mousseux

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English

Etymology

From French mousseux.

Pronunciation

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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 2007, p. 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/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. foamy; frothy
  2. (wine) sparkling

Noun

mousseux m (plural mousseux)

  1. Ellipsis of vin mousseux.; sparkling wine

Further reading

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