moss

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• cot-caught-merger: /mɑs/
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From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“bog, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian möösk (“moss”), Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Alemannic German Mies (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss; lichen; marsh, swamp”), German and Luxembourgish Moos (“moss”), Low German Moss (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), mose (“bog; moor”), Faroese and Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Norwegian Bokmål mose (“moss”), Norwegian Nynorsk mose, Swedish mossa, mosse (“raised bog”); also Latin muscus (“moss”), Bulgarian мъх (mǎh, “moss”), Czech and Polish mech (“moss”), Macedonian мов (mov, “moss”), Russian and Ukrainian мох (mox, “moss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̀ховина, màhovina (“moss”), Slovak mach (“moss”), Slovene mah (“moss; raised bog; marsh; velvet; down, fluff”), Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ, “moss”). Doublet of mousse.

Named after Randy Moss, American football wide receiver known for making spectacular catches over defenders.

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Casiguran Dumagat Agta: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Dupaningan Agta: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Aklanon: eumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Albanian: myshk — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Northern Altai: переске (pereske) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Southern Altai: мок (mok) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Arabic: أُشْنَة (ʔušna) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Arabic: طُحْلُب (ṭuḥlub) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Armenian: մամուռ (mamuṙ) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Aromanian: mushclju — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Assamese: শেলাই (xelai) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Assamese: মছ (mos) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Assamese: মছ-শেলাই (mos-xelai) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Azerbaijani: mamır — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Bashkir: мүк (mük) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Basque: goroldio — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Belarusian: мох (mox) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Bengali: শৈবাল (śōibal) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Bhojpuri: काई (kāī) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Central Bikol: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Bislama: nalumlum — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Breton: man — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Bulgarian: мъх (mǎh) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Burmese: ရေညှိ (rehnyi.) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Catalan: molsa — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Eastern Cham: ꨒꨲꩄ (nhjưch) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Chichewa: ndere — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Chinese Mandarin: 青苔 (qīngtái) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Chinese Mandarin: 苔蘚 /苔藓 (táixiǎn) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Chuvash: мӑк (măk) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Czech: mech — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Danish: mos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Drung: mvchin — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Dutch: mos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Esperanto: musko — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Estonian: sammal — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Even: нямалра (ņamalra) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Evenki: лалбука (lalbuka) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Faroese: mosi — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Fijian: lumi — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Finnish: sammal — plants of the division Bryophyta
• French: mousse — plants of the division Bryophyta
• West-Frisian: moas — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Friulian: muscli — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Georgian: ხავსი (xavsi) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• German: Moos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Greek: βρύο (vrýo) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Greek: μούσκλο (moúsklo) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Ancient Greek: βρύον (brúon) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Greenlandic: issuatsiaq — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Gujarati: સેવાળ (sevāḷ) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Hawaiian: limu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Hebrew: טְחָב (tkháv) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Hindi: काई (kāī) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Hindi: हरिता (haritā) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Hungarian: moha — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Icelandic: mosi — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Ilocano: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Indonesian: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Irish: caonach — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Old Irish: cóennae — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Italian: muschio — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Italian: musco — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Japanese: 苔 (koke) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Japanese: コケ (koke) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Japanese: 蘚苔 (sentai) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Javanese: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Kazakh: мүк (mük) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Khmer: ស្លែ (slae) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Komi-Permyak: рой (roj) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Korean: 이끼 (ikki) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Northern Kurdish: hezaz — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Kyrgyz: мох (moh) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Kyrgyz: жосул (josul) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Latgalian: syuna — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Latgalian: syunys — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Latin: muscus — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Latvian: sūnas — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Latvian: sūna — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Laz: ფუთქირი (putkiri) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Lithuanian: samanos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Luxembourgish: Moos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Macedonian: мов (mov) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Maguindanao: ulamut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Malay: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Brunei Malay: galugut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Maltese: ħażiż — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Mansaka: lomot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Māori: rimu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Māori: pūkohukohu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Maranao: alomot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Masbatenyo: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Central Melanau: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Mingrelian: ფუთქური (putkuri) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Mongolian: хөвд (xövd) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠪᠳᠦ (köbdü) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Nanai: нямолта (nyamolta) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Nogai: тулан (tulan) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Norwegian Bokmål: mose — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mose — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Nuosu: ꒊꂱ (yyp mip) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Occitan: mossa — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Occitan: mofa — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Occitan: molsa — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Ojibwe: aasaakamig — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Church Slavic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Old English: mos — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Persian: خزه (xaze) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Polish: mech — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Portuguese: musgo — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Romanian: mușchi — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Romansh: mistgel — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Russian: мох (mox) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Saisiyat: 'a꞉or — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Inari-Sami: seevtil — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Inari-Sami: siävŋál — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Kildin-Sami: ся̄ххтар (seaxxtar) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Kildin-Sami: се̄фьтӭрь (sief’t’er’) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Northern Sami: darfi — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Northern Sami: sámmál — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Northern Sami: sámil — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Skolt-Sami: seeuʹter — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sanskrit: शैवल (śaivala) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sanskrit: शैवाल (śaivāla) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sardinian: nuscu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Scottish Gaelic: còinneach — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Serbo-Croatian: мах — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Serbo-Croatian: маховина — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Serbo-Croatian: mah — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Serbo-Croatian: mahovina — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sicilian: lippu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sicilian: muscu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sicilian: muschiu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Slovak: mach — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Slovene: mah — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Lower Sorbian: mech — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Upper Sorbian: moch — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Spanish: musgo — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Sundanese: lukut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Svan: ფანთქუ̂ის (pantkûis) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Swedish: mossa — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Tagalog: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Tajik: ушна (ušna) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Tausug: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Tetum: lumut — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Thai: มอสส์ (mɔ́ɔt) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Turkish: yosun — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Turkmen: moh — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Udi: мижов (mižov) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Udi: мамыр (mamər) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Udmurt: ӝуй (džuj) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Ukrainian: мох (mox) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Unami: mixhako — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Urdu: کائی (kā'ī) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Uyghur: مۇخ (mux) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Uzbek: yoʻsin — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Uzbek: mox — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Venetan: mus-cio — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Venetan: muscio — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Venetan: niscio — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Vietnamese: rêu — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Waray-Waray: lumot — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Welsh: mwsogl — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Yiddish: מאָך (mokh) — plants of the division Bryophyta
• Chinese Mandarin: 苔 (tāi) — a kind or species of such plants
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘚 /藓 (xiǎn) — a kind or species of such plants
• Dutch: mos — a kind or species of such plants
• Esperanto: musko — a kind or species of such plants
• Estonian: samblik — a kind or species of such plants
• Finnish: sammalikko — a kind or species of such plants
• French: mousse — a kind or species of such plants
• West-Frisian: moas — a kind or species of such plants
• German: Moos — a kind or species of such plants
• Greek: βρύα (vrýa) — a kind or species of such plants
• Italian: muschio — a kind or species of such plants
• Italian: musco — a kind or species of such plants
• Macedonian: маховина (mahovina) — a kind or species of such plants
• Portuguese: musgo — a kind or species of such plants
• Spanish: musgo — a kind or species of such plants
• Swedish: mossa — a kind or species of such plants
• Ukrainian: мох (mox) — a kind or species of such plants
• Venetan: mus-cio — a kind or species of such plants
• Estonian: sammalduma — to become covered with moss
• Finnish: sammaloitua — to become covered with moss
• German: bemoosen — to become covered with moss
• German: bemoosen — cover (something) with moss