moule

See also: moulé, moûle, and Moule

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mul/

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• Rhymes: -ul

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”) (compare Catalan motlle). 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
• moule au beurre d’arachide

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French moule, from Vulgar Latin *mŭsclus, 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. inflection of mouler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of moudre

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

moule

1. Alternative form of molle (“mole”)

Etymology 2

Verb

moule

1. Alternative form of mowlen

Old French

Alternative forms

• moucle, moulle, mouscle

Etymology

Latin musculus.

Noun

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

1. mussel

Descendants

• French: moule
• → Middle Dutch: mosscele
  • Dutch: mossel