mosso

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Spanish mozo. Compare Portuguese moço. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈmu.su] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmo.so] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈmo.su] Hyphenation: mos‧so === Noun === mosso m (plural mossos, feminine mossa, feminine plural mosses) porter, bellboy, bellhop waiter, steward lad, boy Synonym: fadrí guard police officer ellipsis of mosso d'esquadra: a Mosso, a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra ==== Derived terms ==== Mossos d'Esquadra === Further reading === “mosso”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mosso”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “mosso”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Probably analogical with some other verb. Replaces the Classical Latin participle mōtus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔs.so/ Rhymes: -ɔsso Hyphenation: mòs‧so === Participle === mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse) past participle of muovere === Adjective === mosso (feminine mossa, masculine plural mossi, feminine plural mosse) (music) mosso, animated, rapid, fast rough (of sea) wavy (of hair) blurred (of a photograph) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Catalan mosso, in turn from Old Spanish mozo. Doublet of mozo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmoso/ [ˈmo.so] Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: mos‧so === Noun === mosso m (plural mossos) a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Related terms ====