masse

masse (plural masses)

1. Obsolete form of mass.

Borrowed via German Masse from Latin massa (“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley bread”).

• IPA^(key): /masə/, [ˈmasə]

masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)

1. mass, pulp (a shapeless, thick substance)
2. (in the definite singular or plural) multitude, crowd, mob (an anonymous group of people)

   Synonyms: folkemasse, hob

3. (determiner, in the indefinite singular or plural) many, loads, a lot, lots (in the singular with the other noun as an apposition, in the plural with the preposition af)

   Der var en masse mennesker på gaden.

   There were lots people in the streets.

   Jeg har masser af ideer.

   I have many ideas.

4. (physics) mass (quantity of matter in a body)

• “masse” in Den Danske Ordbog

• 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)

• → Romanian: masă

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

masse

1. inflection of masser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

masse f (plural masses)

2. mace (weapon)
3. a sledgehammer
4. thick end of a billiards cue, mace

• massue

• “masse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• semas

From Latin magis.

masse

1. Too much

masse f pl

1. plural of massa

• Messa, messa

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

• massa, mace, mas

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas(ə)/

masse (plural massez)

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

• massy
• massif

• English: mass
• Scots: mass
• Yola: messe

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

masse

1. alternative form of messe (“mass, religious service”)

• Childermasse

masse

1. alternative form of massy (“massy”)

masse

1. alternative form of mace (“mace”)

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.

masse n

1. alternative spelling of maisse

masse m (plural masses)

1. (Mozambique) a drink made from sour milk
2. (Mozambique) curdled milk

• “masse”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025