Massa

See also: massa, mässa, and mássá

English

Noun

Massa (plural Massas)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Proper noun

Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

  1. (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy
  2. (countable) A surname.

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/
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  • Rhymes: -assa
  • Hyphenation: Màs‧sa

Proper noun

Massa f

  1. Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)

Proper noun

Massa m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Descendants
  • English: Massa

Latin

Etymology

From massa.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmäːs̠ːä]

Proper noun

Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Māssa
Genitive Māssae
Dative Māssae
Accusative Māssam
Ablative Māssā
Vocative Māssa

References
  • Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Plautdietsch

Noun

Massa n (plural Massasch)

  1. knife

Portuguese

Proper noun

Massa

  1. a surname, Massa
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