English

Noun

Massa

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

English

Alternative forms

• massah

Noun

massa ‎(plural massas)

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

Usage notes

Associated with slavery.

Anagrams

• amass, Assam, Šamaš

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasə/
• Rhymes: -asa
• Homophone: maça

Adjective

massa m, f ‎(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
2. dough

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin massa ‎(“mass”).

Noun

massa

1. mass

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. mass, large amount
2. (physics) mass
3. A large group of people.

   Was er veel volk? — Massa's!

   Were there a lot of people? — Masses!

Derived terms

• massaproductie

Finnish

Noun

massa

1. mass
2. bulk

Declension

French

Verb

massa

1. third-person singular past historic of masser

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

massa f ‎(plural masse)

1. mass (all senses)
2. crowd

Related terms

• ammassare
• di massa
• massiccio
• massificare
• massivo
• mass media
• masso

Latin

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

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

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

Portuguese

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:massa.

Synonyms

• (dough): pasta
• (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
• (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
• (multitude): multidão, povo
• (mass): peso (colloquial)
• (money): dinheiro, grana, verba

Derived terms

Related terms

• amassado
• amassar
• massas

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:massa.

Synonyms

• legal

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masːa/

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)

Declension

Related terms

• folkmassa
• mandelmassa
• masscentrum
• massdemonstration
• massförstörelse
• massiv
• massmarknad
• massmedium
• massmord
• massrörelse
• nötmassa
• ostmassa
• pappersmassa
• tätningsmassa