massage

English Online Dictionary. What means massage‎? What does massage mean?

English

Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/, /məˈsɑː(d)ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/

Noun

massage (countable and uncountable, plural massages)

1. The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
2. The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

Hyponyms

• Thai massage
• See also Thesaurus:therapy

Derived terms

Related terms

• masseur, masseuse

Translations

Verb

massage (third-person singular simple present massages, present participle massaging, simple past and past participle massaged)

1. (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
2. (transitive) To rub or knead anything.

3. (transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
4. (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Derived terms

• massage someone's ego

Descendants

• → Japanese: マッサージ (massāji)
  • → Chinese: 馬殺雞 / 马杀鸡 (mǎshājī)

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈsaːʒə/
• Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ge

Noun

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masseur m

Descendants

• → Indonesian: masasê
• → Papiamentu: masashi

French

Etymology

From masser +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.saʒ/

Noun

massage m (plural massages)

1. physical massage

Derived terms

Related terms

• masser
• masseur m, masseuse f

Descendants

Further reading

• “massage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈsɑːɧ/

Noun

massage c

1. massage

Declension

Related terms

• massera
• massör, massös

References

• massage in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• massage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• massage in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)