mousson
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”). The word was borrowed at least three times, from Dutch and Spanish as well as directly from Portuguese.
Pronunciation
Noun
mousson f (plural moussons)
Descendants
- → Turkish: muson
Further reading
- “mousson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.