English

Noun

mousse ‎(plural mousses)

1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
3. A styling cream used for hair.

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

Translations

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

Etymology 1

Adjective

mousse m, f ‎(plural mousses)

1. blunt

Etymology 2

From Frankish *mosa.

mousse

Noun

mousse f ‎(plural mousses)

1. moss (the plant)
2. foam
3. mousse (dessert)

Etymology 3

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. first-person singular present indicative of mousser
2. third-person singular present indicative of mousser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mousser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of mousser
5. second-person singular imperative of mousser

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mousse ‎(plural mousse-ok)

1. mousse (dessert)

Declension

Derived terms

• csokoládémousse

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French mousse, from Spanish mozo.

Pronunciation

Noun

mousse m ‎(plural mousses)

1. (Jersey, nautical) cabin boy

Noun

mousse m, f ‎(plural mousses)

1. (Jersey) child

Portuguese

Noun

mousse f or m (nonstandard) (plural mousses)

1. Alternative spelling of musse

Spanish

Noun

mousse f ‎(plural mousses)

1. mousse