moule

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See also: moulé, moûle, and Moule

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mul/
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  • Rhymes: -ul

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”) (compare Catalan motlle). Doublet of module, a more recent borrowing.

Noun

moule m (plural moules)

  2. (art, manufacturing) mould (UK), mold (US)
  3. (typography) matrix
  4. (cooking) (cake) tin (UK), pan (US)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French moule, from Vulgar Latin *mŭsclus, from Latin mūsculus. Doublet of muscle.

Noun

moule f (plural moules)

  2. (zoology) mussel
  3. (colloquial) idiot, prat, twit
  4. (vulgar, slang, anatomy) cunt

See also

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

moule

  1. inflection of mouler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of moudre

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

moule

  1. Alternative form of molle (“mole”)

Etymology 2

Verb

moule

  1. Alternative form of mowlen

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin musculus.

Noun

moule oblique singular, f (oblique plural moules, nominative singular moule, nominative plural moules)

  1. mussel

Descendants

  • French: moule
  • → Middle Dutch: mosscele
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