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masseuse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /maˈsɜːz/ (UK)
  • /məˈsuːs/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /məˈsʊz/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur.

Meanings

  1. A woman who performs massage; a female masseur.
    • Oh! I'm a masseuse. I give people massages and stuff. Friends (TV series, episode 3.05)
  2. (nonstandard) A masseur; a man who performs massage.
    • In most massages, both the male masseuse and the female client are naked and the focus is on erogenous zones. 2011, Mark D West, Lovesick Japan: Sex Marriage, Romance, Law, page 152:
    • He was a great masseuse. 2003, Helena B. Rich., L. C. S. W. Helena B. Rich, The Art of Masturdating: A Guidebook for Single Heterosexuals, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 103:
    • 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). 1998, Bad Subjects Production Team, Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, NYU Press, →ISBN:
    • year unknown, Jamie Lake, BOOK 4 - Bad Boy: Naughty at Night: Bad Boy | Gay Romance MM Boyfriend Series, Jamie Lake Just less than a week ago, he'd said he'd tell Peter's parents, his school, the press, that Peter was an erotic masseuse.
    • He was a good masseuse, and could always make Jez relax. 2012, Penny Dixon, Betrayed, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 57:

Forms

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masseuses Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

masseur

Hypernyms

massager

Relateds

massage · masseur

Synonyms

massotherapist

Translations (31)

bg масажистка (female masseur) · es masajista (female masseur) · nn massøse (female masseur) · de Masseurin (female masseur) · nl masseuse (female masseur) · uk масажистка (female masseur) · da massøse (female masseur) · pt massagista (female masseur) · cs masérka (female masseur) · fi hierojatar (female masseur) · lo ຫມໍນວດ (female masseur) · ro maseză (female masseur) · hu masszőz (female masseur) · ru массажи́стка (female masseur) · fr masseuse (female masseur) · fi hieroja (female masseur) · vo jimasetan (female masseur) · nb massøse (female masseur) · pl masażystka (female masseur) · pt massageadora (female masseur) · it massaggiatrice (female masseur) · ar مُدَلِّكَة (female masseur) · mk ма́серка (female masseur) · la tractātrīx (female masseur) · de Masseuse (female masseur) · pt massajadora (female masseur) · la ūnctrīx (female masseur) · sv massös (female masseur) · ca massatgista (female masseur) · eo masaĝistino (female masseur) · be масажыстка (female masseur)