mace

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* As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius. * Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.

From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, matia, (compare Italian mazza, Spanish maza), probably from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutting tool, hoe”).

From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macys as a plural (as with pea); from Latin macir. Doublet of macir.

From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace. Pepper spray may be derived from cayenne pepper, but not from mace (etymology 2 above), which is a different spice; rather, it was named after the weapon (etymology 1).

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?] and Malay [Term?], meaning "a bean".

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَبُّوس (dabbūs) — weapon
• Armenian: գուրզ (gurz) — weapon
• Armenian: լախտ (laxt) — weapon
• Old Armenian: վարզ (varz) — weapon
• Azerbaijani: toppuz — weapon
• Bashkir: күҫәк (küśək) — weapon
• Bashkir: суҡмар (suqmar) — weapon
• Belarusian: булава́ (bulavá) — weapon
• Belarusian: па́ліца (pálica) — weapon
• Bulgarian: боздуга́н (bozdugán) — weapon
• Bulgarian: топу́з (topúz) — weapon
• Catalan: maça — weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 錘 /锤 (chuí) — weapon
• Czech: palcát — weapon
• Dutch: strijdknots — weapon
• Finnish: rautanuija — weapon
• French: masse — weapon
• French: masse d'armes — weapon
• Galician: maza — weapon
• German: Streitkolben — weapon
• Greek: απελατίκι (apelatíki) — weapon
• Ancient Greek: κορύνη (korúnē) — weapon
• Greek: ἀπελατίκιν (apelatíkin) — weapon
• Hebrew: אלה — weapon
• Hungarian: buzogány — weapon
• Indonesian: gada — weapon
• Irish: más — weapon
• Italian: mazza — weapon
• Italian: mazza d'armi — weapon
• Japanese: メイス (meisu) — weapon
• Kazakh: бұздыған (būzdyğan) — weapon
• Korean: 메이스 (meiseu) — weapon
• Latgalian: škynda — weapon
• Latin: clava ferrea — weapon
• Latvian: vāle — weapon
• Lithuanian: buožė — weapon
• Macedonian: боздоган (bozdogan) — weapon
• Macedonian: топуз (topuz) — weapon
• Malay: cokmar — weapon
• Malayalam: ഗദ (gada) — weapon
• Maltese: debbus — weapon
• Maltese: mazza — weapon
• Nepali: गढ (gaḍh) — weapon
• Persian: گرز (gorz) — weapon
• Polish: buzdygan — weapon
• Polish: maczuga — weapon
• Polish: buława — weapon
• Portuguese: maça — weapon
• Romanian: buzdugan — weapon
• Russian: булава́ (bulavá) — weapon
• Russian: па́лица (pálica) — weapon
• Sanskrit: गदा (gadā) — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: буздо̀ва̄н — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: то̀пуз — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: buzdòvān — weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: tòpuz — weapon
• Sicilian: mazza — weapon
• Southern Altai: токпок (tokpok) — weapon
• Southern Altai: чокпор (čokpor) — weapon
• Spanish: maza — weapon
• Spanish: maza de armas — weapon
• Sundanese: gegendir — weapon
• Swedish: klubba — weapon
• Tajik: гурз (gurz) — weapon
• Turkish: besbase — weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: طوپوز (topuz) — weapon
• Ukrainian: па́лиця (pálycja) — weapon
• Ukrainian: булава́ (bulavá) — weapon
• Uzbek: gurzi — weapon
• Welsh: byrllysg — weapon
• Bulgarian: жезъл (žezǎl) — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Catalan: maça — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Czech: žezlo — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Finnish: marssisauva — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Finnish: sauva — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Finnish: virkasauva — ceremonial form of this weapon
• French: masse — ceremonial form of this weapon
• German: Amtsstab — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Hungarian: jogar — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Indonesian: gada — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Italian: mazza — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Japanese: メイス (meisu) — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Latin: matia — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Macedonian: жезол (žezol) — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Macedonian: жезло (žezlo) — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Malay: cokmar — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Polish: buława — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Portuguese: maça — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Russian: жезл (žezl) — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐзло — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: žèzlo — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Welsh: byrllysg — ceremonial form of this weapon
• Afrikaans: foelie — a spice
• Arabic: قِشْرَةُ جَوْزِ الطِيبِ (qišratu jawzi ṭ-ṭībi) — a spice
• Arabic: بَسْبَاس (basbās) — a spice
• Basque: mazis — a spice
• Bulgarian: мацис (macis) — a spice
• Catalan: macís — a spice
• Chinese Mandarin: 肉豆蔻皮 (ròudòukòu pí) — a spice
• Czech: muškátový květ — a spice
• Danish: muskatblomme — a spice
• Dutch: foelie — a spice
• Esperanto: maciso — a spice
• Finnish: muskottikukka — a spice
• French: macis — a spice
• Galician: macis — a spice
• German: Macis — a spice
• German: Muskatblüte — a spice
• Greek: μασίς (masís) — a spice
• Gujarati: મેસ (mes) — a spice
• Hindi: जावित्री (jāvitrī) — a spice
• Hindi: जावत्री (jāvatrī) — a spice
• Hungarian: szerecsendió-virág — a spice
• Indonesian: bunga pala — a spice
• Italian: macis — a spice
• Japanese: メース (meisu) — a spice
• Kannada: ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ (jāpatre) — a spice
• Korean: 메이스 (meiseu) — a spice
• Limburgish: blom — a spice
• Limburgish: besjaotebloum — a spice
• Maithili: जापत्री (jāpatrī) — a spice
• Malay: bunga pala — a spice
• Malay: kembang pala — a spice
• Māori: meihi — a spice
• Marwari: जावंतरी (jāvantrī) — a spice
• Middle English: macys — a spice
• Persian: پوست جوز هندی (pust-e jowz-e hendi) — a spice
• Polish: macis — a spice
• Polish: kwiat muszkatołowy — a spice
• Portuguese: macis — a spice
• Punjabi: ਮੇਸ (mes) — a spice
• Russian: ма́цис (mácis) — a spice
• Russian: муска́тный цвет (muskátnyj cvet) — a spice
• Serbo-Croatian: muškatni cvijet — a spice
• Serbo-Croatian: macis — a spice
• Slovene: muškatni cvet — a spice
• Spanish: macis — a spice
• Swedish: muskotblomma — a spice
• Tamil: சாதிக்காய் (cātikkāy) — a spice
• Tamil: ஜாதிக்காய் (jātikkāy) — a spice
• Turkish: topuz — a spice
• Ukrainian: ма́цис (mácys) — a spice
• Ukrainian: муска́тний цвіт (muskátnyj cvit) — a spice
• Ukrainian: муска́тний квіт (muskátnyj kvit) — a spice
• Urdu: جاوتری (jāvitrī, jāvatrī) — a spice
• Welsh: mês — a spice
• Finnish: pippurisumute — tear gas and pepper spray
• German: Reizstoff — tear gas and pepper spray
• Japanese: メイス (meisu) — tear gas and pepper spray
• Polish: lakrymator — tear gas and pepper spray
• Russian: слезоточи́вый газ (slezotočívyj gaz) — tear gas and pepper spray
• Swedish: pepparsprej — tear gas and pepper spray