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Yes. The word massif is a Scrabble US word. The word massif is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

MASSIF,

5-letter words (4 found)

AMISS,MISSA,SAIMS,SIMAS,

4-letter words (10 found)

AIMS,AMIS,ISMS,MASS,MISS,SAIM,SAIS,SAMS,SIMA,SIMS,

3-letter words (15 found)

AIM,AIS,AMI,ASS,FAS,IFS,ISM,MAS,MIS,SAI,SAM,SIF,SIM,SIS,SMA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AM,AS,FA,IF,IS,MA,MI,SI,

You can make 39 words from massif according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of massif

massif

Etymology

Borrowed from French massif, from Middle French massif, ultimately from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæˈsiːf/, /ˈmæsɪf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

massif (plural massifs)

  1. A principal mountain mass.
  2. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French massiz (with the suffix replaced by -if), from Vulgar Latin *massīcius, from Latin massa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sif/

Noun

massif m (plural massifs)

  1. massif

Derived terms

  • Massif central

Adjective

massif (feminine massive, masculine plural massifs, feminine plural massives)

  1. massive

Derived terms

  • arme de destruction massive
  • cours en ligne ouvert et massif
  • nom massif

References

  • “massif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • massiff, massiffe, massyf

Etymology

From Middle French massif; equivalent to mass +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasif/

Adjective

massif

  1. (Late Middle English) weighty, massy, weighing very much.
  2. (Late Middle English, rare) massive, huge, enormous.
  3. (Late Middle English, rare) not sharp, unsharpened, coarse.

Related terms

  • massy

Descendants

  • English: massive
  • Scots: massive (obsolete)

References

  • “massī̆f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

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