masse
English
Noun
masse (plural masses)
- Obsolete form of mass.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via German Masse from Latin massa (“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley bread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /masə/, [ˈmasə]
Noun
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)
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | masse | massen | masser | masserne |
genitive | masses | massens | massers | massernes |
References
- “masse” in Den Danske Ordbog
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)
- 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 terms
- à la masse
- centre de masse
- de masse
- des masses
- en masse
- indice de masse corporelle
- masse atomique
- masse au repos
- masse d'air
- masse d'armes
- masse salariale
- pas des masses
Descendants
- → Romanian: masă
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
masse
- inflection of masser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
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”).
Noun
masse f (plural masses)
- mace (weapon)
- a sledgehammer
- thick end of a billiards cue, mace
Related terms
- massue
Further reading
- “masse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- semas
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin magis.
Adverb
masse
- Too much
Italian
Noun
masse f pl
- plural of massa
Anagrams
- Messa, messa
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)
- 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 terms
- massy
- massif
Descendants
- English: mass
- Scots: mass
- Yola: messe
References
- “masse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Noun
masse
- Alternative form of messe (“mass, religious service”)
Derived terms
- Childermasse
Adjective
masse
- Alternative form of massy (“massy”)
Noun
masse
- Alternative form of mace (“mace”)
Noun
masse
- Alternative form of mase (“a bewildering thought or thing”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin massa.
Noun
masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural masser, definite plural massene)
- a mass
Derived terms
- atommasse
- biomasse
- landmasse
- luftmasse
- massemedium
- masseprodusere
- massevis
- tremasse
References
- “masse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin massa.
Noun
masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural massar, definite plural massane)
- a mass
Derived terms
- atommasse
- biomasse
- landmasse
- luftmasse
- massemedium
- massevis
- tremasse
References
- “masse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Noun
masse n
- Alternative spelling of maisse
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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. |