mouillé

See also: mouille

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Etymology

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French mouillébor.

English mouillé

Borrowed from French mouillé (“wet, moist”).

Adjective

mouillé (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Describing a palatal or palatalized consonant, particularly one historically derived from /l/ or /n/.

Derived terms

• mouillation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.je/

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Adjective

mouillé (feminine mouillée, masculine plural mouillés, feminine plural mouillées)

1. wet, moist (covered with liquid)
2. wet, moist (of a woman, sexually excited)

Derived terms

• au doigt mouillé
• pétard mouillé
• poule mouillée
• tout mouillé

Participle

mouillé (feminine mouillée, masculine plural mouillés, feminine plural mouillées)

1. past participle of mouiller

Further reading

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