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masseur

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /məˈsɜː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /məˈsʊɹ/
  • General-American: /məˈsɝ/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
  • rhymes with (US only) -ʊə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person (especially male) who performs massage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: massage

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instrument used in the performance of massage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a male massager

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: massager

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French masseur.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُدَلِّك (mudallik) — person who performs massage
  • Asturian: masaxista — person who performs massage
  • Belarusian: масажыст (masažyst) — person who performs massage
  • Belarusian: масажыстка (masažystka) — person who performs massage
  • Bulgarian: масажи́ст (masažíst) — person who performs massage
  • Catalan: massatgista — person who performs massage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按摩師 /按摩师 (ànmóshī) — person who performs massage
  • Czech: masér — person who performs massage
  • Danish: massør — person who performs massage
  • Danish: massøse — person who performs massage
  • Dutch: masseur — person who performs massage
  • Dutch: masseuse — person who performs massage
  • Esperanto: masaĝisto — person who performs massage
  • Esperanto: masaĝistino — person who performs massage
  • Finnish: hieroja — person who performs massage
  • French: masseur — person who performs massage
  • French: masseuse — person who performs massage
  • Galician: masaxista — person who performs massage
  • German: Masseur — person who performs massage
  • German: Masseurin — person who performs massage
  • German: Masseuse — person who performs massage
  • Hungarian: masszőr — person who performs massage
  • Icelandic: nuddari — person who performs massage
  • Italian: massaggiatore — person who performs massage
  • Italian: massaggiatrice — person who performs massage
  • Japanese: マッサージ師 (massāji-shi) — person who performs massage
  • Japanese: 按摩 (anma) — person who performs massage
  • Kyrgyz: укалоочу (ukaloocu) — person who performs massage
  • Lao: ຫມໍນວດ (mǭ nūat) — person who performs massage
  • Latin: trāctātor — person who performs massage
  • Latin: tractātrīx — person who performs massage
  • Latin: ūnctor — person who performs massage
  • Latin: ūnctrīx — person who performs massage
  • Macedonian: ма́сер (máser) — person who performs massage
  • Māori: kaikōmuru — person who performs massage
  • Norman: masseux — person who performs massage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: massør — person who performs massage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: massøse — person who performs massage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: massør — person who performs massage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: massøse — person who performs massage
  • Persian: ماساژور (mâsâžor) — person who performs massage
  • Persian: ماسور (mâsor) — person who performs massage
  • Polish: masażysta — person who performs massage
  • Polish: masażystka — person who performs massage
  • Portuguese: massagista — person who performs massage
  • Portuguese: massageador — person who performs massage
  • Portuguese: massageadora — person who performs massage
  • Portuguese: massajador — person who performs massage
  • Portuguese: massajadora — person who performs massage
  • Romanian: maseur — person who performs massage
  • Romanian: maseuză — person who performs massage
  • Russian: массажи́ст (massažíst) — person who performs massage
  • Russian: массажи́стка (massažístka) — person who performs massage
  • Spanish: masajista — person who performs massage
  • Swedish: massör — person who performs massage
  • Swedish: massös — person who performs massage
  • Thai: หมอนวด (mɔ̌ɔ-nûuat) — person who performs massage
  • Ukrainian: масажист (masažyst) — person who performs massage
  • Ukrainian: масажистка (masažystka) — person who performs massage
  • Unami: sèhsikwënikès — person who performs massage
  • Volapük: masetan — person who performs massage
  • Volapük: himasetan — person who performs massage
  • Volapük: jimasetan — person who performs massage
  • Yiddish: שמײַסער (shmayser) — person who performs massage