English

Adverb

en masse ‎(not comparable)

1. in a single body or group; as one; together
   • "The net effect of the narrowing passage and the muddy interlude was that the heavy infantry elements arrived to meet the English in disorder (and not en masse) - which allows mobbing tactics which ordinarily wouldn't have been available, given their relative numbers." —

Translations

Anagrams

• enseams
• meaness

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ mas/

Adverb

en masse

1. en masse
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. VII, p. 67

     L'humanité s'installe dans la monoculture ; elle s'apprête à produire la civilisation en masse, comme la betterave.

     — Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass.^[1]

2. in large amounts
3. (Canada) in sufficient amounts

Anagrams

• menasse

References

1. ↑ 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8, chap. VII

German

Etymology

From French en masse

Adverb

en masse

1. in large amounts