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mosette

/moʊˈzɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mos-ette
IPA
/moʊˈzɛt/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of mozzetta.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French mosette, from Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of mozetta.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /moʊˈzɛt/
  • British English: /məʊˈzɛt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mosettes (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce mosette?
The recorded pronunciation is /moʊˈzɛt/.
What does mosette mean?
Obsolete form of mozzetta.
Where does mosette come from?
It is traced to French.

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