masse
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed via German Masse from Latin massa (“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley bread”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)
- mass, pulp (a shapeless, thick substance)
- (in the definite singular or plural) multitude, crowd, mob (an anonymous group of people)
- Synonyms: folkemasse, hob
- (determiner, in the indefinite singular or plural) many, loads, a lot, lots (in the singular with the other noun as an apposition, in the plural with the preposition af)
- Der var en masse mennesker på gaden.
- There were lots people in the streets.
- Jeg har masser af ideer.
- I have many ideas.
- (physics) mass (quantity of matter in a body)
InflectionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “masse” in Den Danske Ordbog
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).
NounEdit
masse f (plural masses)
- a paste, a dough
- large amount or quantity of something; mass
- something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
- a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
- a majority, especially of people
- an archaic unit of count
- (finance, law) a sum of allotted money
- (physics) mass
- (electronics) earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Romanian: masă
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
masse
- inflection of masser:
Etymology 3Edit
From Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
NounEdit
masse f (plural masses)
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “masse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
masse
- Too much
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
masse f pl
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
masse (plural massez)
- A lump, blob, or mass.
- A collection or mass of small objects that are fused together.
- (anatomy) blood (believed in medieval times to be a mixture of the four humours)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “masse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
masse
- Alternative form of messe
Etymology 3Edit
AdjectiveEdit
masse
- Alternative form of massy (“massy”)
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
masse
- Alternative form of mace (“mace”)
Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
masse
- Alternative form of mase (“a bewildering thought or thing”)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural masser, definite plural massene)
- a mass
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “masse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural massar, definite plural massane)
- a mass
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “masse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old IrishEdit
NounEdit
masse n
- Alternative spelling of maisse
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
masse also mmasse after a proclitic |
masse pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |