"moisissure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /mwa.zi.syʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-moisissure.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: moisissures [plural]
Etymology: From moisiss- (moisir) + -ure. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|moisir<alt:moisiss- (moisir)>|-ure}}, {{af|fr|moisir|-ure|alt1=moisiss- (moisir)}} moisiss- (moisir) + -ure Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} moisissure f (plural moisissures)
  1. mould (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi) Tags: feminine Related terms: moisi [masculine]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1885, Victor Hugo, chapter IV, in Les Châtiments, page 385:",
          "text": "La vieille hydre chaos rampe sous ces décombres.\nOn voit des animaux accroupis et mangeant ;\nLa moisissure rose aux écailles d'argent\nFait sur l'obscur bourbier luire ses mosaïques ;\nL'odeur du lieu mettrait en fuite des stoïques ;",
          "translation": "The old hydra, chaos, crawls below the ruins.\nAnimals are seen crouched and eating;\nThe pink mould on the silver scales\nMakes gleam its mosaics on the dark morass;\nThe odour of the place would put stoics to flight;",
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