mousse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
verb
  1. To apply mousse (styling cream).

Pronunciation

/muːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mousse.wav en-us-moose.ogg /ˈmʉs/

Word forms

mousse mousses moussing moussed

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.

Derived words

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