mose

• IPA^(key): /moːsə/, [ˈmoːsə]

From Old Norse mosi.

mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)

1. bog (expanse of marshland)
2. moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)

From German Low German mosen.

mose (imperative mos, infinitive at mose, present tense moser, past tense mosede, perfect tense har moset)

1. mash (convert (something) into a mash)
2. slog (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
3. zip (to move in haste)

mose

1. romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴

From Proto-Cariban *môtjô. Compare Apalaí mose, Trió mëe, Wayana mëse, Waiwai moso, Akawaio möse, Macushi mîserî, Pemon mose.

• IPA^(key): [moːse]

mose

1. the animate singular proximal demonstrative pronoun; this

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53–54, 320
• Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎^[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mose”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 304; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 297
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “mose”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎^[4], University of Oregon, page 774

From Old English māse (“titmouse”); see English titmouse.

mose (plural moses)

1. a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse
   • 1935 [2025 July 28], J. H. G. Grattan, G. F. H. Sykes (eds.), The Owl and the Nightingale, poem attributed to Nicholas de Guildford:

     Ne myht þu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ a mose

     You can make not a further word, But peep as does a titmouse

mose

1. alternative form of musen

From Old Norse mosi.

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural moser, definite plural mosene)

1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
2. (obsolete) a moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)

• mosegrodd
• mosekledd

• “mose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• måsså (dialectal)

From Old Norse mosi.

• IPA^(key): /²moːsə/, /²muːsə/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Homophone: måse

mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural mosar, definite plural mosane)

1. moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)

• mosegrodd
• mosekledd
• torvmose

• “mose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mose class 18 (uncountable)

1. overseas

mose

1. plural of mosa