musel

See also: Musel

Czech

Alternative forms

• musil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusɛl]
• Rhymes: -usɛl
• Hyphenation: mu‧sel

Participle

musel

1. masculine singular past active participle of muset

Fula

Etymology

From French monsieur.

Noun

musel o (plural muselaaɓe ɓe)

1. 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)

1. muzzle (protruding part of many animal's head)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mūsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 275