masse

Danish

/masə/

noun
Definitions
  • mass, pulp a shapeless, thick substance
  • (in the definite singular or plural) multitude, crowd, mob an anonymous group of people
  • (determiner) many, loads, a lot, lots in the singular with the other noun as an apposition, in the plural with the preposition l
  • (physics) mass quantity of matter in a body

Etymology

Derived from German Masse (mass, amount, bulk) derived from Latin massa (mass, dough, lump, bulk) derived from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (bread, barley-cake, lump, barley-bread cake, barley cake, barley bread).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μᾶζα

Gloss

bread, barley-cake, lump, barley-bread cake, barley cake, barley bread

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
🥐 🥖 🥪

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