massa
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
massa (plural massas)
- (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- "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 notesEdit
Associated with slavery.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
massa (masculine plural massos, feminine plural masses)
AdverbEdit
massa
- too (to an excessive degree)
- excessively, too much
NounEdit
massa f (plural masses)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “massa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
massa
DeclensionEdit
nominative | massa |
---|---|
genitive | massanıñ |
dative | massağa |
accusative | massanı |
locative | massada |
ablative | massadan |
ReferencesEdit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch masse.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
massa f or m (plural massa's, diminutive massaatje n)
- mass, large amount
- (physics) mass
- multitude, mass, throng
- Was er veel volk? — Massa's!
- Were there a lot of people? — Masses!
- Was er veel volk? — Massa's!
Derived termsEdit
- aardmassa
- cacaomassa
- massaal
- massacommunicatie
- massaconsumptie
- massademocratie
- massagraf
- massahuwelijk
- massahysterie
- massamedium
- massamiddelpunt
- massamoord
- massamoordenaar
- massaproductie
- massapsychose
- massaslachting
- massaspectrometer
- massaspectrometrie
- massasprint
- massatoerisme
- massavernietigingswapen
- massawerking
- massief
- mensenmassa
- watermassa
DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: massa
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Swedish massa, from Late Latin massa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
massa
DeclensionEdit
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 | |
instructive | — | massoin | |
abessive | massatta | massoitta | |
comitative | — | massoineen |
Possessive forms of massa (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | massani | massamme |
2nd person | massasi | massanne |
3rd person | massansa |
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
massa
- third-person singular past historic of masser
IcelandicEdit
NounEdit
massa
- inflection of massi:
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch massa, 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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
massa (plural, 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: berat
- (medicine) a palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- a large body of individuals, especially persons.
- (physical) matter, material.
Further readingEdit
- “massa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
massa (plural massas)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
NounEdit
massa f (plural masse)
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
māssa f (genitive māssae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | māssa | māssae |
Genitive | māssae | māssārum |
Dative | māssae | māssīs |
Accusative | māssam | māssās |
Ablative | māssā | māssīs |
Vocative | māssa | māssae |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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, 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
PortugueseEdit
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
NounEdit
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)
- (Brazil, slang, uncountable) money
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:massa.
SynonymsEdit
- (dough): pasta
- (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
- (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
- (multitude): multidão, povo
- (mass): peso (colloquial)
- (money): dinheiro, grana, verba
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
massa m or f (plural massas, comparable)
- (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
- (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome
- Aprender línguas é muito massa! ― Learning languages is awesome!
SynonymsEdit
- (amazing): espetacular
- (cool): fixe (Portugal), legal (Brazil)
Further readingEdit
- massa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
massa c
- a mass (of people; the masses), a large crowd
- a lot (of), many
- en massa saker
- a lot of things
- massor av saker
- lots of things
- en massa saker
- a mass (a substance)
- (physics) mass (as measured in kilograms)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of massa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | massa | massan | massor | massorna |
Genitive | massas | massans | massors | massornas |