mousseux

English

Etymology

From French mousseux.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muːˈsəː/

Adjective

mousseux (comparative more mousseux, superlative most mousseux)

1. Of wine: sparkling.

Noun

mousseux (plural mousseux)

1. A sparkling wine.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 70:

     We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.

French

Etymology

From mousse +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.sø/

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Adjective

mousseux (feminine mousseuse, masculine plural mousseux, feminine plural mousseuses)

1. foamy; frothy
2. (wine) sparkling

Derived terms

• cidre mousseux
• poiré mousseux

 

Noun

mousseux m (plural mousseux)

1. Ellipsis of vin mousseux.; sparkling wine

Further reading

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