[Essay] do you want yogurt or chocolate mousse for dessert?

[Fanoos62]

What's the meaning of "chocolate mousse"?

 

[tedmc]

It is a dessert with a soft creamy texture. Check the dictionary.

not a teacher

 

[emsr2d2]

According to Google Translate, it's موس in Persian. Don't you have an English-Persian dictionary?

 

[Jill Dorchester]

Mousse is similar to pudding, but has a lot of air whipped into it during preparation to make it lighter and fluffier than traditional pudding.

 

[Tdol]

And it looks like this: http://www.chocolat.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mousse-au-chocolat.jpg

 

[Fanoos62]

According to Google Translate, it's موس in Persian. Don't you have an English-Persian dictionary?

We don't have anything like "موس" in persian!

 

[emsr2d2]

Ah well, Google Translate isn't perfect but that's what it gave me when I asked it to translate "mousse" into Persian. Do you have an English-Persian dictionary? Does the word "mousse" appear in it?

 

[Fanoos62]

Ah well, Google Translate isn't perfect but that's what it gave me when I asked it to translate "mousse" into Persian. Do you have an English-Persian dictionary? Does the word "mousse" appear in it?

Yes, I have a Oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
I've found "mousse" in it.
According that book's definition "A cold dessert made with cream and egg whites and flavoured with fish, vegetables, etc.

 

[emsr2d2]

That would be a savoury mousse. When you say mousse to most BrE speakers, they think of a dessert, like the one you used in your title - chocolate mousse. I don't think the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (note the capitalisation) is an English-Persian dictionary. Don't you have a dictionary in which you can look up an English word and it tells you the Persian equivalent?

For more definitions, bookmark OneLook - here is the page of entries for the word "mousse". You will be able to see the definition from multiple dictionaries.

 

[Jill Dorchester]

According that book's definition "A cold dessert made with cream and egg whites and flavoured with fish, vegetables, etc.

A mousse made with fish or vegetables wouldn't usually be described as a "dessert." Salmon mousse, for example, is usually an appetizer ("starter" in BrE) or a snack item. Sweet potato mousse would be served as a side dish with an entree, like a traditional vegetable dish.

 

[Tdol]

Dish would be a better term than dessert there because it would cover savoury starters and sweet desserts.