masse

French

noun
Definitions
  • a paste, a dough
  • large amount or quantity of something; mass
  • something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
  • a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
  • a majority, especially of people
  • an archaic unit of count
  • (finance) a sum of allotted money
  • (physics) mass
  • (electronics) earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)

Etymology

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

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