masseuse

See also: Masseuse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseuse, feminine of masseur.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /maˈsɜːz/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈsuːs/, /məˈsʊz/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːz, (US) -uːs, (US) -ʊz

Noun

masseuse (plural masseuses, masculine masseur)

  1. A woman who performs massage; a female masseur.
    • Friends (TV series, episode 3.05)
      Oh! I'm a masseuse. I give people massages and stuff.
  2. (nonstandard) A masseur; a man who performs massage.
    • 2003, Helena B. Rich., L. C. S. W. Helena B. Rich, The Art of Masturdating: A Guidebook for Single Heterosexuals, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 103:
      He was a great masseuse.
    • 2012, Penny Dixon, Betrayed, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 57:
      He was a good masseuse, and could always make Jez relax.
    • 1998, Bad Subjects Production Team, Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, NYU Press, →ISBN:
      Waited, got up, opened the door and saw the masseuse playing backgammon. Told him I was ready, didn't know what for. He waved me away, and I returned to the slab. By the time he came in, a mustached masseuse was sponging down a German woman on the opposite side of the marble; her husband sat on the perimeter watching (this was not a traditional hamam).
    • year unknown, Jamie Lake, BOOK 4 - Bad Boy: Naughty at Night: Bad Boy | Gay Romance MM Boyfriend Series, Jamie Lake
      Just less than a week ago, he'd said he'd tell Peter's parents, his school, the press, that Peter was an erotic masseuse.
    • 2011, Mark D West, Lovesick Japan: Sex Marriage, Romance, Law, page 152:
      In most massages, both the male masseuse and the female client are naked and the focus is on erogenous zones.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseuse, equivalent to masseren + -euse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɑˈsøː.zə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mas‧seu‧se
  • Rhymes: -øːzə

Noun

masseuse f (plural masseuses, masculine masseur)

  1. masseuse

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.søz/
  • (file)

Noun

masseuse f (plural masseuses)

  1. female equivalent of masseur (masseuse)

Descendants

  • Danish: massøse
  • Dutch: masseuse
  • English: masseuse

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