mase
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /meɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Danish
Etymology
From West Frisian maschen, from Old Frisian *māsk, from Proto-West Germanic *maisk, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz (“mash, mixture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːsə/, [ˈmæːsə]
Japanese
Manchu
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French Meuse
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːz(ə)/
Noun
mase (plural mases)
- Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
- Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
- (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.
References
- “māse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 4
Probably from amased.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
mase (imperative mas, present tense maser, simple past masa or maset or maste, past participle masa or maset or mast)
- to nag
References
- “mase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *maisā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.se/, [ˈmɑː.ze]
Declension
Derived terms
- spiċmāse
Spanish
Verb
mase
- inflection of masar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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