en masse



en masse

In one group or body; all together. For example, The activists marched en masse to the capitol. This French term, with exactly the same meaning, was adopted into English about 1800.
See also: en, massé

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nicol (1)-Scottish, Medieval English
Ekaterinaye-kah-tye-REE-nah (Russian), ee-kah-tee-REE-nah (Russian)Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
EsmeEZ-mayEnglish
Aravinda-Indian, Kannada
Grigorijs-Latvian
Francine[fra:n'si:n]