masse
French, noun
masse is spelled M-A-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Masse is a French feminine noun meaning “a paste, a dough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of masser. With an accent, massé is a different word: “massé”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amas de plusieurs parties qui font corps ensemble”.
What does masse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea paste, a dough
- 2
femininelarge amount or quantity of something; mass
- 3
femininesomething perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
- 4
femininea sum or combination of things treated as a whole
- 5
femininea majority, especially of people
- 6
femininean archaic unit of count
- 7
femininea sum of allotted money
- 8
femininemass
noun
- 1
femininemace (weapon)
- 2
femininea sledgehammer
- 3
femininethick end of a billiards cue, mace
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinemassé
verb
- 1
past participle of masser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amas de plusieurs parties qui font corps ensemble. 2. Quantité de matière. 3. Quantité de matière d’un corps. 4. Quantité considérable.
noun: 1. Outil constitué d’un manche au bout duquel se trouve une tête métallique aux extrémités aplaties. 2. Gros marteau utilisé par les plombiers et nommé aussi baste. 3. Arme emmanchée pour assommer. 4. Gros bout d'une queue de billard.
interjection: 1. Interjection lancée au moment de trinquer.
noun: 1. Coup joué perpendiculairement au tapis. 2. Masse pâteuse de fer qu'on trouve au fond du creuset du fourneau à la catalane.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of masse
- massés plural
- masses plural
- massée feminine
- massées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to masse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is masse in French?
masse appears 55 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).