émule

See also: emule, émulé, and emulé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.myl/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aemulus.

Noun

émule m or f by sense (plural émules)

1. emulator, imitator (person that emulates or strives to do so)
2. (dated) rival (competitor with the same goal as another)
3. (dated) peer, equal (somebody who is at a level equal (to that of something else) in a given occupation, field, etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

émule

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

Further reading

• “émule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• meule