masa

See also: Masa, masă, mäsä, mása, maşa, māsa, and māsā

English

Etymology 1

Noun

masa (uncountable) (More fully, masa paper)

  1. (art) A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting

Etymology 2

Spanish

Noun

masa (uncountable)

  1. (US) maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy, used for making tortillas, tamales, etc.

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa f

  1. mass (a large body of individuals, especially persons)
    masa lidí — mass of people
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

masa

  1. genitive singular of maso
  2. nominative plural of maso
  3. accusative plural of maso
  4. vocative plural of maso

Further reading

  • masa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • masa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum < mittō.

Noun

masa f

  1. Mass

Galician

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

  1. mass

Hopi

Noun

masa

  1. wing (body part of an animal)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse masa, from Proto-Germanic *masōną. Cognate with English maze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːsa/
  • Rhymes: -aːsa

Verb

masa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative masaði, supine masað)

  1. (intransitive) to chat, to chatter

Conjugation

Anagrams


Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay masa.

Noun

masa

  1. period (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
  2. period (length of time)
  3. period (length of time during which something repeats)
  4. time (inevitable passing of events)
  5. time (quantity of availability in time)
  6. time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
  7. time (particular moment or hour)
  8. time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
  9. time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

Synonyms


Japanese

Romanization

masa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まさ

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

masa

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)
  2. time (quantity of availability in time)
  3. time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
  4. time (particular moment or hour)
  5. time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
  6. time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

Synonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

masa

  1. simple past of mase
  2. past participle of mase

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɑːsɑ/

Verb

masa (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mas/masa)

  1. to nag
    • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:
      [] sidan tok han til aa masa um ei Gullkedja, som han visste, ho skulde hava; han vilde kaupa da Halsgullet, um da var aldri so dyrt []
      [] then he started nagging about a gold chain, that he knew she had; he wanted to buy that necklace, no matter the price []

References


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmas̪a/
  • (file)

Noun

masa f

  1. (physics) mass

Declension

Further reading

  • masa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French masser.

Verb

a masa (third-person singular present masează, past participle masat) 1st conj.

  1. to massage
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

masa f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of masă.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

màsa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀са)

  1. mass

Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmáːsa/
  • Tonal orthography: mȃsa

Noun

mása f (genitive máse, nominative plural máse)

  1. mass (large quantity; sum)

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

  1. (food) dough
  2. (physics) mass
  3. drove (large amount)
    en masa - in droves

Derived terms

See also

Verb

masa

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of masar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of masar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of masar.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish masa.

Noun

masa

  1. dough
  2. people; the masses

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mesa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masa]

Noun

masa (definite accusative masayı, plural masalar)

  1. table

Declension

Inflection
Nominative masa
Definite accusative masayı
Singular Plural
Nominative masa masalar
Definite accusative masayı masaları
Dative masaya masalara
Locative masada masalarda
Ablative masadan masalardan
Genitive masanın masaların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular masam masalarım
2nd singular masan masaların
3rd singular masası masaları
1st plural masamız masalarımız
2nd plural masanız masalarınız
3rd plural masaları masaları

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian massa

Noun

masa f (plural mase)

  1. mass

Adverb

masa

  1. too much
  2. very
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