moller

See also: Moller, Möller, møller, and Møller

French

Verb

moller

1. (nautical) To let out a rope
2. (nautical) To sail with the wind behind one

Conjugation

Conjugation of moller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	moller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mollant /mɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mollé /mɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	molle /mɔl/	molles /mɔl/	molle /mɔl/	mollons /mɔ.lɔ̃/	mollez /mɔ.le/	mollent /mɔl/
	imperfect	mollais /mɔ.lɛ/	mollais /mɔ.lɛ/	mollait /mɔ.lɛ/	mollions /mɔ.ljɔ̃/	molliez /mɔ.lje/	mollaient /mɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	mollai /mɔ.le/	mollas /mɔ.la/	molla /mɔ.la/	mollâmes /mɔ.lam/	mollâtes /mɔ.lat/	mollèrent /mɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	mollerai /mɔl.ʁe/	molleras /mɔl.ʁa/	mollera /mɔl.ʁa/	mollerons /mɔl.ʁɔ̃/	mollerez /mɔl.ʁe/	molleront /mɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mollerais /mɔl.ʁɛ/	mollerais /mɔl.ʁɛ/	mollerait /mɔl.ʁɛ/	mollerions /mɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	molleriez /mɔ.lə.ʁje/	molleraient /mɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	molle /mɔl/	molles /mɔl/	molle /mɔl/	mollions /mɔ.ljɔ̃/	molliez /mɔ.lje/	mollent /mɔl/
	imperfect2	mollasse /mɔ.las/	mollasses /mɔ.las/	mollât /mɔ.la/	mollassions /mɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	mollassiez /mɔ.la.sje/	mollassent /mɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	molle /mɔl/	—	mollons /mɔ.lɔ̃/	mollez /mɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• muller
• molher

Etymology

From Latin mulier, mulierem (“woman; wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈʎɛɾ/

Noun

moller f

1. woman
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 147 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller pobre deu ſa ouella a guardar a un ouelleiro […]

     How a poor woman entrusted her sheep to a shepherd […]

2. wife
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 84 (facsimile):

     […] como ſãta maria reſucitou a moller do caualeiro […]

     […] how Holy Mary resurrected the knight's wife […]

Descendants

• Galician: muller
• Portuguese: mulher, muié (eye dialect); mulé (eye dialect); molher (obsolete)
  • Kabuverdianu: mudjér
  • → Aukan: muyee
  • → Indonesian: moler
  • → Saramaccan: mujë́ë