masse

masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)

1. (physics) mass

• IPA^(key): /mas/

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

masse f (plural masses)

1. a paste, a dough
2. large amount or quantity of something; mass
3. something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
4. a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
5. a majority, especially of people
6. an archaic unit of count
7. (finance, law) a sum of allotted money
8. (physics) mass
9. (electronics) earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)

• de masse
• en masse
• pas des masses

masse

1. first-person singular present indicative of masser
2. third-person singular present indicative of masser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of masser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of masser
5. second-person singular imperative of masser

From Old French mace, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”) (compare Old High German medela (“plow”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Persian آماج‎ (āmāǰ) ‘plow’, Sanskrit मत्य (matyá, “harrow”)).

masse f (plural masses)

1. mace (weapon)
2. a sledgehammer

• massue

• semas

• “masse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin magis.

masse

1. Too much

masse f pl

1. plural of massa

• messa

From Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

• massa, mace, mas

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas(ə)/

masse (plural massez)

1. A lump, blob, or mass.
2. A collection or mass of small objects that are fused together.
3. (anatomy) blood (believed in medieval times to be a mixture of the four humours)

• massy
• massif

• English: mass
• Scots: mass

• “masse (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.

masse

1. Alternative form of messe

From masse +‎ -y.

masse

1. Alternative form of massy (“massy”)

From Old French mace.

masse

1. Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

From masen.

masse

1. Alternative form of mase (“a bewildering thought or thing”)

From Latin massa

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural masser, definite plural massene)

1. a mass

• “masse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin massa

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural massar, definite plural massane)

1. a mass

• “masse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.