moss

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

muschio

musco

muschi

borracina

briofite

alga

briofita

lichene

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

musgo

Moos

mousse

mos

musgo

molsa

muscus

βρύο

طُحْلُب

μούσκλο

yosun

musgos

mossa

bryophyte

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mɒs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: mos

Ereditato da inglese antico: mos

Affine saterfriesisch: Moas

Affine frisone occidentale: moas

Affine olandese: mos

Affine tedesco: Moos

Affine danese: mos

Affine svedese: mossa

Affine islandese: mosi

Affine latino: muscus

Affine russo: мох

Affine polacco: 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.