Definition of 'mousse'
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mousse in British English
noun
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Word origin
C19: from French: froth
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mousse in American English
noun
1.
verb transitiveWord forms: moussed or ˈmoussing
3.
to shape or style (hair) with mousse
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Word origin
Fr, foam, prob. < L mulsa, kind of mead < mulsus, mixed with honey < mel, honey: see
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British English: mousse
/muːs/ NOUN
Mousse is a sweet light food made from eggs and cream.
...chocolate mousse.
- American English: mousse
- Arabic: كَرِيـمَة شيكولاتة
- Brazilian Portuguese: musse
- Chinese: 多泡沫甜点
- Croatian: pjenasta krema
- Czech: šlehaná pěna
- Danish: mousse
- Dutch: mousse
- European Spanish: mousse
- Finnish: vaahto
- French: mousse culinaire
- German: Cremespeise
- Greek: μους
- Italian: mousse
- Japanese: ムース
- Korean: 무스
- Norwegian: fromasj
- Polish: mus
- European Portuguese: mousse
- Romanian: spumă
- Russian: мусс
- Latin American Spanish: mousse
- Swedish: mousse
- Thai: อาหารว่างหรือของหวานทำจากวิปครีม วุ้น และไข่
- Turkish: köpük krema
- Ukrainian: мус
- Vietnamese: món kem mút
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