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muesli

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmjuːzli/
  • /ˈmjuːsli/
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  • rhymes with -uːzli
  • rhymes with -uːsli

1

noun

Meaning 1

A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breakfast food

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مْيُوسْلِي (myūslī) — breakfast dish
  • Arabic: مُويِسْلِي (mūyislī) — breakfast dish
  • Arabic: مُسْلِي (muslī) — breakfast dish
  • Armenian: մյուսլի (myusli) — breakfast dish
  • Azerbaijani: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Belarusian: мю́слі (mjúsli) — breakfast dish
  • Belarusian: мю́сьлі (mjúsʹli) — breakfast dish
  • Bulgarian: мю́сли (mjúsli) — breakfast dish
  • Catalan: musli — breakfast dish
  • Chinese Cantonese: 瑞士麥片 /瑞士麦片 — breakfast dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木斯里 (mùsīlǐ) — breakfast dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑞士麥片 /瑞士麦片 (Ruìshì màipiàn) — breakfast dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 什錦早餐 /什锦早餐 (shíjǐn zǎocān) — breakfast dish
  • Czech: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Danish: mysli — breakfast dish
  • Dutch: muesli — breakfast dish
  • Esperanto: muslio — breakfast dish
  • Estonian: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Faroese: músli — breakfast dish
  • Finnish: mysli — breakfast dish
  • French: muesli — breakfast dish
  • French: musli — breakfast dish
  • Georgian: მუსლი (musli) — breakfast dish
  • Georgian: მიუსლი (miusli) — breakfast dish
  • German: Müsli — breakfast dish
  • German: Müesli — breakfast dish
  • Greek: μούσλι (moúsli) — breakfast dish
  • Hebrew: מוּזְלִי (múzli) — breakfast dish
  • Hungarian: müzli — breakfast dish
  • Icelandic: músli — breakfast dish
  • Irish: múslaí — breakfast dish
  • Japanese: ミューズリー (myūzurī) — breakfast dish
  • Korean: 뮈슬리 (mwiseulli) — breakfast dish
  • Lao: ມິວສະລີ (miu sa lī) — breakfast dish
  • Lithuanian: miuslis — breakfast dish
  • Macedonian: му́сли (músli) — breakfast dish
  • Macedonian: жита́рици (žitárici) — breakfast dish
  • Māori: mūrihi — breakfast dish
  • Māori: patahua — breakfast dish
  • Mongolian: овъёос (ovʺjoos) — breakfast dish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mysli — breakfast dish
  • Iranian Persian: موسْلی (musli) — breakfast dish
  • Iranian Persian: قوتوک (ġovvatuk) — breakfast dish
  • Polish: musli — breakfast dish
  • Portuguese: muesli — breakfast dish
  • Romanian: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Russian: мю́сли (mjúsli) — breakfast dish
  • Serbo-Croatian: мусли — breakfast dish
  • Serbo-Croatian: musli — breakfast dish
  • Slovak: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Lower Sorbian: misli — breakfast dish
  • Spanish: muesli — breakfast dish
  • Swedish: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Thai: มูสลี — breakfast dish
  • Turkish: müsli — breakfast dish
  • Ukrainian: мю́слі (mjúsli) — breakfast dish
  • Welsh: miwsli — breakfast dish
  • Welsh: muesli — breakfast dish
  • Yiddish: מיזלי (mizli) — breakfast dish