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mousseur

French, noun/mu.sœʁ/

mousseur is spelled M-O-U-S-S-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mousseur is a French masculine noun meaning “a tool or accessory used to froth milk and other liquids” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ustensile ou accessoire destiné à rendre mousseux le lait ou un autre liquide”.

What does mousseur mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea tool or accessory used to froth milk and other liquids

  2. 2

    masculinea fitting on a tap that ensures a straight and evenly pressured stream of water; a tap aerator

  3. 3

    masculinea substance used to create froth

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ustensile ou accessoire destiné à rendre mousseux le lait ou un autre liquide. 2. Embout de robinet comprenant un ou plusieurs tamis, utilisé pour régulariser le jet et réduire la consommation d’eau en aérant celle-ci. 3. Produit utilisé pour générer de la mousse.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mousseur

  • mousseurs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mousseur?

  • /mu.sœʁ/
  • \mu.sœʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is mousseur in French?

mousseur appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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