musel
See also: Musel
Czech
Alternative forms
- musil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmusɛl]
- Rhymes: -usɛl
- Hyphenation: mu‧sel
Verb
musel
- masculine singular past participle of muset
Fula
Etymology
From French monsieur.
Noun
musel o (plural muselaaɓe ɓe)
- schoolteacher
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- museau
Etymology
From Old French musel, diminutive of muse, from Late Latin mūsus (“muzzle”), of uncertain etymology but probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”).
Cognate to Italian muso, Old Spanish mus, Lombard mus and muson. Not related to French morceau nor to Spanish morro (“hill; muzzle”), Provençal mourre (“muzzle”), Occitan morre (“hill; muzzle”).
Noun
musel m (plural musels)
- muzzle (protruding part of many animal's head)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mūsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 275