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Webster 1913 Edition

Massage

Mas′sage

Noun.

[F.]

A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.

Definition 2024

Massage

See also: massage

German

Noun

Massage f ‎(genitive Massage, plural Massagen)

massage

Declension

Declension of Massage

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Massage	die	Massagen
genitive	einer	der	Massage	der	Massagen
dative	einer	der	Massage	den	Massagen
accusative	eine	die	Massage	die	Massagen

Related terms

massieren

massage

See also: Massage

English

Noun

massage ‎(plural massages)

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.

Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:therapy

Hyponyms

erotic massage
Thai massage

Derived terms

Related terms

masseur, masseuse

Translations

rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body

Albanian: masazh (sq) m, fërkim (sq) m
Arabic: تَدْلِيك m ‎(tadlīk), تَمْسِيد m ‎(tamsīd), مَسَاج m ‎(masāj)
Armenian: մերսում (hy) ‎(mersum)
Asturian: masaxe m
Azeri: masaj
Belarusian: маса́ж m ‎(masáž)
Bengali: ম্যাসেজ ‎(myasej)
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 ‎(mǎshājī)
Czech: masáž (cs) f
Danish: massage (da)
Dutch: massage (nl) f
Esperanto: masaĝo
Estonian: masseerimine, massaaž
Faroese: vøddamýking f
Finnish: hieronta (fi)
French: massage (fr) m
Galician: masaxe f
Georgian: მასაჟი ‎(masaži)
German: Massage (de) f
Greek: μάλαξη (el) f ‎(málaxi)
Ancient: μάλαξις f ‎(málaxis)
Hebrew: עִסוּי / עיסוי
Hindi: मालिश (hi) ‎(māliś)
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 kʊək crɑbac), ម៉ាស្សា ‎(massa)

Korean: 마사지 (ko) ‎(masaji), 안마 (ko) ‎(anma)
Kurdish: gemirandin (ku) f, perixandin (ku) f, mistdan (ku) f, masaj (ku) f
Kyrgyz: массаж ‎(massac)
Lao: ສັມພາຫະ ‎(sam phā ha)
Latin: frictio (la) f
Latvian: masāža f
Lithuanian: masažas m
Macedonian: маса́жа f ‎(masáža), тр́лање n ‎(tŕlanje)
Malay: urut
Norwegian:
Bokmål: massasje
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 ‎(mardanamu)
Thai: การนวด ‎(gaan-nûuat)
Turkish: masaj (tr)
Turkmen: massaž
Ukrainian: маса́ж m ‎(masáž)
Urdu: مساج ‎(masāj)
Uzbek: massaj (uz)
Vietnamese: sự xoa bóp
Yiddish: מאַסאַזש ‎(masazh)

Verb

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

(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
(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 [...]
(transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Translations

to perform a massage on somebody

Arabic: دَلَّكَ ‎(dallaka), مَسَّدَ ‎(massada)
Chinese:

Cantonese: ^{(please verify)}揼骨 ‎(dam² gwat¹)

Mandarin: 按摩 (zh) ‎(ànmó)
Dutch: masseren (nl)
Esperanto: masaĝi
Estonian: masseerima
Finnish: hieroa (fi)
French: masser (fr)
German: massieren (de)
Greek: μαλάσσω (el) ‎(malásso)
Hungarian: masszíroz (hu)
Japanese: マッサージする (ja) ‎(massāji suru)
Korean: 마사지하다 (ko) ‎(masajihada)
Lao: ນວດ ‎(nūat)

Macedonian: маси́ра ‎(masíra), тр́ла ‎(tŕla)
Maori: mirimiri, kōmuru
Polish: masować
Portuguese: massagear
Romanian: masa (ro), a face masaj
Russian: масси́ровать (ru) impf ‎(massírovatʹ), де́лать масса́ж impf ‎(délatʹ massáž)
Spanish: masajear (es)
Swedish: massera (sv)
Telugu: మర్దించు ‎(mardiṃcu)
Thai: นวด (th) ‎(nûat)
Turkish: masaj yapmak
Vietnamese: xoa bóp
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)

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑˈsaːʒə/
Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ge

Etymology

From French massage.

Noun

massage f ‎(plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

physical massage

Related terms

masseur m

French

Etymology

masser +‎ -age

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /masaʒ/

Noun

massage m ‎(plural massages)

physical massage

Related terms

masser
masseur m, masseuse f

Descendants

Arabic: مَسَاج ‎(masāj)
Catalan: massatge
Czech: masáž
Dutch: massage
Esperanto: masaĝo
Estonian: massaaž

German: Massage
Italian: massaggio
Khmer: ម៉ាស្សា‎ ‎(massa‎)
Kudish: masaj
Macedonian: масажа ‎(masáža)

Polish: masaż
Russian: масса́ж ‎(massáž)
Spanish: masaje
Swedish: massage
Turkish: masaj

Swedish

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈsɑːɧ/

Noun

massage c

massage

Declension

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

Related terms

massera
massör, massös

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Webster 1913 Edition

Massage

Mas′sage

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Massage

Massage

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massage

massage

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