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massage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /məˈsɑː(d)ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
    • During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage. 2014, Gary Vitacco-Robles, Icon: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume 2 1956-1962 AND Beyond:
    • Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The action of rubbing or kneading anything.
    • The baker gave the dough one final massage.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
massages Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

otomassage · blind massage · massageable · nonmassage · massage chair · massage therapist · hydromassage · massager · massage table · lingam massage · automassage · remassage · heart massage · massage gun · massagist · massage parlour · massage therapy · sexy massage · massagelike · self-massage · Swedish massage · infant massage · massage parlor · electromassage · prostate massage · massotherapy · vibromassage · yoni massage · baby massage · African massage · stone massage · pneumomassage · body-to-body massage

Hyponyms

Thai massage

Relateds

masseur · masseuse

Translations (107)

kmr masaj (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mt massaġġi (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ga suathaireacht (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sl masaža (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · da massage (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ar تَمْسِيد (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · kn ಅಂಗಮರ್ದನ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · et massaaž (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ps مساج (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · grc μάλαξις (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · eo masaĝo (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mg manotra (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mn массаж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · lt masažas (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · vi sự đấm bóp (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · hy մերսում (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · yue 按摩 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · el μάλαξη (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · tg массаж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · fo vøddamýking (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · hi मसाज (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · is nudd (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · kmr mistdan (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · tr masaj (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ru масса́ж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · kmr perixandin (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · et masseerimine (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · yi מאַסאַזש (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ca massatge (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mk тр́лање (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · fr massage (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ug ماساژ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · id pijat (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · cmn 按摩 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · tk massaž (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sq fërkim (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · nb massasje (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · lv masāža (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ro masaj (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · fi hieronta (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sk masáž (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · kk массаж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sh маса́жа (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · cmn 馬殺雞 /马杀鸡 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ur مَساج (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sq masazh (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · az masaj (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sq ndrys (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · el μασάζ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · he עיסוי (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · th การนวด (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · id urut (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · hi अंगमर्दन (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mn иллэг (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · mk маса́жа (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ka მასაჟი (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ur مالِش (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · acw مَسَاج (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · gl freta (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · te మర్దనము (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ps مساژ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · vi sự xoa bóp (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · my အနှိပ် (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · cs masáž (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · hi मालिश (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · pl masaż (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ms urut (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · he עִסוּי (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ar مَسَاج (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · nn massasje (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · prs چَاپِی (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · uz massaj (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ja マッサージ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · km ម៉ាស្សា (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · tg молиш (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sq ngjesh (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · km សម្ពាហកម្ម (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ast masaxe (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · pt massagem (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · es masaje (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ro masare (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · be маса́ж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ky массаж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sv massage (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · hu masszázs (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · nl massage (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ja 按摩 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · gl masaxe (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · bg маса́ж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · bn ম্যাসেজ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · chr ᎦᏅᎦᎸᏗ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ar تَدْلِيك (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · cy tylino (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · sh masáža (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · uk маса́ж (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · he מָסָז׳ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · de Massage (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ps چاپي (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ko 안마 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · kmr gemirandin (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ko 마사지 (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · ps مالش (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · km ការគក់ច្របាច់ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · it massaggio (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · fa-ira ماساژ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · la frictio (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body) · lo ສັມພາຫະ (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)

massage en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /məˈsɑː(d)ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or body part), to perform a massage on (somebody).
    • So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things. 2010 January 11, Julian Kaye, Massage Therapy:
    • My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.
  2. (transitive) To rub or knead anything.
    • Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.
  3. (transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
    • The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 […] 2008 May 22, Patrick Wintour, Steven Morris, The Guardian, page 3:
    • News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...]. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 118:
  4. (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
massaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
massaged Tense=Past lexicographic
massages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
massaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unmassaged · remassage · nonmassaged · massagingly · massage someone's ego

Descendants

マッサージ

Synonyms

fudge · juggle

Translations (60)

uk промасажува́ти (to perform a massage on somebody) · ru де́лать масса́ж (to perform a massage on somebody) · mk маси́ра (to perform a massage on somebody) · he מיסז׳ (to perform a massage on somebody) · ceb hilot (to perform a massage on somebody) · vi xoa bóp (to perform a massage on somebody) · nl manipuleren (to manipulate data or a document) · ru масси́ровать (to perform a massage on somebody) · nl vervalsen (to falsify data or accounts) · th นวด (to perform a massage on somebody) · ms urut (to perform a massage on somebody) · ko 마사지하다 (to perform a massage on somebody) · he עיסה (to perform a massage on somebody) · cmn 篡改 (to falsify data or accounts) · sv massera (to perform a massage on somebody) · mi kōmuru (to perform a massage on somebody) · de massieren (to perform a massage on somebody) · bg масажирам (to perform a massage on somebody) · tsg hilud (to perform a massage on somebody) · km គក់ច្របាច់ (to perform a massage on somebody) · ro a face masaj (to perform a massage on somebody) · he עִסָּה (to perform a massage on somebody) · kk уқалау (to perform a massage on somebody) · de schönen (to manipulate data or a document) · pl masować (to perform a massage on somebody) · pt massajar (to perform a massage on somebody) · hu kozmetikáz (to manipulate data or a document) · es masajear (to perform a massage on somebody) · fi hieroa (to perform a massage on somebody) · et masseerima (to perform a massage on somebody) · el μαλάσσω (to perform a massage on somebody) · mnb furui (to perform a massage on somebody) · vo masetön (to perform a massage on somebody) · mk тр́ла (to perform a massage on somebody) · eo masaĝi (to perform a massage on somebody) · mi kōmurumuru (to perform a massage on somebody) · yue 𢱕骨 (to perform a massage on somebody) · uk масажува́ти (to perform a massage on somebody) · cmn 調整 /调整 (to manipulate data or a document) · ar مَسَّدَ (to perform a massage on somebody) · kmr perxandin (to perform a massage on somebody) · ro manipula (to manipulate data or a document) · gl masaxear (to perform a massage on somebody) · vi tẩm quất (to perform a massage on somebody) · la frīcō (to perform a massage on somebody) · cmn 按摩 (to perform a massage on somebody) · tr masaj yapmak (to perform a massage on somebody) · ja マッサージする (to perform a massage on somebody) · ro masa (to perform a massage on somebody) · mi mirimiri (to perform a massage on somebody) · hu masszíroz (to perform a massage on somebody) · fr masser (to perform a massage on somebody) · pt massagear (to perform a massage on somebody) · vi mát-xa (to perform a massage on somebody) · te మర్దించు (to perform a massage on somebody) · ar دَلَّكَ (to perform a massage on somebody) · he מִסֵּז׳ (to perform a massage on somebody) · lo ນວດ (to perform a massage on somebody) · nl masseren (to perform a massage on somebody) · cs masírovat (to perform a massage on somebody)