mousson
French, noun/mu.sɔ̃/
mousson is spelled M-O-U-S-S-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mousson is a French feminine noun meaning “monsoon (extremely strong tropical wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent qui souffle périodiquement dans l’océan Indien, six mois du même côté, et six mois du côté opposé”.
What does mousson mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemonsoon (extremely strong tropical wind)
- 2
femininemonsoon (tropical rainy season)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vent qui souffle périodiquement dans l’océan Indien, six mois du même côté, et six mois du côté opposé. 2. Vent périodique des tropiques. 3. Période où souffle ce vent. 4. Mousson de canard : pâté de foie de canard de consistance légère et mousseuse.
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 mousson
- moussons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mousson?
- /mu.sɔ̃/
- \mu.sɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mousson
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mousson in French?
mousson appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).