pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
French, proverb/pjɛʁ ki ʁul n‿a.mas pa mus/
pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse is spelled P-I-E-R-R-E-Q-U-I-R-O-U-L-E-N-A-M-A-S-S-E-P-A-S-M-O-U-S-S-E (30 letters). Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse is a French proverb meaning “a rolling stone gathers no moss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse mean in English?
proverb
- 1
a rolling stone gathers no moss
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Ce n’est pas en changeant souvent de métier ou de pays que l’on parvient à s’enrichir.
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.
How do you pronounce pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse?
- /pjɛʁ ki ʁul n‿a.mas pa mus/
- /pjɛʁ ki ʁul n‿a.mas pɑ mus/
- \pjɛʁ ki ʁul na.mas pɑ mus\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.