mousse

See also: moussé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/

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• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈmʉs/
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Homophone: moose

Noun

mousse (countable and uncountable, plural mousses)

1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.

   ham mousse

3. A styling cream used for hair.

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

4. A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
   • 1987, D.F. Boesch, N.N. Rabalais, Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development, →ISBN:

     Pretreatment of oil or sea water with dispersants or demulsifiers generally inhibits laboratory mousse formation with most of the oils and petroleum products tested (Berridge et al. , 1968b; Bridie et al. , 1980a,b).

   • 1993, John R. Clayton, James R. Payne, John S. Farlow, Oil Spill Dispersants: Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests, →ISBN, page 21:

     A number of investigators have shown that the starting composition of a parent oil can have a major influence on its predisposittion to form stable water-in-oil emulsions (mousse). For example, the presence of natural surfactants in the wax, resin, and asphaltene fractions of oils has been positively correlated with the tendency to form mousse.

   • 1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 50:

     When it washed ashore in Prince William Sound, the crude came in sticky gobs, in tar balls, in what they called mousse, crude whipped to a froth in the action of the sea.

   • 2009, Elspeth Leacock, The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 37:

     However, the sticky mousse clogged all of the skimmers, even the Vaydaghubsky. If all these skimmers had been on-site during the first three days of calm weather, before the oil was churned into mousse, they could have made a real difference

Descendants

• → Irish: mús

Translations

dessert

• Catalan: escuma (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幕斯 (mùsī), 慕斯 (mùsī), 慕絲／慕丝 (mùsī)

• Finnish: mousse (fi)
• French: mousse (fr) f
• German: Mousse f
• Japanese: ムース (ja) (mūsu)
• Latvian: uzpūtenis (lv) m
• Persian: موس (fa) (mus)
• Polish: mus (pl) m
• Portuguese: musse (pt) f, mousse (pt) f
• Russian: мусс (ru) m (muss)
• Spanish: espuma (es) f, mousse m or f

meat dish

beauty product

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩絲／摩丝 (mósī)

• Finnish: muotovaahto (fi)
• German: Schaumfestiger (de) m
• Maori: waihuka, huka makawe, waihuka makawe, pani hukahuka
• Spanish: espuma (es) f

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, mouses, smouse, Smouse

Finnish

Etymology

From French mousse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmou̯sːe/, [ˈmo̞u̯s̠ːe̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmuseː/, [ˈmus̠e̞ː]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmuse/, [ˈmus̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -ousːe
• Syllabification^(key): mous‧se

Noun

mousse

1. mousse (dessert; airy pudding served chilled)

   Synonym: vaahto

2. mousse (savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin)

   Synonym: kuohkea mureke

Declension

Inflection of mousse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		mousse	mousset
genitive		moussen	moussejen
partitive		moussea	mousseja
illative		mousseen	mousseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mousse	mousset
accusative	nom.	mousse	mousset
	gen.	moussen
genitive		moussen	moussejen moussein rare
partitive		moussea	mousseja
inessive		moussessa	mousseissa
elative		moussesta	mousseista
illative		mousseen	mousseihin
adessive		moussella	mousseilla
ablative		mousselta	mousseilta
allative		mousselle	mousseille
essive		moussena	mousseina
translative		mousseksi	mousseiksi
abessive		moussetta	mousseitta
instructive		—	moussein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mousse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mousseni mousseni accusative nom. mousseni mousseni gen. mousseni genitive mousseni moussejeni mousseini rare partitive mousseani moussejani inessive moussessani mousseissani elative moussestani mousseistani illative mousseeni mousseihini adessive moussellani mousseillani ablative mousseltani mousseiltani allative mousselleni mousseilleni essive moussenani mousseinani translative moussekseni mousseikseni abessive moussettani mousseittani instructive — — comitative — mousseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative moussesi moussesi accusative nom. moussesi moussesi gen. moussesi genitive moussesi moussejesi mousseisi rare partitive mousseasi moussejasi inessive moussessasi mousseissasi elative moussestasi mousseistasi illative mousseesi mousseihisi adessive moussellasi mousseillasi ablative mousseltasi mousseiltasi allative moussellesi mousseillesi essive moussenasi mousseinasi translative mousseksesi mousseiksesi abessive moussettasi mousseittasi instructive — — comitative — mousseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moussemme moussemme accusative nom. moussemme moussemme gen. moussemme genitive moussemme moussejemme mousseimme rare partitive mousseamme moussejamme inessive moussessamme mousseissamme elative moussestamme mousseistamme illative mousseemme mousseihimme adessive moussellamme mousseillamme ablative mousseltamme mousseiltamme allative moussellemme mousseillemme essive moussenamme mousseinamme translative mousseksemme mousseiksemme abessive moussettamme mousseittamme instructive — — comitative — mousseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative moussenne moussenne accusative nom. moussenne moussenne gen. moussenne genitive moussenne moussejenne mousseinne rare partitive mousseanne moussejanne inessive moussessanne mousseissanne elative moussestanne mousseistanne illative mousseenne mousseihinne adessive moussellanne mousseillanne ablative mousseltanne mousseiltanne allative moussellenne mousseillenne essive moussenanne mousseinanne translative mousseksenne mousseiksenne abessive moussettanne mousseittanne instructive — — comitative — mousseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative moussensa moussensa accusative nom. moussensa moussensa gen. moussensa genitive moussensa moussejensa mousseinsa rare partitive mousseaan mousseansa moussejaan moussejansa inessive moussessaan moussessansa mousseissaan mousseissansa elative moussestaan moussestansa mousseistaan mousseistansa illative mousseensa mousseihinsa adessive moussellaan moussellansa mousseillaan mousseillansa ablative mousseltaan mousseltansa mousseiltaan mousseiltansa allative mousselleen moussellensa mousseilleen mousseillensa essive moussenaan moussenansa mousseinaan mousseinansa translative moussekseen mousseksensa mousseikseen mousseiksensa abessive moussettaan moussettansa mousseittaan mousseittansa instructive — — comitative — mousseineen mousseinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• suklaamousse

 

Further reading

• “mousse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

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• Rhymes: -us

Etymology 1

Originally from a dialect south of the Loire, from Vulgar Latin *muttius (compare Occitan mos), of Gaulish origin, or alternatively from Latin mutilus (compare Italian mozzo).

Adjective

mousse (plural mousses)

1. blunt

Derived terms

• émousser

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss”).

For the culinary sense one might suspect influence by Dutch moes, German Mus (both “mush, purée”). However, the metaphorical use of mousse for “foam” is older and the culinary sense can thence be derived without difficulty.

mousse

Noun

mousse f (plural mousses)

1. moss (the plant)
2. bryophyte (in the broad sense)
3. foam
4. mousse (dessert)

   Hypernym: dessert

Derived terms

• mousse à raser
• mousse barbue
• mousse de savon
• mousse du chat
• mousse noire
• pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse
• soda mousse

 

Related terms

• démousser
• mousser
• mousseux
• moussu

 

Descendants

• → Danish: mousse
• → Dutch: mousse
• → English: mousse
  • → Irish: mús

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish mozo.

Noun

mousse m (plural mousses)

1. a boy serving on a ship: a cabin boy

Derived terms

• moussaillon

Etymology 4

Verb

mousse

1. inflection of mousser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusː]
• Hyphenation: mousse
• Rhymes: -usː

Noun

mousse (plural mousse-ok)

1. mousse (dessert)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mousse	mousse-ok
accusative	mousse-t	mousse-okat
dative	mousse-nak	mousse-oknak
instrumental	mousse-szal	mousse-okkal
causal-final	mousse-ért	mousse-okért
translative	mousse-szá	mousse-okká
terminative	mousse-ig	mousse-okig
essive-formal	mousse-ként	mousse-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mousse-ban	mousse-okban
superessive	mousse-on	mousse-okon
adessive	mousse-nál	mousse-oknál
illative	mousse-ba	mousse-okba
sublative	mousse-ra	mousse-okra
allative	mousse-hoz	mousse-okhoz
elative	mousse-ból	mousse-okból
delative	mousse-ról	mousse-okról
ablative	mousse-tól	mousse-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	mousse-é	mousse-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mousse-éi	mousse-okéi

Possessive forms of mousse
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mousse-om	mousse-aim
2nd person sing.	mousse-od	mousse-aid
3rd person sing.	mousse-a	mousse-ai
1st person plural	mousse-unk	mousse-aink
2nd person plural	mousse-otok	mousse-aitok
3rd person plural	mousse-uk	mousse-aik

Derived terms

• csokoládémousse

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French mousse, from Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mousse m (plural mousses)

1. (Jersey, nautical) cabin boy

Noun

mousse m or f (plural mousses)

1. (Jersey) child

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈsi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈsi/

• Hyphenation: mous‧se

Noun

mousse f or (nonstandard) m (plural mousses)

1. Alternative spelling of musse

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mousse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

mousse f (plural mousses)

1. mousse

   Synonym: espuma

Usage notes

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “mousse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

mousse c

1. mousse (for example chocolate mousse)
2. finely-ground meat mixed with whipped cream or egg white

Declension

Declension of mousse

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mousse	mousses
	definite	moussen	moussens
plural	indefinite	mousser	moussers
	definite	mousserna	moussernas

References

• mousse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mousse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)