Massa
English
editEtymology
editThe surname is from Italian Massa. Also found in southern France (see Massey).
Noun
editMassa (plural Massas)
- (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Proper noun
editMassa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)
- (uncountable) A town in Tuscany, Italy
- (countable) A surname.
Translations
editSee also
editAnagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
edit- 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
editProper noun
editMassa f
Proper noun
editMassa m or f by sense
- a surname
Descendants
edit- English: Massa
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom massa.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmäːs̠ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]
Proper noun
editMāssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Baebius Massa, a Roman governor
- Massa (a town in Tuscany, Italy)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Māssa |
genitive | Māssae |
dative | Māssae |
accusative | Māssam |
ablative | Māssā |
vocative | Māssa |
Note that the town name also has locative Māssae.
References
edit- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German messet, from Old Saxon metisahs, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs.
Noun
editMassa n (plural Massasch)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editMassa m or f by sense
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMassa m or f by sense
- a surname from Italian
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