Italian

Noun

Messa f ‎(plural Messe)

1. Mass

Faroese

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, plural messur)

1. (religion, church) mass, service
2. (religion, church) holiday
3. (nautical) mess

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse messa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

messa f ‎(genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

1. mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)

Declension

See also

• guðsþjónusta

Verb

messa ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative messaði, supine messað)

1. to mass (celebrate mass)

Conjugation

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

messa f ‎(plural messe) (often capitalized)

1. mass (in religion)

Etymology 2

Noun

messa f ‎(plural messe)

1. setting, putting, laying
2. (agriculture) sprout, shoot, bud

Derived terms

Verb

messa

1. feminine singular past participle of mettere

Anagrams

• masse

Latin

Noun

messa

1. nominative plural of messis
2. accusative plural of messis
3. vocative plural of messis

References

• messa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MESSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• messa in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• messa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• messa in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• messen

Noun

messa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messa f

1. definite singular of messe

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *missos, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Akin to mí-.

Adjective

messa

1. comparative degree of olc ‎(“worse”)

Descendants

• Irish: measa
• Scottish Gaelic: miosa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin missa.

Noun

messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

1. mass, church service

Descendants

• Icelandic: messa
• Swedish mässa

References

• messa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MESSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• messa in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• messa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• messa in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: mässa

Verb

messa

1. (colloquial) to send an SMS message, to text. Short for sms:a.

Conjugation