massage

See also: Massage

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈsɑʒ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæsɑʒ/

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

Hyponyms

• erotic massage
• Thai massage

Derived terms

• massager
• massotherapy

Related terms

• massage parlour (massage parlor)
• massage therapist

Related terms

• masseur, masseuse

Translations

rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body

• Albanian: masazh (sq) m, fërkim (sq) m
• Arabic: تَدْلِيك m ‎(tadlīk), تَمْسِيد m ‎(tamsīd), مَسَاج m ‎(masāj)
• Armenian: մերսում (hy) ‎(mersum)
• Asturian: masaxe m
• Azeri: masaj
• Belarusian: маса́ж m ‎(masáž)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেজ ‎(mjasej)
• Bulgarian: маса́ж (bg) m ‎(masáž)
• Burmese: အနှိပ် (my) ‎(a.hnip)
• Catalan: massatge m
• Cherokee: ᎦᏅᎦᎸᏗ ‎(ganvgalvdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按摩 (zh) ‎(ànmó), 馬殺雞, 马杀鸡 ‎(mǎshājī)

• Czech: masáž (cs) f
• Danish: massage (da)
• Dutch: massage (nl) f
• Esperanto: masaĝo
• Estonian: masseerimine, massaaž
• Faroese: vøddamýking f
• Finnish: hieronta (fi)
• French: massage (fr) m
• Galician: masaxe f
• Georgian: მასაჟი ‎(masaži)
• German: Massage (de) f
• Greek: μάλαξη (el) f ‎(málaxi)

  Ancient: μάλαξις f ‎(málaxis)

• Hebrew: עִסוּי / עיסוי
• Hindi: मालिश (hi) ‎(māliś)
• Icelandic: nudd
• Indonesian: pijat (id), urut (id)
• Italian: massaggio (it) m
• Japanese: マッサージ (ja) ‎(massāji), 按摩 (ja) ‎(あんま, anma)
• Kazakh: массаж ‎(massaj)
• Khmer: ការគក់ច្របាច់ ‎(kaa kʊək crɑbac), ម៉ាស្សា ‎(massa)

• Korean: 마사지 (ko) ‎(masaji), 안마 (ko) ‎(anma)
• Kurdish: gemirandin (ku) f, perixandin (ku) f, mistdan (ku) f, masaj (ku) f
• Kyrgyz: массаж ‎(massac)
• Lao: ສັມພາຫະ ‎(sam phā ha)
• Latin: frictio (la) f
• Latvian: masāža f
• Lithuanian: masažas m
• Macedonian: маса́жа f ‎(masáža), тр́лање n ‎(tŕlanje)
• Malay: urut
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: massasje

• Persian: ماساژ (fa) ‎(mâsâž)
• Polish: masaż (pl) m
• Portuguese: massagem f
• Romanian: masaj (ro) n, masare (ro) f
• Russian: масса́ж (ru) m ‎(massáž)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: масажа f

  Roman: masaža (sh) f

• Slovak: masáž m
• Slovene: masaža f
• Spanish: masaje (es) m
• Swedish: massage (sv) c
• Tajik: массаж ‎(massaž), молиш (tg) ‎(moliš)
• Thai: การนวด ‎(gaan-nûuat)
• Turkish: masaj (tr)
• Turkmen: massaž
• Ukrainian: маса́ж m ‎(masáž)
• Urdu: مساج ‎(masāj)
• Uzbek: massaj (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự xoa bóp
• Yiddish: מאַסאַזש ‎(masazh)

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

• Arabic: دَلَّكَ ‎(dallaka), مَسَّدَ ‎(massada)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 揼骨 ‎(dam² gwat¹)

  Mandarin: 按摩 (zh) ‎(ànmó)

• Dutch: masseren (nl)
• Esperanto: masaĝi
• Estonian: masseerima
• Finnish: hieroa (fi)
• French: masser (fr)
• German: massieren (de)
• Greek: μαλάσσω (el) ‎(malásso)
• Hungarian: masszíroz (hu)
• Japanese: マッサージする (ja) ‎(massāji suru)
• Korean: 마사지하다 (ko) ‎(masajihada)
• Lao: ນວດ ‎(nūat)

• Macedonian: маси́ра ‎(masíra), тр́ла ‎(tŕla)
• Maori: mirimiri, kōmuru
• Polish: masować
• Portuguese: massagear
• Romanian: masa (ro), a face masaj
• Russian: масси́ровать (ru) impf ‎(massírovatʹ), де́лать масса́ж impf ‎(délatʹ massáž)
• Spanish: masajear (es)
• Swedish: massera (sv)
• Thai: นวด (th) ‎(nûat)
• Turkish: masaj yapmak
• Vietnamese: xoa bóp
• Volapük: masetön

to manipulate data or a document

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

• Hungarian: kozmetikáz
• Romanian: manipula (ro)

to falsify data or accounts

• Dutch: vervalsen (nl)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈsaːʒə/

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• Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ge

Etymology

From French massage.

Noun

massage f ‎(plural massages, diminutive massagetje n)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masseur m

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French

Etymology

masser +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masaʒ/

Noun

massage m ‎(plural massages)

1. physical massage

Related terms

• masser
• masseur m, masseuse f

Descendants

Arabic: مَسَاج ‎(masāj) Catalan: massatge Czech: masáž Dutch: massage Estonian: massaaž

German: Massage Italian: massaggio Khmer: ម៉ាស្សា‎ ‎(massa‎) Kudish: masaj Macedonian: масажа ‎(masáža)

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

External links

• “massage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Swedish

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈsɑːɧ/

Noun

massage c

1. massage

Declension

Inflection of massage
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	massage	massagen	massager	massagerna
Genitive	massages	massagens	massagers	massagernas

Related terms

• massera
• massör, massös