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masse

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

English

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Noun

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masse (plural masses)

  1. Obsolete form of mass.

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed via German Masse from Latin massa (“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley bread”).

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masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)

  1. mass, pulp (a shapeless, thick substance)
  2. (in the definite singular or plural) multitude, crowd, mob (an anonymous group of people)
    Synonyms: folkemasse, hob
  3. (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.
  4. (physics) mass (quantity of matter in a body)

Declension

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mas/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • → Romanian: masă

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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masse

  1. inflection of masser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Inherited 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”).

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masse f (plural masses)

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

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Etymology

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From Latin magis.

Adverb

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masse

  1. Too much

Italian

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Noun

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masse f pl

  1. plural of massa

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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masse

  1. Alternative form of messe (“mass, religious service”)
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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masse

  1. Alternative form of massy (“massy”)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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masse

  1. Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Etymology 5

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Noun

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masse

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin massa.

Noun

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

  1. a mass

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin massa.

Noun

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

  1. a mass

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Old Irish

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Noun

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masse n

  1. Alternative spelling of maisse

Mutation

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

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masse m (plural masses)

  1. (Mozambique) a drink made from sour milk
  2. (Mozambique) curdled milk

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