Massage

English

Noun

Massage (plural Massages)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• erotic massage
• massager
• massage parlour, massage parlor
• massage therapist
• massotherapy

Related terms

• masseur, masseuse

Verb

Massage (third-person singular simple present Massages, present participle massaging, simple past and past participle massaged)

1. (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
2. (transitive) To manipulate (data or a document) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
   • 2008, Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian, May 22 2008, p. 3:

     The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]

3. (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).

Thesaurus

bandage, bathe, care for, caress, cure, cushion, diagnose, doctor, ease, facial, facial massage, feel up, fiddle, finagle, fluff, flux, fondle, frictionize, gentle, give care to, handle, heal, knead, kneading, laxate, limber, limber up, loosen, manipulate, manipulation, mash, massaging, massotherapy, mellow, milden, minister to, mollify, nose, nurse, nuzzle, operate on, palpate, pet, physic, plaster, plump, poultice, pulp, purge, relax, remedy, rub, rub against, rub down, rub noses, rubdown, shake up, smash, soften, soften up, splint, squash, strap, stroke, stroking, subdue, supple, tenderize, tone down, treat, tune down, vibrator, whirlpool bath

Etymology

From French massage, from masser (“to massage”) + -age.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈsɑʒ/

Translations

Noun

rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body

Arabic: تدليك (ar) (tadliik) m., تمسيد (ar) (tamsiik) m., مساج (ar) (masaaj) m. Azeri: masaj (az) Belarusian: масаж (be) (masáž) Catalan: massatge (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 按摩 (cmn) (ànmó) Czech: masáž (cs) f. Danish: massage (da) Dutch: massage (nl) f. Esperanto: masaĝo (eo) Estonian: masseerimine (et), massaaž (et) Finnish: hieronta (fi) French: massage (fr) m. Galician: masaxe (gl) m. German: Massage (de) f. Greek: μαλάσσω (el) (malassoo), χειρομαλάσσω (el) (cheiromalassoo), εντρίβω (el) (entriboo) Icelandic: nudd (is) Indonesian: pijat (id), urut (id)

Italian: massaggio (it) m. Japanese: マッサージ (ja) (massāji) Kurdish: gemirandin (ku) f., perixandin (ku) f., mistdan (ku) f., masaj (ku) f. Latvian: masāža (lv) Lithuanian: masažas (lt) Macedonian: масажа (mk) (masáža) f., трлање (mk) (t'rlanje) n. Malay: urut (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: massasje (no) Polish: masaż (pl) m. Portuguese: massagem (pt) m. Romanian: masaj (ro) n., masare (ro) f. Russian: массаж (ru) (massáž) m. Slovak: masáž (sk) Spanish: masaje (es) m. Swedish: massage (sv) c. Turkish: masaj (tr) Ukrainian: масаж (uk) (masáž)

Verb

to perform a massage on somebody

Chinese: Mandarin: 按摩 (cmn) (ànmó) Dutch: masseren (nl) Estonian: masseerima (et) Finnish: hieroa (fi) French: masser (fr) German: massieren (de) Hungarian: masszíroz (hu)

Japanese: マッサージする (ja) (massāji-surú) Macedonian: масира (mk) (masíra), трла (mk) (t'rla) Polish: masować (pl) Romanian: masa (ro) Russian: массировать (ru) (massírovat') impf., делать массаж (ru) (délat' massáž) Swedish: massera (sv) Turkish: masaj yapmak (tr) Volapük: masetön (vo)

to manipulate data or a document

Dutch: manipuleren (nl)

German: schönen (de)

to falsify data or accounts

Dutch: vervalsen (nl)

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Dutch

Noun

Massage (plural massages, diminutive massagetje, diminutive plural massagetjes)

1. A physical massage

Etymology

From French see below

Pronunciation

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Related terms

• masseren
• masseur m.

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French

Noun

Massage m. (plural Massages)

1. A physical massage

Etymology

masser

Pronunciation

• IPA: /masaʒ/

Related terms

• masser
• masseur m., masseuse f.

Descendants

Arabic: مساج (masaaj) Catalan: massatge Czech: masáž Dutch: massage Estonian: massaaž

German: massage Italian: massaggio Kudish: masaj Macedonian: масажа (masáža)

Polish: masaż Russian: массаж (massáž) Spanish: masaje Swedish: massage Turkish: masaj

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German

Noun

Massage f. (genitive Massage, plural Massagen</span>)

1. massage

Related terms

• massieren

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Swedish

Noun

Declension of Massage

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Massage	Massagen	Massager	Massagerna
genitive	Massages	Massagens	Massagers	Massagernas

massage c.

1. massage

Etymology

From French massage.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈsɑːɧ/

Related terms

• massera
• massör, massös