mousse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Homophone: moose

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• mouses

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mus/

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Adjective

mousse (epicene, plural mousses)

1. blunt

Noun

mousse f. (plural mousses)

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

Verb

mousse

1. first-person singular present indicative of mousser
2. third-person singular present indicative of mousser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mousser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of mousser
5. second-person singular imperative of mousser