muesli

• müesli, müsli (rare)

From Alemannic German Müesli, diminutive of Mues (“mashed dish”); compare Dutch moes.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːzli/, /ˈmjuːsli/

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muesli (countable and uncountable, plural mueslis)

1. A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.

• → Chinese: 木斯里 (mùsīlǐ)
• → Japanese: ミューズリー (myūzurī)
• → Korean: 뮈슬리 (mwiseulli)

• ileums

Borrowed from Alemannic German Müesli, diminutive of Mues (“mashed dish”), cognate to German Mus, Dutch moes, Middle English moose (“stew, pottage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmysli/
• IPA^(key): (colloquial) /ˈmʏsli/

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• Hyphenation: mues‧li

muesli m (plural muesli's, diminutive mueslietje n)

1. a breakfast and snack granola food
   • 1997, Herman Finkers, “Jagerslied”, in Geen Spatader Veranderd:

     Als macrobioot zwoer ik ooit eeuwig trouw / Aan een veel te zwaar onopgemaakte vrouw / Dat bleek een vergis, ons huwelijk liep mis / En nu vreet ik vlees alsof het muesli is

     As an adherent to macrobiotics, I once swore eternal fidelity / To a woman who made much too heavy nonuse of cosmetics / That turned out to be a mistake, our marriage ended badly / And now I gorge on meat as though it's muesli

2. mixed food for herbivores

• mueslireep

• moes

• smuile

Borrowed from German Müesli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.sli/, /ˈmi.sli/, /ˈmju.sli/

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• Rhymes: -usli, -isli
• Syllabification: mues‧li
• Homophones: musli, müsli

muesli n (indeclinable)

1. alternative spelling of musli

• muesli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• muesli in Polish dictionaries at PWN

muesli m (uncountable)

1. muesli (a Swiss and German breakfast dish made with rolled oats)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwesli/ [ˈmwes.li]
• Rhymes: -esli
• Syllabification: mues‧li

muesli m (uncountable)

1. muesli (a Swiss and German breakfast dish made with rolled oats)

• “muesli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024