Moselle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Moselle
- A left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany.
- A department of Grand Est, France.
Derived terms
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department
Noun
[edit]Moselle (countable and uncountable, plural Moselles)
- A light white wine, made from Riesling grapes originating in the valley of this river.
- 1790, James Boswell, edited by Danziger & Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 28:
- I drank too much moselle, imagining it a mere diuretic.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Moselle f
- Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany)
- Moselle (a department of Grand Est, France)
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛl
- Rhymes:English/ɛl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Rivers in Vosges, France
- en:Rivers in Grand Est, France
- en:Rivers in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- en:Rivers in Moselle, France
- en:Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- en:Rivers in Germany
- en:Rivers in Saarland, Germany
- en:Places in Vosges, France
- en:Places in Grand Est, France
- en:Places in France
- en:Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- en:Places in Moselle, France
- en:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- en:Places in Germany
- en:Places in Saarland, Germany
- en:Moselle, France
- en:Departments of Grand Est, France
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Rivers in Vosges, France
- fr:Rivers in Grand Est, France
- fr:Rivers in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- fr:Rivers in Moselle, France
- fr:Rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- fr:Rivers in Germany
- fr:Rivers in Saarland, Germany
- fr:Places in Vosges, France
- fr:Places in Grand Est, France
- fr:Places in France
- fr:Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- fr:Places in Moselle, France
- fr:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- fr:Places in Germany
- fr:Places in Saarland, Germany
- fr:Moselle, France
- fr:Departments of Grand Est, France