Spanish word

mousse

Pronunciation

IPA/mus/

Meaning

  • masculine nounmousse

Example

Pedí un mousse de fresa para el postre.

I ordered a strawberry mousse for dessert.

Illustration for mousse (mousse)

More examples

Me apliqué mousse para dar volumen al cabello antes de salir.

I applied hair mousse to add volume to my hair before going out.

Core concept

Light airy foam.

Common phrases

  • mousse de chocolate

    chocolate mousse

  • mousse de fresa

    strawberry mousse

  • mousse para el cabello

    hair mousse

Similar words

postre: Sweet course served at the end of a meal.
helado: Frozen dessert made from dairy or fruit juice, served cold.

Definition in Spanish

Vocablo tomado del francés que en gastronomía señala un postre ligero y en cosmética un producto en espuma para peinar.

Word origin

The Spanish word comes from French mousse 'foam', first used for an airy dessert and later extended to foam-based hair-styling products.

Usage tips

  • On restaurant menus it normally means a dessert (often written 'mousse de + flavor'); in stores hair products may be labeled espuma or mousse, and the noun is usually masculine (el mousse).

Other meanings

  • hair moussenoun

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