Term: mass
IPA: mæs, mas, mɛs, mɑːs

{{also|Mass|maß|Maß|Mass.|måss}}
==English==
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[[File:Frog egg mass.jpg|right|thumb|160px|A mass (aggregation) of frog eggs]]

===Etymology 1===
In late {{inh|en|enm|-}} (circa 1400) as {{m|enm|masse}} in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from {{der|en|xno|masse}}, in {{der|en|fro|-}} attested from the 11th century, via late {{der|en|la|massa||lump, dough}}, from {{der|en|grc|μᾶζα|t=barley-cake, lump (of dough)}}. The Greek noun may be derived from the verb {{m|grc|μάσσω||to