different between masc vs masu

English

Etymology

Clipping of masculine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsk/
• IPA^(key): /m??sk/ (parts of UK)
• Homophones: mask, masque (some accents)
• Rhymes: -æsk

Adjective

masc (comparative more masc, superlative most masc)

1. (colloquial) Masculine (having qualities stereotypically associated with men; virile).

   Synonym: butch

   Antonym: fem

Noun

masc (plural mascs)

1. (LGBT) A person whose gender (identity) is masculine (but who is not necessarily a man).
   • 2018, Quinn Eades, Son Vivienne, Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No': One year on: writings from the marriage equality postal survey, Brow Books (?ISBN):

     Then there's trans men and non-binary mascs, who can change their birth certificates to MALE after breast removal surgery. […]

   • 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (?ISBN), page 140:

     In other words, it's a queer space for all men, and women who are trans. Anyone who is read as a cis woman (e.g., lots of trans men and trans mascs) is not welcomed. Grindr has popularized the terms “discreet,” “straight-passing,” and “convincing” within gay culture.

Coordinate terms

• femme

Anagrams

• ACMs, ACSM, CAMs, CASM, CSMA, MACs, Macs, SMAC, cams, macs, scam

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mask?, from Proto-Germanic *maskw? (“mask”).

Alternative forms

• max

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Noun

mas? n

1. net

Declension

Descendants

• English: mesh

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *maisk, Proto-Germanic *maisk? (“mixture, mash”).

Alternative forms

• m?x, m?s?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???/

Noun

m?s? n

1. mash

Declension

Usage notes

• Attested only in compounds.

Descendants

• English: mash

English

Etymology 1

From Inupiaq masu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?masu?/

Noun

masu

1. A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska.

Etymology 2

From Japanese ?.

Noun

masu (plural masu)

1. A square wooden box, originally used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.

Translations

Anagrams

• AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, saum

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?su/

Noun

másu m 

1. thickness

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?masu]

Noun

masu

1. dative/locative singular of maso

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?su/, [?m?s?u]
• Rhymes: -?su
• Syllabification: ma?su

Noun

masu

1. (colloquial, childish) tummy

Declension

Synonyms

• maha
• vatsa

Anagrams

• Samu, musa, suma, usma

Japanese

Romanization

masu

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• maso, massu

Etymology

Univerbation of má (“if”) +? is (“is”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?masu/

Verb

masu (triggers lenition)

1. if… is
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^d26

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19^b1