masseur

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseur.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈsɜː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈsʊɹ/, /məˈsɝ/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), (US only) -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

masseur (plural masseurs)

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.
- 1978, Ted Bistroff, Massage Parlor Stud:
  You each get a regular massage by a naked masseur.
An instrument used in the performance of massage.

Synonyms

Thesaurus:massotherapist

Coordinate terms

masseuse

Related terms

Translations

person who performs massage

Arabic: مُدَلِّك m (mudallik)
Asturian: masaxista m or f
Belarusian: масажыст m (masažyst), масажыстка f (masažystka)
Bulgarian: масажи́ст (bg) m (masažíst)
Catalan: massatgista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 按摩師／按摩师 (zh) (ànmóshī)
Czech: masér (cs) m
Danish: massør (da) c, massøse c (female, rare)
Dutch: masseur (nl) m, masseuse (nl) f
Esperanto: masaĝisto, masaĝistino (female)
Finnish: hieroja (fi)
French: masseur (fr) m, masseuse (fr) f
Galician: masaxista m or f
German: Masseur (de) m, Masseurin (de) f, Masseuse (de) f (dated feminine form or sexual connotation)
Hungarian: masszőr (hu)
Icelandic: nuddari m
Italian: massaggiatore (it) m, massaggiatrice f
Japanese: マッサージ師 (massāji-shi), 按摩 (ja) (あんま, anma)
Kyrgyz: укалоочу (ukaloocu)
Lao: ຫມໍນວດ (mǭ nūat)
Latin: trāctātor m, tractātrīx f, ūnctor m, ūnctrīx f
Macedonian: ма́сер m (máser)
Maori: kaikōmuru
Norman: masseux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: massør m, massøse m or f (female, older term)

Nynorsk: massør m, massøse f (older term)
Persian: ماساژور (fa) (mâsâžor), ماسور (fa) (mâsor) (male or female, rare)
Polish: masażysta (pl) m, masażystka (pl) f
Portuguese: massagista (pt) m or f, massageador m, massageadora f, massajador m, massajadora f
Romanian: maseur (ro) m, maseuză f
Russian: массажи́ст (ru) m (massažíst), массажи́стка (ru) f (massažístka)
Spanish: masajista (es) m or f
Swedish: massör (sv) c, massös (sv) c (female)
Thai: หมอนวด (mɔ̌ɔ-nûuat)
Ukrainian: масажист m (masažyst), масажистка f (masažystka)
Volapük: masetan, himasetan (male), jimasetan (female)
Yiddish: שמײַסער m (shmayser)

Further reading

“masseur”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“masseur”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“masseur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“masseur”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

Erasmus, Mausers, Semraus, amusers, assumer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseur, equivalent to masseren +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑˈsøːr/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: mas‧seur
Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

masseur m (plural masseurs, diminutive masseurtje n, feminine masseuse)

masseur

French

Etymology

From masser +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.sœʁ/

Noun

masseur m (plural masseurs, feminine masseuse)

(massage) masseur

Descendants

→ English: masseur
→ Czech: masér
→ Danish: massør
→ German: Masseur
→ Dutch: masseur
→ Norwegian Bokmål: massør
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: massør
→ Turkish: masör
→ Romanian: masor
→ Swedish: massör

Further reading

“masseur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

assumer, mesuras, murasse, museras, résumas

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