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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmasse
Pronunciation / Transliteration: masse
"Une masse de nuages noirs s'est amassée à l'horizon."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
"A dark mass of clouds gathered on the horizon."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin massa, meaning 'lump' or 'dough', which comes from the Greek maza. Historically, it evolved from signifying a cohesive lump of matter into a fundamental physical property representing the quantity of matter in a body, as well as taking on broader senses relating to large quantities or aggregates.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mass" is said worldwide
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masse
Transliteration: masse
"Une masse de nuages noirs s'est amassée à l'horizon."
Masse
Transliteration: Masse
"Eine Masse schwarzer Wolken zog am Horizont auf."
massa
Transliteration: massa
"Una massa di nuvole nere si è addensata all'orizzonte."
masa
Transliteration: masa
"Una masa de nubes negras se acumuló en el horizonte."
massa
Transliteration: massa
"Uma massa de nuvens negras acumulou-se no horizonte."
द्रव्यमान
Transliteration: dravyamān
"क्षितिज पर काले बादल का एक द्रव्यमान जमा हो गया।"
质量
Transliteration: zhìliàng
"地平线上积聚了一团黑云。"
질량
Transliteration: jillyang
"지평선에 검은 구름 덩어리가 모여들었다."
質量
Transliteration: shitsuryō
"地平線に黒い雲の塊が集まった。"
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