masseur

See also: Masseur

English

Etymology

From French masseur.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /məˈsuːɹ/, /məˈsɚ/

Noun

masseur (plural masseurs, feminine masseuse)

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.
- 1978, Ted Bistroff, Massage Parlor Stud
  You each get a regular massage by a naked masseur.
An instrument used in the performance of massage.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:massotherapist

Coordinate terms

masseuse

Related terms

Translations

a person who performs massage

Arabic: مُدَلِّك‎ m (mudallik)
Asturian: masaxista m or f
Bulgarian: масажист (bg) m (masažíst)
Catalan: massatgista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 按摩師 (zh), 按摩师 (zh) (ànmóshī)
Czech: masér (cs) m
Danish: massør (da) c
Dutch: masseur (nl) m, masseuse (nl) f
Esperanto: masaĝisto
Finnish: hieroja (fi)
French: masseur (fr) m, masseuse (fr) f
Galician: masaxista m or f
German: Masseur (de) m, Masseurin (de) f, Masseuse (de) f (dated feminine form or sexual connotation)
Icelandic: nuddari m
Italian: massaggiatore (it) m, massaggiatrice f
Japanese: マッサージ師 (massāji-shi), 按摩 (ja) (あんま, anma)

Lao: ຫມໍນວດ (mǭ nūat)
Latin: trāctātor m
Macedonian: масер m (máser)
Maori: kaikōmuru
Norman: masseux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: massør m

Nynorsk: massør m
Persian: ماساژور‎ (fa) (mâsâžor), ماسور‎ (fa) (mâsor) (male or female, rare)
Polish: masażysta (pl) m, masażystka (pl) f
Portuguese: massagista (pt) m or f, massageador m
Romanian: maseur (ro) m, maseuză f
Russian: массажи́ст (ru) m (massažíst), массажи́стка (ru) f (massažístka)
Spanish: masajista (es) m or f
Swedish: massör (sv) c
Thai: หมอนวด (mɔ̌ɔ-nûuat)
Volapük: (♂♀) masetan, (♂) himasetan, (♀) jimasetan

Anagrams

Erasmus, Mausers, Semraus, amusers, assumer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseur, equivalent to masseren +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mas‧seur

Noun

masseur m (plural masseurs, diminutive masseurtje n, feminine masseuse)

masseur

French

Etymology

From masser +‎ -eur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /masœʁ/

Noun

masseur m (plural masseurs, feminine masseuse)

(massage) masseur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

assumer, mesuras, murasse, museras, résumas

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