massa
English edit
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Noun edit
massa (plural massas)
- (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "All well, Massa Challenger, all well!" he cried. "Me stay here. No fear. You always find me when you want." His honest black face, and the immense view before us, which carried us half-way back to the affluent of the Amazon, helped us to remember that we really were upon this earth in the twentieth century, and had not by some magic been conveyed to some raw planet in its earliest and wildest state.
Usage notes edit
Associated with slavery.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch massa, from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa (plural massas)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
massa m or f (masculine and feminine plural masses)
Adverb edit
massa
- too (to an excessive degree)
- excessively, too much
- Synonym: (obsolete) trop
Noun edit
massa f (plural masses)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “massa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
massa
Declension edit
nominative | massa |
---|---|
genitive | massanıñ |
dative | massağa |
accusative | massanı |
locative | massada |
ablative | massadan |
References edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- masse (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch masse, from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).[1] The Latin spelling was adopted in the seventeenth century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa f (plural massa's, diminutive massaatje n)
- (physics) mass
- De massa van het object is 2 kilogram.
- The mass of the object is 2 kilograms.
- mass, large amount
- Er was een grote massa mensen aanwezig bij het concert.
- There was a large mass of people present at the concert.
- multitude, mass, throng, crowd
- Was er veel volk? — Massa's!
- Were there a lot of people? — Masses!
Derived terms edit
- aardmassa
- cacaomassa
- massaal
- massacommunicatie
- massaconsumptie
- massademocratie
- massagraf
- massahuwelijk
- massahysterie
- massamedium
- massameeting
- massamiddelpunt
- massamoord
- massamoordenaar
- massaproductie
- massapsychose
- massaslachting
- massaspectrometer
- massaspectrometrie
- massasprint
- massatoerisme
- massavernietigingswapen
- massawerking
- massief
- mensenmassa
- watermassa
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish massa, from Late Latin massa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa
- mass (quantity of matter cohering together to make one body)
- mass, bulk (large quantity; bulk; magnitude; body; size)
- (physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains)
- paste (soft mixture)
- (pharmacy) mass (medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump)
Declension edit
Inflection of massa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | massa | massat | ||
genitive | massan | massojen | ||
partitive | massaa | massoja | ||
illative | massaan | massoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | massa | massat | ||
accusative | nom. | massa | massat | |
gen. | massan | |||
genitive | massan | massojen massainrare | ||
partitive | massaa | massoja | ||
inessive | massassa | massoissa | ||
elative | massasta | massoista | ||
illative | massaan | massoihin | ||
adessive | massalla | massoilla | ||
ablative | massalta | massoilta | ||
allative | massalle | massoille | ||
essive | massana | massoina | ||
translative | massaksi | massoiksi | ||
abessive | massatta | massoitta | ||
instructive | — | massoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- armeerausmassa
- atomimassa
- atomimassayksikkö
- betonimassa
- biomassa
- eristysmassa
- ilmamassa
- juustomassa
- kaakaomassa
- kokonaismassa
- lakritsimassa
- lasimassa
- lepomassa
- lihasmassa
- liikemassa
- lumimassa
- maamassa
- makkaramassa
- mantelimassa
- massa-analyysi
- massadata
- massahyödyke
- massahyökkäys
- massakenttä
- massakeskipiste
- massakommunikaatio
- massakulttuuri
- massalaji
- massaluku
- massamuisti
- massamuoti
- massamurha
- massamuutto
- massanvaihto
- massanvalmistus
- massaprosentti
- massapsykologia
- massapsykoosi
- massaräätälöinti
- massaspektrografia
- massaspektrometria
- massasuhde
- massatapahtuma
- massatavara
- massateini
- massateollisuus
- massatiedotus
- massatuotanto
- massatuote
- massaturismi
- massatyöttömyys
- massaurheilu
- massavaikutus
- massavajaus
- massavalmiste
- massavalmistus
- massaviihde
- massavirtaus
- molekyylimassa
- moolimassa
- neliömassa
- paperimassa
- pinta-alamassa
- puumassa
- saumausmassa
- sokerimassa
- tietomassa
- tiivistemassa
- uusiomassa
- valumassa
- vesimassa
- yleisömassa
Further reading edit
- “massa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Audio (file)
Verb edit
massa
- third-person singular past historic of masser
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
massa
- inflection of massi:
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch masse, from Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun is derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”). Standard spelling retain double s to avoid confusion with word masa (time).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa (first-person possessive massaku, second-person possessive massamu, third-person possessive massanya)
- mass:
- (physical) matter, material:
- a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (physics) the quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
- Synonym: (colloquial) berat
- (surgery) tumor: a palpable or visible abnormal globular structure.
- a large body of individuals, especially persons.
- (physical) matter, material:
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “massa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
massa (plural massas)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa f (plural masse)
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
An early borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), possibly via Etruscan. It is uncertain whether the long /aː/ was carried over. Early Latin regularly rendered the Greek sound represented by ⟨ζ⟩ as /ss/; compare patrissō. In Imperial times, when Greek borrowings were entering Latin with ⟨z⟩, the old massa remained, never replaced by *māza.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäs̠ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]
Noun edit
massa f (genitive massae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | massa | massae |
Genitive | massae | massārum |
Dative | massae | massīs |
Accusative | massam | massās |
Ablative | massā | massīs |
Vocative | massa | massae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “massa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “massa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- massa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “massa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “massa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈma.s̺ɐ]
- Rhymes: -asɐ
- Homophone: maça
- Hyphenation: mas‧sa
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)
Noun edit
massa f (plural massas)
- (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
- (cooking) pasta
- a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects
- (construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)
- multitude (a great mass of people)
- (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)
- (slang, uncountable) money
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:massa.
Synonyms edit
- (dough): pasta
- (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
- (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
- (multitude): multidão, povo
- (mass): peso (colloquial)
- (money): dinheiro, grana, verba
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Adjective edit
massa m or f (plural massas)
- (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
- (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome
- Synonym: espetacular
- Aprender línguas é muito massa! ― Learning languages is awesome!
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- massa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
massa c
- a mass (substance)
- (physics) mass (as measured in kilograms)
- a mass (of people), a large crowd
- ordinary people, the masses, etc.
- den stora massan / massorna
- the masses
- ordinary people, the masses, etc.
- a lot (of), many
- en massa saker
- a lot of things
- massor av saker
- lots of things
- an intermediate good during paper or cardboard manufacture, like pulp
- Synonyms: (pulp) pappersmassa, (wood pulp) trämassa
Declension edit
Declension of massa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | massa | massan | massor | massorna |
Genitive | massas | massans | massors | massornas |
Derived terms edit
- folkmassa
- mandelmassa
- masscentrum
- massdemonstration
- massförstörelse
- massmarknad
- massmedium
- massmord
- massrörelse
- nötmassa
- ostmassa
- pappersmassa
- tätningsmassa