mousmé

English

Alternative forms

• mousmée, musume

Etymology

From Japanese 娘 (musume, “daughter, girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːsmeɪ/

Noun

mousmé (plural mousmés)

1. (historical) A Japanese young woman or mistress.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 628:

     “Hello, Kit.” She stared a moment through Miss Tsurigane. “Who's the mousmée?”

French

Noun

mousmé f (plural mousmés)

1. mousmé

Further reading

• “mousmé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.