No. 4,573 in French
messe
"Church Mass" or "religious service."
In a sentence
Je vais à la messe tous les dimanches.
I go to mass every Sunday.
Here, 'messe' refers to a Catholic or Christian religious ceremony.
La messe est finie, il est temps de partir.
The mass is over, it's time to leave.
In this sentence, 'messe' still denotes the religious service, specifically indicating its conclusion.
C'est toute une messe à chaque fois que nous devons nous organiser.
It’s a whole ordeal every time we need to organize ourselves.
Here, 'messe' is used metaphorically in a colloquial sense to denote a complicated and convoluted situation.
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