mousseux

Etymology

From French mousseux.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muːˈsəː/

Adjective

mousseux (comparative more mousseux, superlative most mousseux)

1. Of wine: sparkling.

Noun

mousseux (plural mousseux)

1. A sparkling wine.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 70:

     We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.

Etymology

From mousse +‎ -eux

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musø/

Adjective

mousseux (feminine singular mousseuse, masculine plural mousseux, feminine plural mousseuses)

1. foamy; frothy
2. (of wine) sparkling

Further reading

• “mousseux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).