different between mase vs masc

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /me?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.

Verb

mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)

1. To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.

Etymology 2

Noun

mase (plural mases)

1. Obsolete form of maze.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, meas, meas., mesa, same, seam

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mas?]

Noun

mase

1. locative singular of maso

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?s?/, [?mæ?s?]

Verb

mase (imperative mas, present maser, past maste or masede, past participle mast or maset)

1. crush
2. squash
3. crunch
4. press, squeeze
5. jostle
6. slog
7. struggle

Japanese

Romanization

mase

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Manchu

Romanization

mase

1. Romanization of ????

Middle Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

m?se f

1. Meuse (a river)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Maas

Further reading

• “mase”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably from masen; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

• maze, masse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z(?)/

Noun

mase (plural mases)

2. Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
3. Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
4. (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.

Descendants

• English: maze
• Scots: maze
• Yola: mize

References

• “m?se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Etymology 2

Noun

mase

1. Alternative form of messe

Etymology 3

Noun

mase

1. Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Etymology 4

Probably from amased.

Verb

mase

1. Alternative form of masen

Northern Kurdish

Noun

mase f

1. table, desk

Synonyms

• do?k
• mêze

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mase (imperative mas, present tense maser, simple past masa or maset or maste, past participle masa or maset or mast)

1. to nag

References

• “mase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mase (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mas)

1. Alternative form of masa

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mais?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.se/, [?m??.ze]

Noun

m?se f (nominative plural m?san)

1. titmouse

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: mose

Spanish

Verb

mase

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of masar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of masar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of masar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of masar.

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?se

Etymology 1

Related to Persian ????? (mâhi).

Noun

mase

1. fish
2. (astronomy, astrology) Pisces

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish masa.

Noun

mase

1. table

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