missa

See also: missä

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”).

Noun

missa

1. (music) a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

Anagrams

• Masis, Massi, Samis, Simas, Sisam, amiss, saims, simas

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin missum. Doublet of mesa, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -isa

Noun

missa f (plural misses)

1. mass
2. (in the plural, slang) money

Related terms

• missal

Further reading

• “missa”, 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

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪsːa
• Hyphenation: mis‧sa

Verb

missa (third person singular past indicative misti, third person plural past indicative mist, supine mist)

1. (transitive) to lose

   eg misti mín blýantur

   I lost my pencil

2. (transitive) to miss a mark

   hann misti hvørt sítt kast

   he missed the mark every time

Conjugation

Conjugation of missa (group v-9nn)

infinitive	missa
supine	mist
	present	past
first singular	missi	misti
second singular	missir	misti
third singular	missir	misti
plural	missa	mistu
participle (a39)1	missandi	mistur
	imperative
singular	miss!
plural	missið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

References

• "missa" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse missa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Verb

missa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative missti, supine misst)

1. to lose

Conjugation

missa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að missa
supine sagnbót		misst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		missandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	missi	missti		missi	missti
	þú	missir	misstir		missir	misstir
	hann, hún, það	missir	missti		missi	missti
plural	við	missum	misstum		missum	misstum
	þið	missið	misstuð		missið	misstuð
	þeir, þær, þau	missa	misstu		missi	misstu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	miss (þú), misstu
plural	þið	missið (þið), missiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• missa út úr sér

Italian

Verb

missa

1. inflection of missare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• massi, sisma