mousseux

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UK/muːˈsəː/

adjective

Of wine: sparkling.

OriginFrench mousseux →
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Meanings

adjectivemousseux (comparative more mousseux, superlative most mousseux)

comparative more mousseux · superlative most mousseux

  1. Of wine: sparkling.
nounmousseux (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

Origin

  1. Frenchmousseux
  2. Englishmousseux

From French mousseux.

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APA

mousseux. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousseux

MLA

“mousseux.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousseux. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mousseux,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousseux.

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