messa

From Old Norse messa, from Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛsːa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

messa f (genitive singular messu, plural messur)

1. (religion, church) mass, service
2. (religion, church) holiday
3. (nautical) mess

Declension of messa
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	messa	messan	messur	messurnar
accusative	messu	messuna	messur	messurnar
dative	messu	messuni	messum	messunum
genitive	messu	messunnar	messa	messanna

From Old Norse messa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

messa f (genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

1. mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)

• guðsþjónusta

messa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative messaði, supine messað)

1. to mass (celebrate mass)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: més‧sa

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

messa f (plural messe) (often capitalized)

1. mass (in religion)

• messa di Mezzanotte

messa f (plural messe)

1. setting, putting, laying
2. (agriculture) sprout, shoot, bud

messa

1. feminine singular of messo

• masse

• messen (of noun)
• messet (of verb)

messa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of messe

messa

1. inflection of messe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

messa f

1. definite singular of messe

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲesa]

From Proto-Celtic *missos +‎ -a (comparative suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Akin to mí-.

messa

1. comparative degree of olc: worse

• Irish: measa
• Scottish Gaelic: miosa
• Manx: messey

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

messa

1. genitive singular/dual of mess

From Latin missa.

messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

1. mass, church service

• Icelandic: messa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: messe
• Swedish mässa c

messa (singular past indicative messaði, plural past indicative messuðu, past participle messaðr)

1. to say mass

• “messa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• messa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “messa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “messa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “messa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

mess +‎ -a

• Homophone: mässa

messa (present messar, preterite messade, supine messat, imperative messa)

1. (colloquial) to send an SMS message, to text

   Synonym: sms:a

• messa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• messa in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• sames