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la

feminine

/mas/

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Translation

mass, bulk, great quantity

Word origin

From Latin massa ('lump of dough, kneaded mass'), borrowed from Greek maza ('barley cake'), from massein ('to knead').

Origin
Greek
Root
maza
English cognates
mass, massive

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralmasses

Examples

' .

A mass of cold air is coming down from the north.

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Bodies of water move with the moon.

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He bought paper in bulk.

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The mass of the stone is enormous.

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A dark mass is moving across the sky.

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This word is part of lesson 53.