massa

NounEdit

massa (plural massas)

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

Usage notesEdit

Associated with slavery.

AnagramsEdit

• amass, Assam, Šamaš

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasə/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Homophone: maça

AdjectiveEdit

massa m, f (masculine plural massos, feminine plural masses)

1. too much, too many

AdverbEdit

massa

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

NounEdit

massa f (plural masses)

1. mass
2. dough

EtymologyEdit

From Latin massa (“mass”).

NounEdit

massa

1. mass

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

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

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 termsEdit

• massaproductie

NounEdit

massa

1. mass
2. bulk

DeclensionEdit

VerbEdit

massa

1. third-person singular past historic of masser

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Massa

Wikipedia ^it

NounEdit

massa f (plural masse)

1. mass
2. crowd

Related termsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/

NounEdit

massa f (genitive massae); first declension

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

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Massa

Wikipedia ^pt

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

• amassado
• amassar
• massas

AdjectiveEdit

massa m, f (plural massas, comparable)

1. (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
2. (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome

SynonymsEdit

• legal

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

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