name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/məʊˈzɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
CMU ARPABET:M OW0 Z EH1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A left tributary of Rhine, flowing through the departments of Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle in northeastern France, through Luxembourg, and through the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A department of Grand Est, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A light white wine, made from Riesling grapes originating in the valley of this river.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: white wine
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Moselle, from Latin Mosella.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.