maso

See also: Maso, masó, maśo, and mäso

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjícò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.só/

Noun

masó class 6

1. plural of díso.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech maso, from Proto-Slavic *mę̑so.

Compare Polish mięso; Russian мясо (mjaso); Serbo-Croatian meso; Slovene meso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaso]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧so

Noun

maso n (diminutive masíčko)

1. meat

   mleté maso ― minced meat

Declension

Declension of maso (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	maso	masa
genitive	masa	mas
dative	masu	masům
accusative	maso	masa
vocative	maso	masa
locative	mase, masu	masech
instrumental	masem	masy

Derived terms

• mleté maso n

Related terms

adjectives

• masitý
• masový

nouns

• masojed
• masojídek
• masokombinát
• masopust

Further reading

• “maso”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “maso”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “maso”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaso/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ma‧so

Noun

maso (accusative singular mason, plural masoj, accusative plural masojn)

1. (physics) mass

Derived terms

• mashava

Related terms

• atomomaso

Further reading

• “maso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “maso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Etymology

Clipping of masochiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.zo/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

maso (plural masos)

1. (colloquial) masochistic

Noun

maso m or f by sense (plural masos)

1. (colloquial) masochist

Related terms

• sado-maso

Further reading

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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaso/

Noun

maso (plural masi)

1. (physics) mass

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mānsum. Compare Catalan mas (“farmhouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.zo/
• Rhymes: -azo
• Hyphenation: mà‧so

Noun

maso m (plural masi)

1. sort of farmstead typical of South Tyrol

Further reading

• maso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -soma, Amos, Mosa, Samo, soma

Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili macho (“eyes”), plural of jicho, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *ìjícò. The expected Malagasy reflex of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata in is *maty.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

maso

1. eye

Nyungwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjícò (“eyes”).

Noun

maso class 6

1. plural of diso (“eye”).

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗms

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mēnsā́ˀder.?

Proto-Slavic *męso

Old Czech maso

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmaso/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmaso/

Noun

maso n

1. meat

   jiesti své maso ― to fret

   jiesti něčie maso ― to slander someone

Declension

Declension of maso (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	maso	masě	masa
genitive	masa	masú	mas
dative	masu	masoma	masóm
accusative	maso	masě	masa
vocative	maso	masě	masa
locative	masě, masu	masú	masiech
instrumental	masem	masoma	masy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: maso

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “maso”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Irish

Verb

maso (triggers lenition)

1. alternative form of masu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sɔ/
• Rhymes: -asɔ
• Syllabification: ma‧so

Noun

maso f

1. vocative singular of masa

Samoan

Etymology

Borrowed from English muscle.

Noun

maso

1. muscle

   Synonyms: masa, mūsele

Derived terms

• masoa

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 133

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaso/ [ˈma.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ma‧so

Adverb

maso

1. (slang) más o menos

Verb

maso

1. first-person singular present indicative of masar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mazo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaso/ [ˈmaː.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ma‧so

Noun

maso (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜓ)

1. mallet; sledgehammer

Derived terms

• imaso
• ipangmaso
• magmaso
• masuhin

Further reading

• “maso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• samo, Amos, amos

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjícò (“eyes”).

Noun

maso class 6

1. plural of jiso.