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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ma-seef, mas-if; French ma-seef
Phonetic Transcription : mæˈsif, ˈmæs ɪf; French maˈsif

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Définition of massif

Origin :
  • "cluster of hills," 1520s, from French massif (see massive), here used as a noun in French; e.g. the Massif Central, name of the plateau in the middle of southern France.
  • As in mountain range : noun mountain system
Example sentences :
  • The two next highest are at the right, or eastern, end of the massif.
  • Extract from : « Inca Land » by Hiram Bingham
  • Above the plain, which sweeps away from the northern bank, rises the "massif" of Laon.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
  • It rests on the western side on the Massif de Moronvillers; to the east it stretches as far as the Argonne.
  • Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. I » by Various
  • Didron thus describes it: Cet anneau est en or massif; il pese 14 gram.
  • Extract from : « Finger-Ring Lore » by William Jones
  • From the top a vast plateau stretches to the lofty chain which forms the inland rim of the Andean massif.
  • Extract from : « The South American Republics, Part II (of 2) » by Thomas C. Dawson
  • Its most striking feature is the mountainous and eruptive area known as the Massif Central, which covers south-central France.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 » by Various
  • Massif will publish it at his own expense, and you will appear before the public in one month.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of Youth, Complete » by Francois Coppee
  • Massif ought to pay him in a few days five hundred francs for the second edition of his book; but what is a handful of napoleons?
  • Extract from : « A Romance of Youth, Complete » by Francois Coppee
  • They are exposed on the one hand in the neighbourhood of the Rhine and on the other hand in the Bohemian massif.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 » by Various

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