"massa" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmas.sa/ Forms: masse [plural]
Rhymes: -assa Etymology: From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|massa}} Latin massa, {{der|it|grc|μᾶζα||bread}} Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} massa f (plural masse)
  1. mass (all senses) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-massa-it-noun-Foq~AZqx Disambiguation of Physics: 84 16 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. crowd Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-massa-it-noun-W0U1vdef
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ammassare, di massa, massiccio, massificare, massivo, mass media, masso

Inflected forms

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