masse
Meanings
Noun
1. a paste, a dough
2. large amount or quantity of something; mass
3. something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
4. a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
5. a majority, especially of people
6. an archaic unit of count
7. a sum of allotted money (finance, law)
8. mass (physics)
9. earth, ground (of e.g. a plug) (electronics)
10. mace (weapon)
11. a sledgehammer
12. thick end of a billiards cue, mace
Examples17
On perd le sens, sous la masse d’information.
The sense is lost beneath the mass of information.
J'ai dormi comme une masse.
I slept like a log.
Ils le qualifièrent de meurtre de masse.
They called it mass murder.
Nous avons un tourisme de masse en France.
We have mass tourism in France.
La production de masse a démarré.
The mass production has started.
Il y a une masse de nuages noirs dans le ciel.
There is a mass of dark clouds in the sky.