English

Adjective

mousseux ‎(comparative more mousseux, superlative most mousseux)

1. Of wine: sparkling.

Noun

mousseux ‎(plural mousseux)

1. A sparkling wine.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 70:

     We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.

French

Etymology

From mousse +‎ -eux

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musø/

Adjective

mousseux m ‎(feminine singular mousseuse, masculine plural mousseux, feminine plural mousseuses)

1. foamy; frothy
2. (of wine) sparkling