mossel

Meaning

1. (feminine) mussel, bivalve of the family Mytilidae
2. (feminine) blue mussel, common mussel (Mytilus edulis)

Concepts

mussel

clam

count

🔢

bivalve

oyster

🦪

blue mussel

Mediterranean mussel

Synonyms

schelp

🐚

Translations

moule

Miesmuschel

mexilhão

mejillón

μύδι

Muschel

cozza

almeja

mitilo

midye

mutilorum

vongola

mutili

cloïssa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɔ.səl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: mosscele

In summary

From Middle Dutch mossel, mussel, from Old French moule, mousle, muisle, from Latin mūsculus. Note that Middle Dutch also attests a form mosschele (with various spelling variants), which is not directly ancestral to this Modern Dutch form and which is said to be an older loanword directly from Latin: see Proto-West Germanic *muskulā.