mousse

Meaning

Adj

blunt

Noun

1. (feminine) moss (the plant)
2. (feminine) bryophyte (in the broad sense)
3. (feminine) foam
4. (feminine) mousse (dessert)

Noun

a boy serving on a ship: a cabin boy

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of mousser:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of mousser:

Concepts

foam

froth

moss

suds

lather

mousse

cabin boy

bubble

spume

be frothy

scum

foams

blunt

form bubbles

ship’s boy

liverworts

Bryophyta

musci

sea cadet

hepaticae

division Bryophyta

ship's boy

bryophyta

bubbles

🫧

chocolate mousse

cream

effervesce

fizz

foam plastic

head on beer

matey

mosses

soapsuds

sparkle

❇️

Synonyms

écume

écumer

bryophyta

bulle

bryophyte

sueur

😓

crasse

faire écumer

futilités

hepaticae

musci

muscinales

moussaillon

paroles creuses

broue

matière plastique aérée

tripe de roche

couche

🛏️

crème

hépatique

mousseline

Translations

espuma

Schaum

espuma

schiuma

musgo

Moos

mos

schuim

musgo

muschio

αφρός

mozzo

molsa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mus/

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan: mos

Cognate with Italian: mozzo

Inherited from Old French: mosse

Cognate with Dutch: moes

Cognate with German: Mus

Borrowed from Spanish: mozo

In summary

Originally from a dialect south of the Loire, from Vulgar Latin *muttius (compare Occitan mos), of Gaulish origin, or alternatively from Latin mutilus (compare Italian mozzo).