# mousse
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːs/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈmʉs/
* Rhymes: -uːs
* Homophone: moose

### Noun

mousse (countable and uncountable, plural mousses)
* An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
* A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
    ham mousse
* A styling cream used for hair.
    He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
* A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
** 1987, D.F. Boesch, N.N. Rabalais, Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development, →ISBN:Pretreatment of oil or sea water with dispersants or demulsifiers generally inhibits laboratory mousse formation with most of the oils and petroleum products tested (Berridge et al. , 1968b; Bridie et al. , 1980a,b).
** 1993, John R. Clayton, James R. Payne, John S. Farlow, Oil Spill Dispersants: Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests, →ISBN, page 21:A number of investigators have shown that the starting composition of a parent oil can have a major influence on its predisposittion to form stable water-in-oil emulsions (mousse). For example, the presence of natural surfactants in the wax, resin, and asphaltene fractions of oils has been positively correlated with the tendency to form mousse.
** 1994, Dana Stabenow, A Cold-Blooded Business, →ISBN, page 50:When it washed ashore in Prince William Sound, the crude came in sticky gobs, in tar balls, in what they called mousse, crude whipped to a froth in the action of the sea.
** 2009, Elspeth Leacock, The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, →ISBN, page 37:However, the sticky mousse clogged all of the skimmers, even the Vaydaghubsky. If all these skimmers had been on-site during the first three days of calm weather, before the oil was churned into mousse, they could have made a real difference

#### Descendants

* → Irish: mús

#### Translations
### Verb

mousse (third-person singular simple present mousses, present participle moussing, simple past and past participle moussed)
* To apply mousse (styling cream).
    He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

### Anagrams

* Mouses, mouses, smouse, Smouse

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French mousse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmou̯sːe/, [ˈmo̞u̯s̠ːe̞]
* IPA: /ˈmuseː/, [ˈmus̠e̞ː]
* IPA: /ˈmuse/, [ˈmus̠e̞]
* Rhymes: -ousːe
* Hyphenation: mous‧se

### Noun

mousse
* mousse (dessert; airy pudding served chilled)
    Synonym: vaahto
* mousse (savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin)
    Synonym: kuohkea mureke

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mousse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mousseni
mousseni
accusative
nom.
mousseni
mousseni
gen.
mousseni
genitive
mousseni
moussejeni mousseini $^{rare}$
partitive
mousseani
moussejani
inessive
moussessani
mousseissani
elative
moussestani
mousseistani
illative
mousseeni
mousseihini
adessive
moussellani
mousseillani
ablative
mousseltani
mousseiltani
allative
mousselleni
mousseilleni
essive
moussenani
mousseinani
translative
moussekseni
mousseikseni
abessive
moussettani
mousseittani
instructive
comitative
—mousseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moussesi
moussesi
accusative
nom.
moussesi
moussesi
gen.
moussesi
genitive
moussesi
moussejesi mousseisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mousseasi
moussejasi
inessive
moussessasi
mousseissasi
elative
moussestasi
mousseistasi
illative
mousseesi
mousseihisi
adessive
moussellasi
mousseillasi
ablative
mousseltasi
mousseiltasi
allative
moussellesi
mousseillesi
essive
moussenasi
mousseinasi
translative
mousseksesi
mousseiksesi
abessive
moussettasi
mousseittasi
instructive
comitative
—mousseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moussemme
moussemme
accusative
nom.
moussemme
moussemme
gen.
moussemme
genitive
moussemme
moussejemme mousseimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mousseamme
moussejamme
inessive
moussessamme
mousseissamme
elative
moussestamme
mousseistamme
illative
mousseemme
mousseihimme
adessive
moussellamme
mousseillamme
ablative
mousseltamme
mousseiltamme
allative
moussellemme
mousseillemme
essive
moussenamme
mousseinamme
translative
mousseksemme
mousseiksemme
abessive
moussettamme
mousseittamme
instructive
comitative
—mousseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moussenne
moussenne
accusative
nom.
moussenne
moussenne
gen.
moussenne
genitive
moussenne
moussejenne mousseinne $^{rare}$
partitive
mousseanne
moussejanne
inessive
moussessanne
mousseissanne
elative
moussestanne
mousseistanne
illative
mousseenne
mousseihinne
adessive
moussellanne
mousseillanne
ablative
mousseltanne
mousseiltanne
allative
moussellenne
mousseillenne
essive
moussenanne
mousseinanne
translative
mousseksenne
mousseiksenne
abessive
moussettanne
mousseittanne
instructive
comitative
—mousseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moussensa
moussensa
accusative
nom.
moussensa
moussensa
gen.
moussensa
genitive
moussensa
moussejensa mousseinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mousseaan mousseansa
moussejaan moussejansa
inessive
moussessaan moussessansa
mousseissaan mousseissansa
elative
moussestaan moussestansa
mousseistaan mousseistansa
illative
mousseensa
mousseihinsa
adessive
moussellaan moussellansa
mousseillaan mousseillansa
ablative
mousseltaan mousseltansa
mousseiltaan mousseiltansa
allative
mousselleen moussellensa
mousseilleen mousseillensa
essive
moussenaan moussenansa
mousseinaan mousseinansa
translative
moussekseen mousseksensa
mousseikseen mousseiksensa
abessive
moussettaan moussettansa
mousseittaan mousseittansa
instructive
comitative
—mousseineen mousseinensa :

#### Derived terms

* suklaamousse

### Further reading

* “mousse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -us

### Etymology 1

Originally from a dialect south of the Loire, from Vulgar Latin *muttius (compare Occitan mos), of Gaulish origin, or alternatively from Latin mutilus (compare Italian mozzo).

#### Adjective

mousse (plural mousses)
* blunt

##### Derived terms

* émousser

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss”).
For the culinary sense one might suspect influence by Dutch moes, German Mus (both “mush, purée”). However, the metaphorical use of mousse for “foam” is older and the culinary sense can thence be derived without difficulty.

#### Noun

mousse f (plural mousses)
* moss (the plant)
* bryophyte (in the broad sense)
* foam
* mousse (dessert)
    Hypernym: dessert

##### Derived terms

* mousse à raser
* mousse barbue
* mousse de savon
* mousse du chat
* mousse noire
* pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse
* soda mousse

##### Related terms

* démousser
* mousser
* mousseux
* moussu

##### Descendants

* → Danish: mousse
* → Dutch: mousse
* → English: mousse
** → Irish: mús

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish mozo.

#### Noun

mousse m (plural mousses)
* a boy serving on a ship: a cabin boy

##### Derived terms

* moussaillon

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

mousse
* inflection of mousser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmusː]
* Hyphenation: mousse
* Rhymes: -usː

### Noun

mousse (plural mousse-ok)
* mousse (dessert)

#### Derived terms

* csokoládémousse

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mousse, from Spanish mozo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mousse m (plural mousses)
* (Jersey, nautical) cabin boy

### Noun

mousse m or f (plural mousses)
* (Jersey) child

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /muˈsi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈsi/
* Hyphenation: mous‧se

### Noun

mousse f or (nonstandard) m (plural mousses)
* Alternative spelling of musse

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mousse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
* Rhymes: -us

### Noun

mousse f (plural mousses)
* mousse
    Synonym: espuma

#### Usage notes

* According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “mousse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

mousse c
* mousse (for example chocolate mousse)
* finely-ground meat mixed with whipped cream or egg white

#### Declension
### References

* mousse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mousse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)