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masse.

a paste, a dough

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mas/
  1. a paste, a dough

    feminine
  2. large amount or quantity of something; mass

    feminine
  3. something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts

    feminine
  4. a sum or combination of things treated as a whole

    feminine
  5. a majority, especially of people

    feminine
  6. an archaic unit of count

    feminine
  7. a sum of allotted money

    feminine
  8. mass

    feminine
  9. earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/mas/
  1. mace (weapon)

    feminine
  2. a sledgehammer

    feminine
  3. thick end of a billiards cue, mace

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

verb/mas/
  1. inflection of masser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of masser: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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