Massa

Massa

See also: massa, mässa, and mássá

English

Noun

Massa (plural Massas)

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

Proper noun

Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

1. (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy
2. (countable) A surname.

Translations

surname

Italian: Massa (it) Portuguese: Massa

Massa, Tuscany, Italy

Italian: Massa (it)

See also

• Masa

 

Anagrams

• Assam, Samas, amass, msasa

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -assa
• Hyphenation: Màs‧sa

Proper noun

Massa f

1. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Proper noun

Massa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Massa

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Latin

Etymology

From massa.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmäːs̠ːä]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]

Proper noun

Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Māssa
Genitive	Māssae
Dative	Māssae
Accusative	Māssam
Ablative	Māssā
Vocative	Māssa

References

• Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Massa n (plural Massasch)

1. knife

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Massa

1. a surname, Massa