molosse
English
Noun
molosse (plural molosses)
- Alternative form of molossus
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for molosse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- osmoles
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin molossus, short for molossus canis (literally “Molossus dog”), from Ancient Greek Μολοσσός (Molossós, “of Molossus (an area known for its guard-dogs)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.lɔs/
Audio (file)
Noun
molosse m (plural molosses)
- huge dog, great hound
Further reading
- “molosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.