masser

See also: Masser

English

Etymology

mass +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æsə(ɹ)

Noun

masser (plural massers)

1. (obsolete) A priest who celebrates Mass

Anagrams

• MASERs, Ramses, marses, masers, smears

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masər/, [ˈmasɐ]

Noun

masser c

1. indefinite plural of masse

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maseːˀr/, [maˈseɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

masser (massér)

1. imperative of massere

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”). An alternative possibility is that it was borrowed from Portuguese amassar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.se/

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Verb

masser

1. to massage

Conjugation

Conjugation of masser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	masser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	massant /ma.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		massé /ma.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	masse /mas/	masses /mas/	masse /mas/	massons /ma.sɔ̃/	massez /ma.se/	massent /mas/
	imperfect	massais /ma.sɛ/	massais /ma.sɛ/	massait /ma.sɛ/	massions /ma.sjɔ̃/	massiez /ma.sje/	massaient /ma.sɛ/
	past historic2	massai /ma.se/	massas /ma.sa/	massa /ma.sa/	massâmes /ma.sam/	massâtes /ma.sat/	massèrent /ma.sɛʁ/
	future	masserai /ma.sʁe/	masseras /ma.sʁa/	massera /ma.sʁa/	masserons /ma.sʁɔ̃/	masserez /ma.sʁe/	masseront /ma.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	masserais /ma.sʁɛ/	masserais /ma.sʁɛ/	masserait /ma.sʁɛ/	masserions /ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	masseriez /ma.sə.ʁje/	masseraient /ma.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	masse /mas/	masses /mas/	masse /mas/	massions /ma.sjɔ̃/	massiez /ma.sje/	massent /mas/
	imperfect2	massasse /ma.sas/	massasses /ma.sas/	massât /ma.sa/	massassions /ma.sa.sjɔ̃/	massassiez /ma.sa.sje/	massassent /ma.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	masse /mas/	—	massons /ma.sɔ̃/	massez /ma.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• masseur
• masseuse

Descendants

• → English: massage
• → German: massieren
• → Norwegian Bokmål: massere
• → Dutch: masseren

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

masser m

1. indefinite plural of masse

Verb

masser

1. imperative of massere