mouise

French

Etymology

From Alemannic German Mues, Müs (“porridge, gruel, mush”), from Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos (“porridge, food, meal, dish”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“food, porridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). Cognate with German Mus (“jam, puree, mush”), Dutch moes (“puree, mush, gruel”), Old English mōs (“food, victuals”). More at moose, muesli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwiz/

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Noun

mouise f (plural mouises)

1. pap, porridge
2. penury, poverty, hardship

Derived terms

• être dans la mouise

Further reading

• “mouise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.