different between basses vs masses
basses
English
Noun
basses
- plural of bass
Anagrams
- bessas
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ba.s?s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ba.ses/
Noun
basses
- plural of bassa
French
Noun
basses f
- plural of basse
Norman
Adjective
basses f pl
- feminine plural of bas
Occitan
Adjective
basses
- masculine plural of bas
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masses
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæs.?z/
Noun
masses
- plural of mass
Noun
masses pl (plural only)
- (generically) People, especially a large number of people
- Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.
- The total population.
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
- Dennis: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
- 1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
- The lower classes or all but the elite.
Synonyms
- (lower classes): unwashed
Derived terms
- unwashed masses
Translations
Verb
masses
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mass
See also
- unwashed masses
Further reading
- "masses" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 192.
Anagrams
- Sesmas
Catalan
Adjective
masses
- feminine plural of massa
Noun
masses
- plural of massa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas/
Etymology 1
Non-lemma form
Noun
masses f
- plural of masse
Noun
masses f pl (plural only)
- The commoners, the people.
Etymology 2
Non-lemma form
Verb
masses
- second-person singular present indicative of masser
- second-person singular present subjunctive of masser
Further reading
- “masses” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
masses From the web:
- what masses of calcium sulfate and phosphoric
- what masses are for special purposes
- what masses are on now
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