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mousseux

UK/muːˈsəː/

mousseux adjective: of wine: sparkling.

Adjective

mousseux (comparative more mousseux, superlative most mousseux)

  1. Of wine: sparkling.

Noun

mousseux (plural mousseux)

  1. A sparkling wine.
    • We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 70

Forms of mousseux

Adjective
comparativemore mousseux
superlativemost mousseux
Noun
pluralmousseux

Origin of mousseux

From French mousseux.

Questions about mousseux

What does mousseux mean?
Mousseux means of wine: sparkling.
What part of speech is mousseux?
Mousseux can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mousseux?
Mousseux is pronounced /muːˈsəː/ (UK).

Words near mousseux in the dictionary

  1. mousseline de laine
  2. mousseline de laines
  3. mousselines
  4. mousselines de laine
  5. mousses
  6. mousseux
  7. moussing
  8. Moussorgski
  9. moussy
  10. moustache
  11. moustache cup

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