Massa

== English == === Etymology 1 === Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey. ==== Proper noun ==== Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas) (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy. (countable) A surname. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== Masa ==== Noun ==== Massa pl (plural only) A Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. ==== Proper noun ==== Massa A Chadic language spoken by the Massa people. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== Massa (plural Massas) (chiefly African-American Vernacular or Caribbean) Alternative letter-case form of massa, master, particularly as a form of address. 1885 March 18, "W.", "A War Article", Puck, Vol. XVII, No. 419, p. 45: Officer.—"What is the numerical strength of the enemy in our front?"Intelligent Contraband.—"Eh, Massa?"O.—"How many men has the Confederate General Blank?"I. C.—"'Bout forty-leben thousan', Massa."O.—"Don't you mean about four thousand?"I. C.—"Yes, Massa; dar's 'bout four hundred ob 'em." === See also === === Anagrams === masas, samsa, AsAms, Saams, amass, Samas, Assam, Šamaš, msasa == Italian == === Etymology === The town is from Latin Massa. The surname is from several places such as Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma or Massa d'Albe, all from Latin massa (“lump, pile”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/ Rhymes: -assa Hyphenation: Màs‧sa === Proper noun === Massa f Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy) === Proper noun === Massa m or f by sense a surname ==== Descendants ==== English: Massa == Latin == === Etymology === From massa. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaːs.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmas.sa] === Proper noun === Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Baebius Massa, a Roman governor Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. Note that the town name also has locative Māssae. ==== Derived terms ==== Māssicus === References === “Massa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German messet, from Old Saxon metisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs. === Noun === Massa n (plural Massasch) knife ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Massa m or f by sense a surname, Massa == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa] Rhymes: -asa Syllabification: Mas‧sa === Proper noun === Massa m or f by sense a surname from Italian