mase

See also: Mase, masé, másé, masę, maše, mäse, and måse

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /meɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology 1

Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.

Verb

mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)

1. To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.

Etymology 2

Noun

mase (plural mases)

1. Obsolete form of maze.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, meas, meas., mesa, same, seam

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmasɛ]

Noun

mase

1. locative singular of maso

Danish

Etymology 1

From West Frisian maschen, from Old Frisian *māsk, from Proto-West Germanic *maisk, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz (“mash, mixture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːsə/, [ˈmæːsə]

Verb

mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)

1. crush
2. squash
3. crunch
4. press, squeeze
5. jostle

   Synonym: møve

Conjugation

Conjugation of mase

active passive present maser mases past masede or maste masede or mastes infinitive mase mases imperative mas — participle present masende past {{{6}}} (auxiliary verb mast or maste) gerund masen

Derived terms

• mas
• masen

Etymology 2

From Icelandic mása

Verb

mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)

1. to slog
2. to struggle

   Synonym: ase

Conjugation

Conjugation of mase

active passive present maser — past masede or maste masede or mastes infinitive mase — imperative mas — participle present masende past [Term?] (auxiliary verb mast or maste) gerund —

Derived terms

• mas
• masen

References

• “mase” in Den Danske Ordbog

Japanese

Romanization

mase

1. Rōmaji transcription of ませ

Manchu

Romanization

mase

1. romanization of ᠮᠠᠰᡝ

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French Meuse

Noun

māse f

1. Meuse (a river)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Maas

Further reading

• “mase”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably from masen; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

• maze, masse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːz(ə)/

Noun

mase (plural mases)

2. Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
3. Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
4. (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.

Descendants

• English: maze
• Scots: maze
• Yola: mize

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mase

1. alternative form of messe

Etymology 3

Noun

mase

1. alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Etymology 4

Verb

mase

1. alternative form of masen

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mase f

1. table, desk

Synonyms

• doşk
• mêze

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mase (imperative mas, present tense maser, simple past masa or maset or maste, past participle masa or maset or mast)

1. to nag

References

• “mase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mase (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mase/mas)

1. alternative form of masa

Noun

mase f (definite singular masa, indefinite plural maser, definite plural masene)

1. A nag (someone who nags, complains).

   Jadå, masa!

   OK, your nag!

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *maisā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.se/, [ˈmɑː.ze]

Noun

māse f (nominative plural māsan)

1. titmouse

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	māse	māsan
accusative	māsan	māsan
genitive	māsan	māsena
dative	māsan	māsum

Derived terms

• cōlmāse
• hicemāse
• spiċmāse

Descendants

• Middle English: mose
  • ⇒ Middle English: titmose
    • English: titmouse

Spanish

Verb

mase

1. inflection of masar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧se

Etymology 1

Related to Persian ماهی (mâhi).

Noun

mase

1. fish
2. (astronomy, astrology) Pisces

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish masa.

Noun

mase

1. table