massage

See also Massage

English

Etymology

From French massage, from masser (“to massage”) + -age.

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• (US) IPA: /məˈsɑʒ/
• (UK) IPA: /'mæsɑʒ/

Noun

massage (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.

   Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:therapy

Derived terms

• erotic massage
• massager
• massage parlour, massage parlor
• massage therapist
• massotherapy

Related terms

• masseur, masseuse

Translations

rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body

• Arabic: تدليك (ar) (tadlīk) m, تمسيد (ar) (tamsīk) m, مساج (ar) (masāj) m
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azeri: masaj (az)
• Belarusian: масаж (be) (masáž)
• Catalan: massatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按摩 (cmn) (ànmó)

• Czech: masáž (cs) f
• Danish: massage (da)
• Dutch: massage (nl) f
• Esperanto: masaĝo (eo)
• Estonian: masseerimine (et), massaaž (et)
• Faroese: vøddamýking (fo) f
• Finnish: hieronta (fi)
• French: massage (fr) m
• Galician: masaxe (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Massage (de) f
• Greek: μαλάσσω (el) (malassoo), χειρομαλάσσω (el) (cheiromalassoo), εντρίβω (el) (entriboo)
• Icelandic: nudd (is)

• Indonesian: pijat (id), urut (id)
• Italian: massaggio (it) m
• Japanese: マッサージ (ja) (massāji)
• Khmer: ការគក់ច្របាច់ (km) (kaa kʊək crɑbac)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish: gemirandin (ku) f, perixandin (ku) f, mistdan (ku) f, masaj (ku) f
• Latvian: masāža (lv)
• Lithuanian: masažas (lt)
• Macedonian: масажа (mk) (masáža) f, трлање (mk) (t'rlanje) n
• Malay: urut (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: massasje (no)

• Polish: masaż (pl) m
• Portuguese: massagem (pt) m
• Romanian: masaj (ro) n, masare (ro) f
• Russian: массаж (ru) (massáž) m
• Slovak: masáž (sk)
• Spanish: masaje (es) m
• Swedish: massage (sv) c
• Turkish: masaj (tr)
• Ukrainian: масаж (uk) (masáž)

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 manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 118:

     News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].

   • 2008, Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian, May 22 2008, p. 3:

     The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]

3. (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Translations

to perform a massage on somebody

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按摩 (cmn) (ànmó)

• Dutch: masseren (nl)
• Estonian: masseerima (et)
• Finnish: hieroa (fi)
• French: masser (fr)
• German: massieren (de)
• Hungarian: masszíroz (hu)

• Japanese: マッサージする (ja) (massāji-surú)
• Macedonian: масира (mk) (masíra), трла (mk) (t'rla)
• Maori: mirimiri (mi)
• Polish: masować (pl)
• Romanian: masa (ro)
• Russian: массировать (ru) (massírovat') impf., делать массаж (ru) (délat' massáž)
• Swedish: massera (sv)
• Turkish: masaj yapmak (tr)
• Volapük: masetön (vo)

to manipulate data or a document

• Dutch: manipuleren (nl)
• German: schönen (de)

• Hungarian: kozmetikáz (hu)

to falsify data or accounts

• Dutch: vervalsen (nl)

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Dutch

Etymology

From French see below

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑˈsaːʒə/

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Noun

massage f (plural massages, diminutive massagetje)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masseren
• masseur m

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French

Etymology

masser +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA: /masaʒ/

Noun

massage m (plural massages)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masser
• masseur m, masseuse f

Descendants

Arabic: مساج (masaaj) Catalan: massatge Czech: masáž Dutch: massage Estonian: massaaž

German: massage Italian: massaggio Kudish: masaj Macedonian: масажа (masáža)

Polish: masaż Russian: массаж (massáž) Spanish: masaje Swedish: massage Turkish: masaj

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Swedish

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈsɑːɧ/

Noun

massage c

1. massage

Declension

Declension of massage

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	massage	massagen	massager	massagerna
genitive	massages	massagens	massagers	massagernas

Related terms

• massera
• massör, massös