mollet

See also: Mollet

French

Etymology

From mou, mol +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.lɛ/

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Homophones: Molet, Mollet

Adjective

mollet (feminine mollette, masculine plural mollets, feminine plural mollettes)

1. soft
2. soft-boiled

Derived terms

• œuf mollet

 

Noun

mollet m (plural mollets)

1. (anatomy) calf
   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:

     Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• avoir des mollets de coq

 

Further reading

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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmolleh(t)/

Verb

mollet

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative