mousse

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

French mousse "foam, froth", literally, "moss", of Germanic origin, from Frankish or Old Dutch mosa "moss" from Proto-Germanic *musan (“‘moss, bog, marsh’”). More at moss

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːs

• Homophones: moose

[edit] Noun

mousse (plural mousses)

1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
3. A styling cream used for hair.

   He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.

[edit] Verb

to mousse (third-person singular simple present mousses, present participle moussing, simple past and past participle moussed)

1. To apply mousse (styling cream).

   He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of emossu
• mouses

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

mousse m/f

1. blunt

[edit] Noun

mousse f

1. moss (the plant)
2. foam (i.e. on a beer)
3. mousse (dessert)