mase
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /meɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Etymology 1
Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.
Verb
mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)
- To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
Etymology 2
Noun
mase (plural mases)
- Obsolete form of maze.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmasɛ]
Noun
mase
- locative singular of maso
Danish
Etymology 1
From West Frisian maschen, from Old Frisian *māsk, from Proto-West Germanic *maisk, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz (“mash, mixture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːsə/, [ˈmæːsə]
Verb
mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
References
- “mase” in Den Danske Ordbog
Japanese
Romanization
mase
- Rōmaji transcription of ませ
Manchu
Romanization
mase
- romanization of ᠮᠠᠰᡝ
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French Meuse
Noun
māse f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: Maas
Further reading
- “mase”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
Etymology 1
Probably from masen; further etymology is disputed.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːz(ə)/
Noun
mase (plural mases)
- Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
- Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
- (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.
Descendants
References
- “māse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
mase
- alternative form of messe
Etymology 3
Noun
mase
- alternative form of mace (“mace”)
Etymology 4
Verb
mase
- alternative form of masen
Northern Kurdish
Noun
mase f
Synonyms
- doşk
- mêze
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
mase (imperative mas, present tense maser, simple past masa or maset or maste, past participle masa or maset or mast)
- to nag
References
- “mase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
mase (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mase/mas)
- alternative form of masa
Noun
mase f (definite singular masa, indefinite plural maser, definite plural masene)
- A nag (someone who nags, complains).
- Jadå, masa!
- OK, your nag!
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *maisā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.se/, [ˈmɑː.ze]
Noun
māse f (nominative plural māsan)
Declension
Weak feminine (n-stem):
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | māse | māsan |
| accusative | māsan | māsan |
| genitive | māsan | māsena |
| dative | māsan | māsum |
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
mase
- inflection of masar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧se
Etymology 1
Related to Persian ماهی (mâhi).
Noun
mase
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Turkish masa.
Noun
mase