moose
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moose¹
- /muːs/
- /mʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like mousse · Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
noun moose · mooses · meese
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The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
Similar: elk, Newfoundland speed bump
- Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces. Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.
- An ugly person.
moose²
- /muːs/
- /mʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like mousse · Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese むすめ (“daughter”).
noun
- An Asian girl taken as a lover. In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.
Moose³
Where it comes from
* Americanized form of German Moos.
* Translation and shortening of a Native American name with a word meaning “moose”, such as Dakota ta.
proper noun
- An English surname.
Moose⁴
Where it comes from
Alteration of Muslim with moose.
noun Mooses
- A Muslim.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: elk, alces alces, european elk, deer, moss, banana, mustapha, edge, élan, momentum, impetus, original, mos, cerf, bullwinkle, mus
Translations
Every language
noun largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)
| Español | alce, ante, anta, elque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 엘크 elkeu, 무스 museu, 말코손바닥사슴 malkosonbadaksaseum |
| 日本語 | ヘラジカ herajika, 箆鹿 herajika |
| 中文 | 駝鹿 /驼鹿 tuólù, 大鹿 dàlù, 麋鹿 mílù |
| Kiswahili | elki, kongoni wa Kaskazini |
| Português | alce |
| Français | élan d'Amérique, orignal |
| Deutsch | Elch |
| Italiano | alce |
| Ελληνικά | άλκη álki, αμερικανική έλαφος amerikanikí élafos |
| Română | elan |
| Русский | лось losʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nai anxet, nai sừng tấm |
| العربية | مُوظ mūẓ |
| עברית | צבי אמריקני tsvi amrikani |
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title = {moose},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
