moss

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).
2. (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.
4. (UK, countable, regional, uncountable) A bog; a fen.
5. (countable, slang) A spectacular catch made over 1 or multiple defenders, typically a jump ball.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become covered with moss.
2. (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.
3. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To make a spectacular catch over 1 or multiple defenders.

Verb

To relax, chill out.

Conceptos

musgo

liquen

pantano

alga

líquen

marjal

musgos

musco

barba de piedra

briofitas

briofita

bryophyta sensu stricto

Sinónimos

lichen

seaweed

algae

bryophyte

slime

muscus

duckweed

musci

scum

mildew

sedge

soil

tartar

territory

verdigris

world

🗺️

waterweed

thallophytic plant

kind of aquatic plant

alga

water lichen

bamboo shoot

bryophyta

country

earth

foam

froth

ground

kelp

lichens

Traducciones

muschio

Moos

mousse

mos

musgo

molsa

muscus

musco

βρύο

طُحْلُب

μούσκλο

yosun

mossa

bryophyte

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɒs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: mos

Heredado de inglés antiguo: mos

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Moas

Cognado con frisón occidental: moas

Cognado con neerlandés: mos

Cognado con alemán: Moos

Cognado con danés: mos

Cognado con sueco: mossa

Cognado con islandés: mosi

Cognado con latín: muscus

Cognado con ruso: мох

Cognado con polaco: mech

In summary

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss”), German Low German Moss (“moss”), German Moos (which shows the same polysemy of "moss" and "bog, fen"), Danish mos (“moss”), Swedish mossa (“moss”), Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Latin muscus (“moss”), Russian мох (mox, “moss”), Polish mech. Doublet of mousse.