masse

See also: Masse, massé, Maße, mâsse, and mäße

Danish

Noun

masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)

1. (physics) mass

Declension

Declension of masse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	masse	massen	masser	masserne
genitive	masses	massens	massers	massernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

masse f (plural masses)

1. a paste, a dough
2. large amount or quantity of something; mass
3. something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
4. a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
5. a majority, especially of people
6. an archaic unit of count
7. (finance, law) a sum of allotted money
8. (physics) mass
9. (electronics) earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)

Derived terms

• de masse
• en masse
• pas des masses

Etymology 2

Verb

masse

1. first-person singular present indicative of masser
2. third-person singular present indicative of masser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of masser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of masser
5. second-person singular imperative of masser

Etymology 3

From Old French mace, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”) (compare Old High German medela (“plow”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Persian آماج‎ (āmāǰ) ‘plow’, Sanskrit मत्य (matyá, “harrow”)).

Noun

masse f (plural masses)

1. mace (weapon)
2. a sledgehammer
3. thick end of a billiards cue, mace

Related terms

• massue

Anagrams

• semas

Further reading

• “masse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Adverb

masse

1. Too much

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Italian

Noun

masse f pl

1. plural of massa

Anagrams

• messa

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

Alternative forms

• massa, mace, mas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas(ə)/

Noun

masse (plural massez)

2. A lump, blob, or mass.
3. A collection or mass of small objects that are fused together.
4. (anatomy) blood (believed in medieval times to be a mixture of the four humours)

Related terms

• massy
• massif

Descendants

• English: mass
• Scots: mass

References

• “masse (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.

Noun

masse

1. Alternative form of messe

Etymology 3

From masse +‎ -y.

Adjective

masse

1. Alternative form of massy (“massy”)

Etymology 4

From Old French mace.

Noun

masse

1. Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Etymology 5

From masen.

Noun

masse

1. Alternative form of mase (“a bewildering thought or thing”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin massa

Noun

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural masser, definite plural massene)

1. a mass

Derived terms

• atommasse
• biomasse
• landmasse
• luftmasse
• massemedium
• masseprodusere
• massevis
• tremasse

 

References

• “masse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin massa

Noun

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural massar, definite plural massane)

1. a mass

Derived terms

• atommasse
• biomasse
• landmasse
• luftmasse
• massemedium
• massevis
• tremasse

 

References

• “masse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Irish

Noun

masse n

1. Alternative spelling of maisse

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
masse also mmasse after a proclitic	masse pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	masse also mmasse after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.