"masseuse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /maˈsɜːz/ [UK], /məˈsuːs/ [US], /məˈsʊz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-masseuse.wav Forms: masseuses [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːz, (US) -uːs, (US) -ʊz Etymology: Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|masseuse}} Borrowed from French masseuse Head templates: {{en-noun}} masseuse (plural masseuses)
  1. A woman who performs massage; a female masseur. Categories (topical): Massage, People Translations (female masseur): مُدَلِّكَة (mudallika) [feminine] (Arabic), масажыстка (masažystka) [feminine] (Belarusian), масажистка (masažistka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), massatgista [feminine] (Catalan), masérka [feminine] (Czech), massøse [common-gender, rare] (Danish), masseuse [feminine] (Dutch), masaĝistino (Esperanto), hierojatar (Finnish), hieroja (Finnish), masseuse [feminine] (French), Masseurin [feminine] (German), Masseuse (note: dated feminine form or sexual connotation) [feminine] (German), masszőz (Hungarian), massaggiatrice [feminine] (Italian), ຫມໍນວດ (mǭ nūat) (Lao), tractātrīx [feminine] (Latin), ūnctrīx [feminine] (Latin), ма́серка (máserka) [feminine] (Macedonian), massøse (english: older term) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), massøse (english: older term) [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), masażystka [feminine] (Polish), massagista [feminine] (Portuguese), massageadora [feminine] (Portuguese), massajadora [feminine] (Portuguese), maseză [feminine] (Romanian), массажи́стка (massažístka) [feminine] (Russian), masajista [feminine] (Spanish), massös [common-gender] (Swedish), масажистка (masažystka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), jimasetan (Volapük)
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  2. (nonstandard) A masseur; a man who performs massage. Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Massage, People
    Sense id: en-masseuse-en-noun-cXBMWcwa Disambiguation of Massage: 51 49 Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: massotherapist Hypernyms: massager Related terms: massage, masseur Coordinate_terms: masseur

Inflected forms

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    "en:Massage",
    "en:People"
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      "word": "masseur"
    }
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur.",
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      "form": "masseuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "massager"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "massage"
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      "word": "masseur"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "Friends (TV series, episode 3.05)",
          "text": "Oh! I'm a masseuse. I give people massages and stuff."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman who performs massage; a female masseur."
      ],
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          "massage",
          "massage"
        ],
        [
          "masseur",
          "masseur"
        ]
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Helena B. Rich., L. C. S. W. Helena B. Rich, The Art of Masturdating: A Guidebook for Single Heterosexuals, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 103:",
          "text": "He was a great masseuse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Penny Dixon, Betrayed, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 57:",
          "text": "He was a good masseuse, and could always make Jez relax.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Bad Subjects Production Team, Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, NYU Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Waited, got up, opened the door and saw the masseuse playing backgammon. Told him I was ready, didn't know what for. He waved me away, and I returned to the slab. By the time he came in, a mustached masseuse was sponging down a German woman on the opposite side of the marble; her husband sat on the perimeter watching (this was not a traditional hamam).",
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        },
        {
          "text": "year unknown, Jamie Lake, BOOK 4 - Bad Boy: Naughty at Night: Bad Boy | Gay Romance MM Boyfriend Series, Jamie Lake\nJust less than a week ago, he'd said he'd tell Peter's parents, his school, the press, that Peter was an erotic masseuse."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mark D West, Lovesick Japan: Sex Marriage, Romance, Law, page 152:",
          "text": "In most massages, both the male masseuse and the female client are naked and the focus is on erogenous zones.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A masseur; a man who performs massage."
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          "masseur",
          "masseur#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nonstandard) A masseur; a man who performs massage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/maˈsɜːz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈsuːs/",
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "/məˈsʊz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(UK) -ɜːz"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -uːs"
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    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -ʊz"
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    {
      "word": "massotherapist"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mudallika",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدَلِّكَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "masažystka",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "масажыстка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "masažistka",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "масажистка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massatgista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masérka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "massøse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masseuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "masaĝistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "hierojatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "hieroja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masseuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Masseurin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "dated feminine form or sexual connotation",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Masseuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "masszőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massaggiatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mǭ nūat",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "ຫມໍນວດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tractātrīx"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ūnctrīx"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máserka",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́серка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "massøse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massøse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masażystka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massagista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massageadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "massajadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maseză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "massažístka",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "массажи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masajista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "massös"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "masažystka",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "масажистка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "female masseur",
      "word": "jimasetan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "masseuse"
}

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