mosette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mosette, from Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either:

• from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or
• from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown)

+ Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)).

Doublet of mozetta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məʊˈzɛt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /moʊˈzɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: mos‧ette

Noun

mosette (plural mosettes)

1. (rare) Obsolete form of mozzetta.

Further reading

• mozzetta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mozzetta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

mosette f (plural mosettes)

1. mozzetta

Descendants

• → English: mosette

Further reading

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