mouillé

See also: mouille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouillé (wet, moist).

Adjective

mouillé (comparative more mouillé, superlative most mouillé)

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

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

Participle

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

  1. past participle of mouiller

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