Meanings
proper noun
- A left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany.
- A department of Grand Est, France.
nounMoselle (countable and uncountable, plural Moselles)
plural Moselles
- countableuncountableA light white wine, made from Riesling grapes originating in the valley of this river.
I drank too much moselle, imagining it a mere diuretic.
1790, James Boswell, edited by Danziger & Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 28
Origin
- LatinMosella
- FrenchMoselle
- EnglishMoselle
Borrowed from French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Мозе́л, Мозе́л
- Мозе́л (Mozél)river
- Мозе́л (Mozél)department
Catalan Mosel·la
- Mosel·lariver
Chinese Mandarin 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔, 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔
- 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔 (Mózé'ěr)river
- 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔department
Dutch Moezel
- Moezelriver
French Moselle, Moselle
- Moselleriver
- Moselledepartment
German Mosel
- Moselriver
Greek Μοζέλ
- Μοζέλ (Mozél)department
Hindi मॉज़ेल
- मॉज़ेल (mŏzel)river
Italian Mosella
- Mosellariver
Japanese モーゼル川
- モーゼル川 (Mōzeru-gawa)river
Norwegian Bokmål Mosel
- Moselriver
Portuguese Mosela
- Moselariver
Spanish Mosela
- Moselariver
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Moselle
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Moselle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moselle
MLA
“Moselle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moselle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moselle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moselle.
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