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Masa

Masa

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

Ewe

Proper noun

Masa

  1. June (month)

Synonyms


Faroese

Proper noun

Masa f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Masa: Masuson
  • daughter of Masa: Masudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Masa
Accusative Masu
Dative Masu
Genitive Masu

Finnish

Proper noun

Masa

  1. A common nickname from the male given name Matti.

Declension

Inflection of Masa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Masa
genitive Masan
partitive Masaa
illative Masaan
singular plural
nominative Masa
accusative nom. Masa
gen. Masan
genitive Masan
partitive Masaa
inessive Masassa
elative Masasta
illative Masaan
adessive Masalla
ablative Masalta
allative Masalle
essive Masana
translative Masaksi
instructive
abessive Masatta
comitative

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

Masa

  1. rōmaji reading of まさ

masa

masa

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

English

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

  • 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

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum < mittō.

Noun

masa f

  1. Mass

Galician

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

  1. mass

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 reading 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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmas̪a/

Noun

masa f

  1. (physics) mass

Declension


Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French masser.

Verb

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

  1. to massage
Conjugation
Related terms

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.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish mesa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masa]

Noun

masa (definite accusative masayı, plural masalar)

  1. table

Declension


Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian massa

Noun

masa f (plural mase)

  1. mass

Adverb

masa

  1. too much
  2. very