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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mousmé, from Japanese 娘 (むすめ, musume, “daughter; girl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈzmɛ/*
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: mu‧smè
Noun
musmè f (invariable)
- (historical) mousmé, term used to refer to the girls in Japanese brothels
Further reading
- musmè in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana