From en.wiktionary.org:
[moussé]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en] or [en], from [en]. More at moss.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** 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 churn ing the water where an oil spill occurs.
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. * [en]
**** Descendants
- [ga]
**** Translations
[dessert]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[meat dish] [trans-bottom]
[beauty product]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To apply mousse (styling cream).
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Finnish
*** Etymology
From [fi].
*** Pronunciation
[mousse]
*** Noun
[fi-noun]
1. mousse [dessert; airy pudding served chilled]
2. mousse [savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin]
**** Declension
[mouss]
**** Derived terms
{{col|fi|title=compounds |suklaamousse }}
*** Further reading
- [accessdate=2023-07-03]
[fi]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Etymology 1
Originally from a dialect south of the Loire, from [fr] (compare [oc]), of
[fr] origin, or alternatively from [fr] (compare [it]).
**** Adjective
[fr-adj]
1. blunt
***** Derived terms
- [fr]
*** Etymology 2
[fr], from [fr], from [fr].
For the culinary sense one might suspect influence by [nl], [de] (both “mush,
purée”). However, the metaphorical use of _mousse_ for “foam” is older and
the culinary sense can thence be derived without difficulty.
**** Noun
[f]
1. moss [the plant]
2. bryophyte [in the broad sense]
3. foam
4. [en] [dessert]
***** Derived terms
{{col4|fr |mousse à raser |mousse barbue |mousse de savon |mousse du chat
|mousse noire |pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse |soda mousse }}
***** Related terms
{{col4|fr |démousser |mousser |mousseux |moussu }}
***** Descendants
- [da]
- [nl]
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
[fr].
**** Noun
[m]
1. a boy serving on a ship: a cabin boy
***** Derived terms
- [fr]
*** Etymology 4
**** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
[fr]
** Hungarian
*** Pronunciation
- [mussz]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[-ok]
1. [en] (dessert)
**** Declension
[mousse-o][mousse-]
**** Derived terms
- [hu]
[hu]
** Norman
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nrf], from [nrf].
*** Pronunciation
- [nrf]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [nrf] cabin boy
*** Noun
[mf]
1. [nrf] child
[nrf]
** Portuguese
*** Pronunciation
[mussi]
- [pt]
*** Noun
[f,m < l:nonstandard>]
1. [pt]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[mus]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
**** Usage notes
- [es-unadapted]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. [en] (for example chocolate mousse)
2. finely-ground meat mixed with whipped cream or egg white
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-r]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]