mase

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See also: Mase, masé, másé, masę, maše, mäse, and måse

English

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.

Verb

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mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)

  1. To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mase (plural mases)

  1. Obsolete form of maze.

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mase

  1. locative singular of maso

Danish

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Etymology

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From West Frisian maschen, from Old Frisian *māsk, from Proto-West Germanic *maisk, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz (mash, mixture).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maːsə/, [ˈmæːsə]

Verb

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mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)

  1. crush
  2. squash
  3. crunch
  4. press, squeeze
  5. jostle
  6. slog
  7. struggle

Japanese

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Romanization

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mase

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ませ

Manchu

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Romanization

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mase

  1. Romanization of ᠮᠠᠰᡝ

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle French Meuse

Noun

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māse f

  1. Meuse (a river)

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: Maas

Further reading

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  • mase”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Probably from masen; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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mase (plural mases)

  1. Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
  2. Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
  3. (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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mase

  1. Alternative form of messe

Etymology 3

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Noun

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mase

  1. Alternative form of mace (mace)

Etymology 4

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Probably from amased.

Verb

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mase

  1. Alternative form of masen

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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mase f

  1. table, desk

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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mase (imperative mas, present tense maser, simple past masa or maset or maste, past participle masa or maset or mast)

  1. to nag

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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mase (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mase/mas)

  1. Alternative form of masa

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *maisā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.se/, [ˈmɑː.ze]

Noun

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māse f (nominative plural māsan)

  1. titmouse

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Verb

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mase

  1. inflection of masar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Zazaki

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧se

Etymology 1

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Related to Persian ماهی (mâhi).

Noun

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mase

  1. fish
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Pisces

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Turkish masa.

Noun

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mase

  1. table