"masses" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Catalan]

Head templates: {{head|ca|adjective form}} masses
  1. feminine plural of massa Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: massa
    Sense id: en-masses-ca-adj-Z85q1uVA Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Noun [Catalan]

Head templates: {{head|ca|noun form}} masses
  1. plural of massa Tags: form-of, plural Form of: massa
    Sense id: en-masses-ca-noun-cBAWWpUV Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmæs.ɪz/ Audio: en-us-masses.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} masses
  1. plural of mass Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mass
    Sense id: en-masses-en-noun-BkUiBWKI Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 16 7 4 25 31
  2. plural of masse Tags: form-of, plural Form of: masse
    Sense id: en-masses-en-noun-ey~KbqjW Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 16 7 4 25 31

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmæs.ɪz/ Audio: en-us-masses.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} masses pl (plural only)
  1. (generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (people, especially a large number): اَلْجَمَاهِير (al-jamāhīr) [plural] (Arabic), 群眾 (Chinese Mandarin), 群众 (qúnzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), massat [plural] (Finnish), kansa (Finnish), masses [feminine, plural] (French), Massen [feminine, plural] (German), 大衆 (taishū) (alt: たいしゅう) (Japanese), 民衆 (minshū) (alt: みんしゅう) (Japanese), 군중 (gunjung) (alt: 群衆) (Korean), 대중 (daejung) (alt: 大衆) (Korean), 민중 (minjung) (alt: 民衆) (Korean), orang ramai (Malay), pobble [masculine] (Manx), mātinitini (Maori), masy [feminine, plural] (Polish), ма́ссы (mássy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), masas [masculine, plural] (Spanish), masa (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-masses-en-noun-UXfo5yM6 Disambiguation of Collectives: 2 2 36 2 33 25 Disambiguation of 'people, especially a large number': 98 0 2
  2. The total population. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-masses-en-noun-vmwz1hmd
  3. The lower classes or all but the elite. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms (lower classes): unwashed
    Sense id: en-masses-en-noun-Th6~YCnG Disambiguation of Collectives: 2 2 36 2 33 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 1 46 48 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 16 7 4 25 31 Disambiguation of 'lower classes': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tyranny of the masses, unwashed masses

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmæs.ɪz/ Audio: en-us-masses.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} masses
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mass Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: mass Categories (topical): Collectives Related terms: unwashed masses
    Sense id: en-masses-en-verb-AXrpGa2O Disambiguation of Collectives: 2 2 36 2 33 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 1 46 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 5 1 28 63 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 16 7 4 25 31

Noun [French]

IPA: /mas/
Etymology: Non-lemma form Head templates: {{head|fr|noun form|g=f}} masses f
  1. plural of masse Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: masse
    Sense id: en-masses-fr-noun-ey~KbqjW Categories (other): French pluralia tantum Disambiguation of French pluralia tantum: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /mas/
Etymology: Non-lemma form Head templates: {{fr-noun|f-p}} masses f pl (plural only)
  1. the commoners, the people Tags: feminine, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-masses-fr-noun-Zrlk7il- Categories (other): French pluralia tantum Disambiguation of French pluralia tantum: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [French]

IPA: /mas/
Etymology: Non-lemma form Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} masses
  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of masser Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: masser
    Sense id: en-masses-fr-verb-sr3kK24P Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 34 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for masses meaning in All languages combined (12.2kB)

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