# massa
## English
### Alternative forms

* massah

### Noun

massa (plural massas)
* (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
** 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:"All well, Massa Challenger, all well!" he cried. "Me stay here. No fear. You always find me when you want." His honest black face, and the immense view before us, which carried us half-way back to the affluent of the Amazon, helped us to remember that we really were upon this earth in the twentieth century, and had not by some magic been conveyed to some raw planet in its earliest and wildest state.

#### Usage notes

Associated with historical slavery in the Southern United States.

### Anagrams

* masas, samsa, AsAms, Saams, amass, Samas, Assam, Šamaš, msasa

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch massa, from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.sa/
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa

### Noun

massa (plural massas)
* (physics) mass
* mass, large amount
* multitude, mass, throng, crowd

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈma.sa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Homophone: maça

### Adjective

massa m or f (masculine and feminine plural masses)
* too much, too many

### Adverb

massa
* too (to an excessive degree)
* excessively, too much
    Synonym: (obsolete) trop

### Noun

massa f (plural masses)
* mass (quantity of matter)
    massa crítica ― critical mass
* dough
    Synonym: pasta

#### Derived terms

* biomassa
* en massa
* massa d'aire

#### Related terms

* massiu

### Further reading

* “massa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Latin massa (“mass”).

### Noun

massa
* mass

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* masse (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch masse, from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza). The Latin spelling was adopted in the seventeenth century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ.saː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa

### Noun

massa f (plural massa's, diminutive massaatje n)
* (physics) mass
    De massa van het object is 2 kilogram.The mass of the object is 2 kilograms.
* mass, large amount
    Er was een grote massa mensen aanwezig bij het concert.There was a large mass of people present at the concert.
* multitude, mass, throng, crowd
    Was er veel volk? — Massa's!Were there a lot of people? — Masses!

#### Derived terms

* aardmassa
* cacaomassa
* massaal
* massacommunicatie
* massaconsumptie
* massademocratie
* massagraf
* massahuwelijk
* massahysterie
* massamedium
* massameeting
* massamiddelpunt
* massamoord
* massamoordenaar
* massaproductie
* massapsychose
* massaslachting
* massaspectrometer
* massaspectrometrie
* massasprint
* massatoerisme
* massavernietigingswapen
* massawerking
* massief
* mensenmassa
* watermassa

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: massa
* → Indonesian: massa
** → Malay: massa

### References

* ↑ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish massa, from Late Latin massa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑsːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑsːɑ
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa

### Noun

massa
* mass (quantity of matter cohering together to make one body)
* mass, bulk (large quantity; bulk; magnitude; body; size)
* mass (large body of individuals, especially persons; in the plural, the lower classes of persons)
* (physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains)
* paste (soft mixture)
    mantelimassa ― almond paste
* (pharmacy) mass (medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of massa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
massani
massani
accusative
nom.
massani
massani
gen.
massani
genitive
massani
massojeni massaini $^{rare}$
partitive
massaani
massojani
inessive
massassani
massoissani
elative
massastani
massoistani
illative
massaani
massoihini
adessive
massallani
massoillani
ablative
massaltani
massoiltani
allative
massalleni
massoilleni
essive
massanani
massoinani
translative
massakseni
massoikseni
abessive
massattani
massoittani
instructive
comitative
—massoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
massasi
massasi
accusative
nom.
massasi
massasi
gen.
massasi
genitive
massasi
massojesi massaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
massaasi
massojasi
inessive
massassasi
massoissasi
elative
massastasi
massoistasi
illative
massaasi
massoihisi
adessive
massallasi
massoillasi
ablative
massaltasi
massoiltasi
allative
massallesi
massoillesi
essive
massanasi
massoinasi
translative
massaksesi
massoiksesi
abessive
massattasi
massoittasi
instructive
comitative
—massoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
massamme
massamme
accusative
nom.
massamme
massamme
gen.
massamme
genitive
massamme
massojemme massaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
massaamme
massojamme
inessive
massassamme
massoissamme
elative
massastamme
massoistamme
illative
massaamme
massoihimme
adessive
massallamme
massoillamme
ablative
massaltamme
massoiltamme
allative
massallemme
massoillemme
essive
massanamme
massoinamme
translative
massaksemme
massoiksemme
abessive
massattamme
massoittamme
instructive
comitative
—massoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
massanne
massanne
accusative
nom.
massanne
massanne
gen.
massanne
genitive
massanne
massojenne massainne $^{rare}$
partitive
massaanne
massojanne
inessive
massassanne
massoissanne
elative
massastanne
massoistanne
illative
massaanne
massoihinne
adessive
massallanne
massoillanne
ablative
massaltanne
massoiltanne
allative
massallenne
massoillenne
essive
massananne
massoinanne
translative
massaksenne
massoiksenne
abessive
massattanne
massoittanne
instructive
comitative
—massoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
massansa
massansa
accusative
nom.
massansa
massansa
gen.
massansa
genitive
massansa
massojensa massainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
massaansa
massojaan massojansa
inessive
massassaan massassansa
massoissaan massoissansa
elative
massastaan massastansa
massoistaan massoistansa
illative
massaansa
massoihinsa
adessive
massallaan massallansa
massoillaan massoillansa
ablative
massaltaan massaltansa
massoiltaan massoiltansa
allative
massalleen massallensa
massoilleen massoillensa
essive
massanaan massanansa
massoinaan massoinansa
translative
massakseen massaksensa
massoikseen massoiksensa
abessive
massattaan massattansa
massoittaan massoittansa
instructive
comitative
—massoineen massoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* massainen
* massallinen
* massata
* massaton
* massoitella
* massoittain
* armeerausmassa
* atomimassa
* atomimassayksikkö
* betonimassa
* biomassa
* eristysmassa
* ilmamassa
* juustomassa
* kaakaomassa
* keskimassa
* kokonaismassa
* lakritsimassa
* lasimassa
* lepomassa
* lihasmassa
* liikemassa
* lumimassa
* maamassa
* makkaramassa
* mantelimassa
* massa-analyysi
* massadata
* massahyödyke
* massahyökkäys
* massajakauma
* massakato
* massakenttä
* massakeskipiste
* massakeskiö
* massakommunikaatio
* massakulttuuri
* massalaji
* massaluku
* massamuisti
* massamuoti
* massamurha
* massamuutto
* massanopeus
* massanvaihto
* massanvalmistus
* massapainotettu
* massapitoisuus
* massaprosentti
* massapsykologia
* massapsykoosi
* massaräätälöinti
* massaspektrografia
* massaspektrometri
* massaspektrometria
* massasuhde
* massasulku
* massatapahtuma
* massatasapaino
* massatavara
* massateini
* massateollisuus
* massatiedotus
* massatuotanto
* massatuote
* massaturismi
* massatyöttömyys
* massaurheilu
* massavaikutus
* massavajaus
* massavaje
* massavalmiste
* massavalmistus
* massavaraussuhde
* massaviihde
* massavirtaus
* molekyylimassa
* moolimassa
* neliömassa
* paperimassa
* pinta-alamassa
* puumassa
* saumausmassa
* sokerimassa
* tandemmassaspektrometria
* tietomassa
* tiivistemassa
* uusiomassa
* valumassa
* vesimassa
* yleisömassa

### Further reading

* “massa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Assam

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

massa
* third-person singular past historic of masser

## Icelandic
### Noun

massa
* inflection of massi:
** indefinite accusative
** indefinite dative singular
** indefinite genitive

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch [Term?] from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun is derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”). Standard spelling retain double s to avoid confusion with word masa (time).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈma(s).sa]
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa
* Homophone: masa
* Rhymes: -sa, -a

### Noun

massa (plural massa-massa)
* mass:
** (physical) matter, material:
*** a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size
*** (physics) the quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement
    Synonym: (colloquial) berat
*** (surgery) tumor: a palpable or visible abnormal globular structure
** a large body of individuals, especially persons

#### Derived terms

* bermassa
* massa atom
* massa atom relatif
* massa diam
* massa jenis
* massa mengambang
* massa produksi
* massa rakyat
* massa skrotum
* massa tubuh nirlemak
* massa tulang puncak
* massa udara
* massa udara basah
* massa udara kering
* massa udara takmantap

#### Related terms

* masif
* massal

#### Descendants

* → Malay: massa

### Further reading

* “massa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

massa (plural massas)
* mass, multitude or cluster

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmas.sa/
* Rhymes: -assa
* Hyphenation: màs‧sa

### Noun

massa f (plural masse)
* mass (all senses)
* crowd

#### Related terms

* ammassare
* di massa
* massiccio
* massificare
* massivo
* mass media
* masso

## Latin
### Etymology

An early borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), possibly via Etruscan. It is uncertain whether the long /aː/ was carried over. Early Latin regularly rendered the Greek sound represented by ⟨ζ⟩ as /ss/; compare patrissō. In Imperial times, when Greek borrowings were entering Latin with ⟨z⟩, the old massa remained, never replaced by *māza.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäs̠ːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]

### Noun

massa f (genitive massae); first declension
* mass, bulk (of material)
    Synonyms: moles, cŭmŭlus, acervus
* load, burden
    Synonym: onus
* dough
* lump

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: massa
* French: masse
** → Romanian: masă
* Italian: massa
* Western Iberian:
** Old Galician-Portuguese: massa
*** Galician: masa
*** Portuguese: massa
** Spanish: masa
*** → Bikol Central: masa
*** → English: masa
*** → Tagalog: masa
Borrowings:
* → Bulgarian: маса (masa)
* → Crimean Tatar: massa
* → Czech: masa
* → Dutch: massa, masse (obsolete)
** Afrikaans: massa
** → Indonesian: massa
*** → Malay: massa
* → English: mass
* → Esperanto: masa
* → German: Masse
** → Danish: masse
* → Hebrew: מָסָה (mása)
* → Icelandic: massi
* → Irish: mais
* → Latvian: masa
* → Macedonian: маса (masa)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: masse
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: masse
* → Polish: masa
* → Russian: масса (massa)
** → Kazakh: масса (massa)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Cyrillic script: маса
** Latin script: masa
* → Slovene: masa
* → Swedish: massa
** → Finnish: massa
* → Ukrainian: маса (masa)

### References

* “massa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “massa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "massa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “massa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “massa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian massa, from Dutch massa from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun is derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”). The standard spelling retains the double S to avoid confusion with masa (time).

### Pronunciation

* (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA: [ma.sa]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -sa, -a
* Hyphenation: ma‧sa

### Noun

massa (Jawi spelling مسسا, informal 1st possessive massaku, 2nd possessive massamu, 3rd possessive massanya)
* Mass:
** A large quantity; a sum.
** A large body of individuals, especially persons.
    pergerakan massa ― mass movement
** (physics) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
    Synonym: jisim
** (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
    Synonyms: jisim, berat (informal)

#### Compounds

* media massa

### Further reading

* “massa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.sɐ/
* (Northern Portugal) IPA: [ˈma.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -asɐ
* Homophone: maça
* Hyphenation: mas‧sa
* Audio (Portugal, Porto):(file)

### Noun

massa f (plural massas)
* (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
* (cooking) pasta
* a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects
* (construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)
* multitude (a great mass of people)
* (uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)
* (slang, uncountable) money

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:massa.

#### Synonyms

* (dough): pasta
* (pasta, some types, dried): macarrão
* (concentration): aglomerado, concentração
* (mortar): argamassa, cafelo, rebouco
* (multitude): multidão, povo
* (mass): peso (colloquial)
* (money): dinheiro, grana, verba

#### Derived terms

* em massa
* massa atómica
* massa bruta
* massa cinzenta
* massa corrida
* massa do sangue
* massa folhada
* massas

#### Related terms

* amassado
* amassar
* massas

### Adjective

massa m or f (plural massas)
* (Brazil, informal) cool (in fashion, part of or fitting the in-crowd)
* (Brazil, informal) great; amazing; awesome
    Synonym: espetacular
    Aprender línguas é muito massa! ― Learning languages is awesome!

#### Synonyms

* (cool): fixe (Portugal), legal (Brazil)

### Further reading

* massa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /masːa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

massa c
* a mass (substance)
* (physics) mass (as measured in kilograms)
* a mass (of people), a large crowd
** ordinary people, the masses, etc.
    den stora massan / massornathe masses
* a lot (of), many
    en massa sakera lot of things
    massor av sakerlots of things
* an intermediate good during paper or cardboard manufacture, like pulp
    Synonyms: (pulp) pappersmassa, (wood pulp) trämassa

#### Derived terms

* folkmassa
* mandelmassa
* masscentrum
* massdemonstration
* massförstörelse
* massmarknad
* massmedium
* massmord
* massrörelse
* massvis
* nötmassa
* ostmassa
* pappersmassa
* tätningsmassa

#### Related terms

* massiv

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: massa

### References

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