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Masse

{

Massé

, or

Massé shot

}
,
Noun.
(Billiards)
A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Definition 2024


Masse

Masse

See also: masse, massé, mâsse, Maße, and mäße

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasə/
  • Rhymes: -asə

Noun

Masse f (genitive Masse, plural Massen)

  1. mass (quantity of matter)
  2. matter
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːsə/
  • Rhymes: -aːsə

Noun

Masse

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Maße.

masse

masse

See also: Masse, massé, Maße, mâsse, and mäße

Danish

Noun

masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)

  1. (physics) mass

Declension


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mas/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Verb

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

masse f (plural masses)

  1. mace (weapon)
  2. a sledgehammer

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Anagrams


Italian

Noun

masse f pl

  1. plural of massa

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin massa

Noun

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

  1. a mass

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin massa

Noun

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

  1. a mass

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References