moose
The largest member of the deer family, of which the male has very large, palmate antlersThe largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
» Tom saw a moose.
Tom sah einen Elch.
Том видел лося.
Том увидел лося.
Том бачив лося.
Том побачив лося.
Meaning
4 sensesThe largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
Elch
лосьlosʹ
лосьlosʹ
large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called ‘elk’ in Europe and ‘moose’ in North America
Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.
(colloquial, derogatory, figuratively)An ugly person.
(US, slang)An Asian girl taken as a lover.
Examples
48 sentencesTom saw a moose.
Том бачив лося.
ruТом видел лося.
deTom sah einen Elch.
I saw a moose today.
deIch habe heute einen Elch gesehen.
We saw a moose today.
ruМы сегодня видели лося.
There was a moose in the middle of the road.
Посеред дороги стояв лось.
ruПосреди дороги стоял лось.
Tom had never seen a moose until he moved to Alaska.
Translations
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Origin
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as MassacEarlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
Borrowed from Japanese むすめ (“daughter”).
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Forms
plural: mooseSynonyms
3 synonyms- large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called ‘elk’ in Europe and ‘moose’ in North America:elkAlces alces
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular