mousmé
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 娘 (musume, “daughter, girl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mousmé (plural mousmés)
- (historical) A Japanese young woman or mistress.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 628:
- “Hello, Kit.” She stared a moment through Miss Tsurigane. “Who's the mousmée?”
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
mousmé f (plural mousmés)
Further reading[edit]
- “mousmé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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