moule

See also: moulé and moûle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mul/

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Etymology 1

From Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”). 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

• moule à gaufres

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *mūsclus, 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

• muscle

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

moule

1. first-person singular present indicative of mouler
2. third-person singular present indicative of mouler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mouler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mouler
5. second-person singular imperative of mouler
6. first-person singular present subjunctive of moudre
7. third-person singular present subjunctive of moudre

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• moucle
• moulle
• mouscle

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin musculus.

Noun

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

1. mussel