massa

See also: Massa, mássa, massá, mássá, mâssa, mässa, måsså, máššá, and måßa

English

Alternative forms

• massah

Noun

massa (plural massas)

1. (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^(key): /ˈma.sa/
• Hyphenation: mas‧sa

Noun

massa (plural massas)

1. (physics) mass
2. mass, large amount
3. multitude, mass, throng, crowd

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -asa
• Homophone: maça

Adjective

massa m or f (masculine and feminine plural masses)

1. too much, too many

Adverb

massa

1. too (to an excessive degree)
2. excessively, too much

   Synonym: (obsolete) trop

Noun

massa f (plural masses)

1. mass (quantity of matter)

   massa crítica ― critical mass

2. dough

   Synonym: pasta

Derived terms

• biomassa
• en massa
• massa d'aire

Related terms

• massiu

Further reading

• “massa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin massa (“mass”).

Noun

massa

1. mass

Declension

Declension of massa

nominative	massa
genitive	massanıñ
dative	massağa
accusative	massanı
locative	massada
ablative	massadan

References

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