massif
English
/mæˈsiːf/
noun
Definitions
- A principal mountain mass.
- A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists
Etymology
Borrowed from French massif derived from Middle French massif derived from Latin massa (mass, dough, lump, bulk).
Origin
Latin
massa
Gloss
mass, dough, lump, bulk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *massārius Latin
- massa Latin
- māssa Latin
- Masse German
- Massiv German
- massiv German
- massa Italian
- massief Dutch, Flemish
- en masse French
- masse French
- massif French
- massivement French
- supermassif French
- ма́сса Russian
- masa Spanish, Castilian
- masivo Spanish, Castilian
- Μοσσύνοικοι Ancient Greek
- μᾶζα Ancient Greek
- μᾶζᾰ Ancient Greek
- masse Norwegian Bokmål
- massiv Norwegian Bokmål
- massa Swedish
- masyw Polish
- masse Norwegian Nynorsk
- massiv Norwegian Nynorsk
- massif Middle English
- argamassa Catalan, Valencian
- massa Catalan, Valencian
- masivo Galician
- masse Middle Dutch
- mass Old Irish
- massif Middle French
- massa Old Portuguese
- masivu Asturian
- masse xno
- massa Crimean Tatar
- massiv Crimean Tatar