mousmé
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 娘 (musume, “daughter, girl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mousmé (plural mousmés)
- (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 edit
Noun edit
mousmé f (plural mousmés)
Further reading edit
- “mousmé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.