mose

See also: Mose, Mosè, and Möse

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːsə/, [ˈmoːsə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mosi.

Noun

mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)

  1. bog (expanse of marshland)
  2. moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • mosebed
  • mosebirk
  • mosebro
  • mosebryg
  • mosebund
  • mosebunke
  • mosebær
  • mosebølle
  • mosedrag
  • moseeg
  • moseel
  • moseeng
  • mosefolk
  • mosefund
  • mosefyr
  • mosegeologi
  • mosegris
  • mosegrund
  • mosehul
  • mosejord
  • mosekonebryg
  • moselig
  • moseområde
  • mosepors
  • mosevand

Etymology 2

From German Low German mosen.

Verb

mose (imperative mos, infinitive at mose, present tense moser, past tense mosede, perfect tense har moset)

  1. mash (convert (something) into a mash)
  2. slog (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
  3. zip (to move in haste)

Gothic

Romanization

mose

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *môtjô. Compare Apalaí mose, Trió mëe, Wayana mëse, Waiwai moso, Akawaio möse, Macushi mîserî, Pemon mose.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moːse]

Pronoun

mose

  1. the animate singular proximal demonstrative pronoun; this

Inflection

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 320
  • Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mose”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 304; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 297
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “mose”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 774

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English māse (titmouse); see English titmouse.

Noun

mose (plural moses)

  1. a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse
    • 1935 [2024 May 16], J. H. G. Grattan, G. F. H. Sykes (eds.), The Owl and the Nightingale, poem attributed to Nicholas de Guildford:
      Ne myht þu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ a mose
      You can make not a further word, But peep as does a titmouse

Verb

mose

  1. Alternative form of musen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi.

Noun

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural moser, definite plural mosene)

  1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
  2. (obsolete) a moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse mosi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²moːsə/
  • Homophone: måse

Noun

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural mosar, definite plural mosane)

  1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)

Derived terms

References

Sotho

Noun

mose class 18 (uncountable)

  1. overseas

Venetian

Noun

mose

  1. plural of mosa
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