mass
English
/mæs/, /mæs/, /mæs/
noun
Definitions
- (physical) Matter, material.
- A large quantity; a sum.
Etymology
Borrowed from masse derived from Latin massa (mass, dough, lump, bulk) derived from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (bread, barley-cake, lump, barley-bread cake, barley cake, barley bread) derived from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (knead, oil).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*maǵ-
Gloss
knead, oil
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
油
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mary English
- Marymass English
- ad English
- admass English
- air English
- airmass English
- biomass English
- cult English
- demassify English
- dendromass English
- down English
- downmass English
- egg English
- eggmass English
- eigenmass English
- ground English
- groundmass English
- isomass English
- land English
- landmass English
- low English
- low mass star English
- mass shooting English
- masscult English
- masser English
- massful English
- massic English
- massification English
- massifier English
- massify English
- massiness English
- massless English
- masslessness English
- masslike English
- massly English
- massness English
- massy English
- maza English
- micromass English
- mineral English
- mineralomass English
- necromass English
- nonbiomass English
- photobiomass English
- phytobiomass English
- phytomass English
- pseudomass English
- rock English
- rockmass English
- shooting English
- sociomass English
- star English
- thermomass English
- up English
- upmass English
- zoomass English
- *massārius Latin
- massa Latin
- maza Latin
- māssa Latin
- Masse German
- massa Italian
- en masse French
- masse French
- ма́сса Russian
- masa Spanish, Castilian
- Μοσσύνοικοι Ancient Greek
- μᾶζα Ancient Greek
- μᾶζᾰ Ancient Greek
- *maǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- masse Norwegian Bokmål
- massa Swedish
- masse Norwegian Nynorsk
- mas Middle English
- masse Middle English
- massy Middle English
- argamassa Catalan, Valencian
- massa Catalan, Valencian
- μάζα Greek (modern)
- μαζικός Greek (modern)
- màs Welsh
- masse Middle Dutch
- mass Old Irish
- misse Middle High German
- Mass Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Massendénger Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- massif Middle French
- massa Old Portuguese
- masse xno
- massa Crimean Tatar
- up
- ad
- low
- air
- egg
- down
- rock
- maza
- Mary
- land
- cult
- star
- massy
- massly
- ground
- upmass
- admass
- masser
- massic
- airmass
- eggmass
- isomass
- mineral
- massful
- zoomass
- massify
- biomass
- massless
- shooting
- downmass
- massness
- landmass
- rockmass
- masscult
- masslike
- Marymass
- micromass
- phytomass
- eigenmass
- necromass
- massifier
- massiness
- sociomass
- demassify
- nonbiomass
- thermomass
- dendromass
- groundmass
- pseudomass
- photobiomass
- masslessness
- phytobiomass
- mineralomass
- low mass star
- mass shooting
- massification