missa

English

Etymology

From the Latin phrase "Ite, missa est,", "Go, it is the dismissal (or sending)", reinterpreted as naming the ceremony: "Go, it is the Mass" or "Go, the Mass is over"; from perfect passive participle missus, dismissal or sending, from verb mittere, send

Noun

missa

1. (music) a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgic service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

Anagrams

• amiss
• saims
• Samis

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -isə

Noun

missa f (plural misses)

1. mass

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Faroese

Verb

missa

1. to lose

Conjugation

   Conjugation of missa

missa, v-9nn
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	missi	missir	missir	missa
Past	misti	misti	misti	mistu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	miss !	—	missið !
Infinitive	missa
Pres. part.	missandi
Past part. a39	mistur
Supine	mist

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse missa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Verb

missa weak verb (third person singular past indicative missti, supine misst)

1. to lose

Conjugation

missa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að missa
supine (sagnbót)		misst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		missandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég missi	við missum	present (nútíð)	ég missi	við missum
	þú missir	þið missið		þú missir	þið missið
	hann, hún, það missir	þeir, þær, þau missa		hann, hún, það missi	þeir, þær, þau missi
past (þátíð)	ég missti	við misstum	past (þátíð)	ég missti	við misstum
	þú misstir	þið misstuð		þú misstir	þið misstuð
	hann, hún, það missti	þeir, þær, þau misstu		hann, hún, það missti	þeir, þær, þau misstu
imperative (boðháttur)	miss (þú)	missið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	misstu	missiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Italian

Verb

missa

1. third-person singular present indicative of missare
2. second-person singular imperative of missare

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Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, and Church Latin. From missus.

Noun

missa (genitive missae); f, first declension

1. Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy

Descendants

Albanian: meshë Catalan: missa Dalmatian: masa Dutch: mis English: Mass, missal French: messe Friulian: messe

Italian: messa Occitan: messa Portuguese: missa Romanian: misă, mesă Sardinian: miscia Spanish: misa

Participle

missa

1. nominative feminine singular of missus
2. nominative neuter plural of missus
3. accusative neuter plural of missus
4. vocative feminine singular of missus
5. vocative neuter plural of missus

missā

1. ablative feminine singular of missus

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Old Norse

Verb

missa

1. to miss, lose

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmi.s̺a/

Noun

missa f (plural missas)

1. (Christianity) mass (religious service)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 2 (facsimile):

     Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary appeared to Saint Ildefonso in Toledo and gave him an alb from paradise to celebrate mass.

Descendants

• Portuguese: missa

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese missa, from Late Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmi.sa/, /ˈmi.sɐ/

Noun

missa f (plural missas)

1. mass (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)

Derived terms

• missa campal
• missa das almas
• missa de réquiem
• missa do galo
• não ir à missa com

Related terms

• missal

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

missa (present missar, preterite missade, supine missat, imperative missa)

1. to miss; to fail to hit (a target)
2. to miss; to be late for something;
3. to miss; to forget about (something which happened or should be done)
4. to miss; to fail to attend
5. to miss; to fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception
6. to overlook; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it

Conjugation

Conjugation of missa

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	missa	missas
Present tense	missar	missas
Past tense	missade	missades
Supine	missat	missats
Imperative	missa	—
Present participle	missande
Past participle	missad