mousse

common nouncommon nounadjectiveverb

Syllable Decomposition

mousse

probably comes from both the Frankish mosa (from Dutch mos) ("moss", the plant, sense 1.1) Latinized as mossa, and from the Latin mulsa ("mead"), which would have been used metaphorically to designate the plant.

Definitions

Synonym

matelot

Translations

  • germangerman:Schiffsjunge
  • englishenglish:matey
  • danishdanish:skibsdreng
  • italianitalian:mozzo
  • polishpolish:chłopiec okrętowy

See also

moussette (cn.) moussez (v.) moussais (v.) moussions (v.) moussiez (v.) moussai (v.) moussas (v.) moussa (v.) moussâmes (v.) moussâtes (v.) moussèrent (v.) mousserai (v.) mousseras (v.) moussera (v.) mousserez (v.) mousseront (v.) moussasse (v.) moussasses (v.) moussât (v.) moussassions (v.)