# massage
## English
### Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/, /məˈsɑː(d)ʒ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/

### Noun

massage (countable and uncountable, plural massages)
* The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
    Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
** 2014, Gary Vitacco-Robles, Icon: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume 2 1956-1962 AND Beyond:During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage.
* The action of rubbing or kneading anything.
    The baker gave the dough one final massage.

#### Hyponyms

* Thai massage
* See also Thesaurus:therapy

#### Derived terms

* African massage
* automassage
* baby massage
* blind massage
* body-to-body massage
* heart massage
* infant massage
* lingam massage
* massage chair
* massage gun
* massage parlour, massage parlor
* massager
* massage table
* massage therapist
* massage therapy
* massotherapy
* prostate massage
* stone massage
* Swedish massage
* yoni massage

#### Related terms

* masseur, masseuse

#### Translations
### Verb

massage (third-person singular simple present massages, present participle massaging, simple past and past participle massaged)
* (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
    My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.
** 2010 January 11, Julian Kaye, Massage Therapy‎:So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things.
* (transitive) To rub or knead anything.
    Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.
* (transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
** 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 118:News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].
** 2008 May 22, Patrick Wintour, Steven Morris, The Guardian, page 3:The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 […]
* (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

#### Derived terms

* massage someone's ego

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: マッサージ (massāji)
** → Chinese: 馬殺雞 / 马杀鸡 (mǎshājī)

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Etymology

From French massage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑˈsaːʒə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ge

### Noun

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)
* physical massage

#### Related terms

* masseur m

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: masasê
* → Papiamentu: masashi

## French
### Etymology

From masser +‎ -age.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.saʒ/

### Noun

massage m (plural massages)
* physical massage

#### Derived terms

* massage cardiaque
* massage coquin

#### Related terms

* masser
* masseur m, masseuse f

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: مَسَاج (masāj)
* → Catalan: massatge
* → Czech: masáž
* → Dutch: massage
* → English: massage
** → Japanese: マッサージ (massāji)
*** → Chinese: 馬殺雞 / 马杀鸡 (mǎshājī)
* → Esperanto: masaĝo
* → Estonian: massaaž
* → German: Massage
* → Greek: μασάζ (masáz) (learned)
* → Italian: massaggio
* → Khmer: ម៉ាស្សា (maahsaa)
* → Macedonian: маса́жа (masáža)
* → Northern Kurdish: masaj
* → Polish: masaż
* → Portuguese: massagem
* → Romanian: masaj
* → Russian: масса́ж (massáž)
** → Belarusian: маса́ж (masáž)
** → Mongolian: массаж (massaž)
** → Uyghur: ماساژ (masazh)
** → Uzbek: massaj
* → Spanish: masaje
* → Swedish: massage
* → Turkish: masaj
* → Persian: ماساژ (mâsâž)
* → Ukrainian: маса́ж (masáž)

### Further reading

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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French massage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈsɑːɧ/

### Noun

massage c
* massage

#### Related terms

* massera
* massör, massös

### References

* massage in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* massage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* massage in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)