massage
English
/məˈsɑʒ/, /ˈmæsɑːʒ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Derived from French massage derived from Arabic مَسَّ (touch, feel).
Origin
Arabic
مَسَّ
Gloss
touch, feel
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- automassage English
- electromassage English
- hydromassage English
- massageable English
- massagelike English
- massager English
- massagist English
- masso- English
- nonmassage English
- pneumomassage English
- remassage English
- Massage German
- Masseur German
- massieren German
- masszázs Hungarian
- massaggio Italian
- massage Dutch, Flemish
- massage French
- masser French
- массаж Russian
- массировать Russian
- masaje Spanish, Castilian
- μάσσειν, μάσσω Ancient Greek
- massasje Norwegian Bokmål
- massere Norwegian Bokmål
- massagem Portuguese
- massage Swedish
- マッサージ Japanese
- masaż Polish
- massasje Norwegian Nynorsk
- masáž Czech
- مس Arabic
- مَسَّ Arabic
- masaĝo Esperanto
- massatge Catalan, Valencian
- masaxe Galician
- ماساژ Persian
- masaj Turkish
- mát-xa Vietnamese
- მასაჟი Georgian
- 마사지 Korean
- mess Maltese
- masaxe Asturian
- ម៉ាស្សា Central Khmer
- مساج Hijazi Arabic