mouise

French

Etymology

From Alemannic German Mues, Müs (“porridge, gruel, mush”), from Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos (“porridge, food, meal, dish”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“food, porridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). Cognate with German Mus (“jam, puree, mush”), Dutch moes (“puree, mush, gruel”), Old English mōs (“food, victuals”). More at moose, muesli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mwiz/

Noun

mouise f (plural mouises)

pap, porridge
penury, poverty, hardship

Derived terms

être dans la mouise

Further reading

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

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