.

   Ĉiutage nin bombardas amaso da informoj. ― Every day we are bombarded with a mass of information.

2. heap, pile, stack

   Amasoj da libroj kovris ŝian skribtablon. ― Piles of books covered her desk.

   La aŭto fiksiĝis en amaso da neĝo. ― The car got stuck in a pile of snow.

3. crowd (of people), flock, herd (of animals)

   Li vane penis eliri el la amaso. ― He tried in vain to get out of the crowd.

   Sur la montetoj vidiĝis amasoj da paŝtiĝantaj ŝafoj. ― On the hills, flocks of sheep could be seen grazing.

Derived terms

• amasa (“mass”, adjective)
• amasarestado (“mass arrest”)
• amasbuĉi (“to massacre”)
• amasdetrua armilo (“weapon of mass destruction”)
• amase (“en masse”)
• amasfabriki (“to mass produce”)
• amasigi (“to amass”)
• amasiĝi (“to gather (intrans.); to pile up”)
• amasinformilo (“mass medium”)
• amaskomunikilo (“mass medium”)
• amasloĝejo (“dormitory; barracks”)
• amasmemoro (“mass storage”)
• amasmurdo (“mass murder”)
• amasprodukti (“to mass produce”)
• amasprotesto (“mass protest, demonstration”)
• amastombejo (“mass grave”)
• fojnamaso (“haystack”)
• homamaso (“crowd”)
• neĝamaso (“snowdrift”)
• popolamaso (“populace, masses”)
• stelamaso (“globular cluster”)
• teramaso (“mound”)

 

Galician

Verb

amaso

1. first-person singular present indicative of amasar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto amaso, English mass, French amas, German Masse, Italian ammasso, Russian ма́сса (mássa), Spanish masa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈma.so/

Noun

amaso (plural amasi)

1. mass, pile, heap

Derived terms

• amaseskar (“to accrue, pile, huddle”)
• amasigar (“to heap up, amass”)

 

Rwanda-Rundi

Noun

amâso class 6

1. plural of ijisho

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaso/ [aˈma.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧so

Verb

amaso

1. first-person singular present indicative of amasar