massage

massage

See also: Massage

English

Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ‎ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈsɑʒ/, /məˈsɑd͡ʒ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmasɑː(d)ʒ/, /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

massage (countable and uncountable, plural massages)

1. The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.

   Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.

   • 2014, Gary Vitacco-Robles, Icon: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume 2 1956-1962 AND Beyond

     During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage.

Hyponyms

• Thai massage
• See also Thesaurus:therapy

Derived terms

• automassage
• lingam massage
• massage table
• massager
• massotherapy
• prostate massage
• yoni massage

Related terms

• massage parlour, massage parlor
• massage therapist
• masseur, masseuse

Translations

rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body

Albanian: ndrys (sq) m, ngjesh (sq), masazh (sq) m, fërkim (sq) m Arabic: تَدْلِيك‎ m (tadlīk), تَمْسِيد‎ m (tamsīd), مَسَاج‎ m (masāj) Hejazi Arabic: مَسَاج‎ m (masāj) Armenian: մերսում (hy) (mersum) Asturian: masaxe m Azerbaijani: masaj Belarusian: маса́ж m (masáž) Bengali: ম্যাসেজ (mẏasej) Bulgarian: маса́ж (bg) m (masáž) Burmese: အနှိပ် (my) (a.hnip) Catalan: massatge m Cherokee: ᎦᏅᎦᎸᏗ (ganvgalvdi) Chinese: Mandarin: 按摩 (zh) (ànmó), 馬殺雞／马杀鸡 (zh) (mǎshājī) Czech: masáž (cs) f Danish: massage (da) c Dutch: massage (nl) f Esperanto: masaĝo Estonian: masseerimine, massaaž (et) Faroese: vøddamýking f Finnish: hieronta (fi) French: massage (fr) m Galician: masaxe f, freta f Georgian: მასაჟი (masaži) German: Massage (de) f Greek: μάλαξη (el) f (málaxi) Ancient: μάλαξις f (málaxis) Hebrew: עִסוּי / עיסוי‎ m (isúy) Hindi: मालिश (hi) (māliś), अंगमर्दन (hi) (aṅgmardan), मसाज (masāj) Hungarian: masszázs (hu) Icelandic: nudd Indonesian: pijat (id), urut (id) Italian: massaggio (it) m Japanese: マッサージ (ja) (massāji), 按摩 (ja) (あんま, anma) Kazakh: массаж (massaj) Khmer: ការគក់ច្របាច់ (kaa kŭək crɑbac), ម៉ាស្សា (maahsaa), សម្ពាហកម្ម (sɑmpiəhaʼkam) Korean: 마사지 (ko) (masaji), 안마 (ko) (anma) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: gemirandin (ku) f, perixandin (ku) f, mistdan (ku) f, masaj (ku) f Kyrgyz: массаж (massaj) Lao: ສັມພາຫະ (sam phā ha) Latin: frictio (la) f Latvian: masāža f Lithuanian: masažas m Macedonian: маса́жа f (masáža), тр́лање n (tŕlanje) Malagasy: manotra (mg) Malay: urut (ms) Maltese: massaġġi Mongolian: иллэг (mn) (illeg), массаж (massaž) Norwegian: Bokmål: massasje m Nynorsk: massasje m Persian: ماساژ‎ (fa) (mâsâž) Polish: masaż (pl) m Portuguese: massagem f Romanian: masaj (ro) n, masare (ro) f Russian: масса́ж (ru) m (massáž) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: масажа f Roman: masaža (sh) f Slovak: masáž m Slovene: masaža f Spanish: masaje (es) m Swedish: massage (sv) c Tajik: массаж (massaž), молиш (tg) (moliš) Telugu: మర్దనము (te) (mardanamu) Thai: การนวด (th) (gaan-nûuat) Turkish: masaj (tr) Turkmen: massaž Ukrainian: маса́ж m (masáž) Urdu: مساج‎ (masāj) Uyghur: ماساژ‎ (masazh) Uzbek: massaj (uz) Vietnamese: sự xoa bóp, sự đấm bóp (vi) Welsh: tylino (cy) m Yiddish: מאַסאַזש‎ (masazh)

Verb

massage (third-person singular simple present massages, present participle massaging, simple past and past participle massaged)

1. (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
   • 2010, January 11, Julian Kaye, "Massage Therapy"

     So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things.

2. (transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 118:

     News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].

   • 2008, Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian, May 22 2008, p. 3:

     The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]

3. (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Derived terms

• massage someone's ego

Descendants

• → Japanese: マッサージ
  • → Chinese: 馬殺雞／马杀鸡

Translations

to perform a massage on somebody

Arabic: دَلَّكَ‎ (dallaka), مَسَّدَ‎ (massada) Bulgarian: масажирам (bg) (masažiram) Cebuano: hilot Chinese: Cantonese: 𢱕骨 (dap6 gwat1) Mandarin: 按摩 (zh) (ànmó) Czech: masírovat (cs) Dutch: masseren (nl) Esperanto: masaĝi Estonian: masseerima Finnish: hieroa (fi) French: masser (fr) Galician: masaxear German: massieren (de) Greek: μαλάσσω (el) (malásso) Hungarian: masszíroz (hu) Japanese: マッサージする (ja) (massāji suru) Kazakh: уқалау (uqalau) Khmer: គក់ច្របាច់ (kŭək crɑbac) Korean: 마사지하다 (ko) (masajihada) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: perxandin (ku) Lao: ນວດ (nūat) Latin: frīcō Macedonian: маси́ра (masíra), тр́ла (tŕla) Malay: urut (ms) Maori: mirimiri, kōmuru, kōmurumuru Polish: masować (pl) Portuguese: massagear, massajar Romanian: masa (ro), a face masaj Russian: масси́ровать (ru) impf (massírovatʹ), де́лать масса́ж impf (délatʹ massáž) Spanish: masajear (es) Swedish: massera (sv) Tausug: hilud Telugu: మర్దించు (te) (mardiñcu) Thai: นวด (th) (nûuat) Turkish: masaj yapmak Ukrainian: масажува́ти impf (masažuváty), промасажува́ти pf (promasažuváty) Vietnamese: xoa bóp, tẩm quất (vi), mát-xa Volapük: masetön

to manipulate data or a document

Dutch: manipuleren (nl) German: schönen (de) Hungarian: kozmetikáz Romanian: manipula (ro)

to falsify data or accounts

Dutch: vervalsen (nl)

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Dutch

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈsaːʒə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ge

Noun

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masseur m

Descendants

• → Indonesian: masasê
• → Papiamentu: masashi

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French

Etymology

masser +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.saʒ/

Noun

massage m (plural massages)

1. physical massage

Derived terms

• massage cardiaque
• massage coquin

 

Related terms

• masser
• masseur m, masseuse f

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَسَاج‎ (masāj)
• → Catalan: massatge
• → Czech: masáž
• → Dutch: massage
• → English: massage
  • → Japanese: マッサージ
    • → Chinese: 馬殺雞／马杀鸡
• → Esperanto: masaĝo
• → Estonian: massaaž
• → German: Massage
• → Italian: massaggio
• → Khmer: ម៉ាស្សា (maahsaa)
• → Macedonian: маса́жа (masáža)
• → Northern Kurdish: masaj
• → Polish: masaż
• → Portuguese: massagem
• → Romanian: masaj
• → Russian: масса́ж (massáž)
  • → Mongolian: массаж (massaž)
• → Spanish: masaje
• → Swedish: massage
• → Turkish: masaj

Further reading

• “massage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈsɑːɧ/

Noun

massage c

1. massage

Declension

Declension of massage
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	massage	massagen	massager	massagerna
Genitive	massages	massagens	massagers	massagernas

Related terms

• massera
• massör, massös

References

• massage in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• massage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• massage in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)