/ˈmæsɑːʒ/
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Translation
The act of pressing and rubbing a person's body to relax the muscles or take away pain.
Word origin
From French massage, from the verb masser, to knead. Where masser itself came from is genuinely debated.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- masser
Other proposed origins
- Often traced to Arabic massa, meaning to touch or feel. (massa)
- Others derive it from Portuguese amassar, meaning to knead dough. (amassar)
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmassages
Examples
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A massage presses and rubs the muscles to relax them.
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We say to have or to give a massage.
sore .
Massage is also a doing word: to massage someone.
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