Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body:
Русский
By meaning 1
rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body:

Examples

163 sentences

  1. When was the last time you had a massage?

    Коли останнього разу тобі робили масаж? — deniko

    ruКогда тебе в последний раз делали массаж? — Ooneykcall

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  2. I want a massage. I need to relax.

    Хочу масаж. Мені треба розслабитися. — sakhnik

    deIch habe Lust auf eine Massage. Ich muss mich entspannen. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I need a massage.

    Мені потрібен масаж. — deniko

    ruМне нужен массаж. — odexed

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Meaning

2 senses

  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.

    Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.

    Massage

    масса́жmassáž

    маса́жmasáž

  2. (countable, uncountable)The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

    The baker gave the dough one final massage.

More definitions
  • kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation

Origin

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18t

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.

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Forms

plural: massages
Singularmassage
Pluralmassages

regular

Word family

29 related words
RelatedmasseurB2masseuse
Derivedautomassagebaby massageblind massagebody-to-body massageelectromassageheart massagehydromassageinfant massagelingam massagemassageablemassage chairmassage gunmassagelikemassage parlormassagermassage tablemassage therapistmassage therapymassagistmassotherapynonmassageotomassagepneumomassageself-massage

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
massB2massacreB2masseurB2masseusemassiveB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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