massa

Alternative forms

• massah

Noun

massa (plural massas)

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

Anagrams

• Assam, Samas, amass, msasa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Homophone: maça

Adjective

massa (masculine plural massos, feminine plural masses)

1. too much, too many

Adverb

massa

1. too (to an excessive degree)
2. excessively, too much

Noun

massa f (plural masses)

1. mass (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. dough

Further reading

• “massa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin massa (“mass”).

Noun

massa

1. mass

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Etymology

From Middle Dutch masse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.saː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mas‧sa

Noun

massa f, m (plural massa's, diminutive massaatje n)

1. mass, large amount
2. (physics) mass
3. multitude, mass, throng

   Was er veel volk? — Massa's!

   Were there a lot of people? — Masses!

Noun

massa

1. mass
2. bulk
3. paste (soft mixture)

   mantelimassa ― almond paste

Anagrams

• Assam

Verb

massa

1. third-person singular past historic of masser

Etymology

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

Noun

massa f (plural masse)

1. mass (all senses)
2. crowd

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/

Noun

massa f (genitive massae); first declension

1. mass, bulk (of material)
2. load, burden
3. dough
4. lump

References

• massa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• massa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• massa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• massa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• massa in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology

From Old Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “I handle; I knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/, /ˈma.sɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sɐ/
• Homophone: maça

Noun

massa f (plural massas)

1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
2. (cooking) pasta
3. a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects
4. (construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)
5. multitude (a great mass of people)
6. (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)
7. (Brazil, slang, uncountable) money

Adjective

massa m, f (plural massas, comparable)

1. (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
2. (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome

   Aprender línguas é muito massa! ― Learning languages is awesome!

Further reading

• massa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masːa/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

massa c

1. a mass (of people; the masses), a large crowd
2. a lot (of), many

   en massa saker

   a lot of things

   massor av saker

   lots of things

3. a mass (a substance)
4. (physics) mass (as measured in kilograms)