noun · countable / uncountable · rare

mousse

mousse · mousses

мусс

Mousse, Schaumfestiger

An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousseAn airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.

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/muːs/

» I still haven't finished my chocolate mousse.

Ich habe mein Schokoladenmousse noch nicht fertiggegessen.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
Mousse
муссmuss
(countable, uncountable)A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
ham mousse
a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin
(countable, uncountable)A styling cream used for hair.
He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
(countable, uncountable)A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
Schaumfestiger

Examples

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I still haven't finished my chocolate mousse.
deIch habe mein Schokoladenmousse noch nicht fertiggegessen.
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Michael watched his dad make chocolate mousse.
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What gives this chocolate mousse its luscious smoothness?
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Michael made a second batch of chocolate mousse.
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He added a layer of chocolate mousse to the cake.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

dessert:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

dessert:

beauty product:

Origin

From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old D

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.

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