mosso
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Spanish mozo. Compare Portuguese moço.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mosso m (plural mossos, feminine mossa)
- porter, bellboy, bellhop
- waiter, steward
- lad, boy
- Synonym: fadrí
- police officer
- Ellipsis of mosso d'esquadra.: a Mosso, a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mosso” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mosso” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “mosso”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Probably analogical with some other verb. Replaces the Classical Latin participle mōtus.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse)
Adjective edit
mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Catalan mosso, in turn from Old Spanish mozo. Doublet of mozo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mosso m (plural mossos)
- a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra