Standard Lemma guide

Moselle

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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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.

1

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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2

name

Meaning 2

A department of Grand Est, France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

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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4

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.

  • Bulgarian: Мозе́л (Mozél) — river
  • Catalan: Mosel·la — river
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔 (Mózé'ěr) — river
  • Dutch: Moezel — river
  • French: Moselle — river
  • German: Mosel — river
  • Bavarian German: Mosl — river
  • Hindi: मॉज़ेल (mŏzel) — river
  • Italian: Mosella — river
  • Japanese: モーゼル川 (Mōzeru-gawa) — river
  • Low German: Mosel — river
  • Luxembourgish: Musel — river
  • Marathi: मॉझेल (mŏjhel) — river
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mosel — river
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mosel — river
  • Occitan: Mosèla — river
  • Portuguese: Mosela — river
  • Spanish: Mosela — river
  • Bulgarian: Мозе́л (Mozél) — department
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩澤爾 /摩泽尔 — department
  • French: Moselle — department
  • Greek: Μοζέλ (Mozél) — department
  • Marathi: मॉझेल (mŏjhel) — department
  • Occitan: Mosèla — department