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moudre

See also: moudré, and moudře

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French moudre, moldre, inherited from Latin molere. The original form of the infinitive was *molre, where -d- was inserted as a gliding sound. The d-spellings in the present tense are merely analogical (compare similarly coudre).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mudʁ/
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Verb

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moudre

  1. to grind
    Synonym: écraser

Conjugation

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Conjugation of moudre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple moudre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple moulant
/mu.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle moulu
/mu.ly/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mouds
/mu/ 		mouds
/mu/ 		moud
/mu/ 		moulons
/mu.lɔ̃/ 		moulez
/mu.le/ 		moulent
/mul/
imperfect moulais
/mu.lɛ/ 		moulais
/mu.lɛ/ 		moulait
/mu.lɛ/ 		moulions
/mu.ljɔ̃/ 		mouliez
/mu.lje/ 		moulaient
/mu.lɛ/
past historic2 moulus
/mu.ly/ 		moulus
/mu.ly/ 		moulut
/mu.ly/ 		moulûmes
/mu.lym/ 		moulûtes
/mu.lyt/ 		moulurent
/mu.lyʁ/
future moudrai
/mu.dʁe/ 		moudras
/mu.dʁa/ 		moudra
/mu.dʁa/ 		moudrons
/mu.dʁɔ̃/ 		moudrez
/mu.dʁe/ 		moudront
/mu.dʁɔ̃/
conditional moudrais
/mu.dʁɛ/ 		moudrais
/mu.dʁɛ/ 		moudrait
/mu.dʁɛ/ 		moudrions
/mu.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		moudriez
/mu.dʁi.je/ 		moudraient
/mu.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present moule
/mul/ 		moules
/mul/ 		moule
/mul/ 		moulions
/mu.ljɔ̃/ 		mouliez
/mu.lje/ 		moulent
/mul/
imperfect2 moulusse
/mu.lys/ 		moulusses
/mu.lys/ 		moulût
/mu.ly/ 		moulussions
/mu.ly.sjɔ̃/ 		moulussiez
/mu.ly.sje/ 		moulussent
/mu.lys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mouds
/mu/ 		— moulons
/mu.lɔ̃/ 		moulez
/mu.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Anagrams

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French moldre, moudre (“grind”), from Latin molō, molere (“grind, mill”).

Verb

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moudre

  1. (Jersey) to grind

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From moldre, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō.

Verb

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moudre

  1. to grind (crush by grinding)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem muel distinct from the unstressed stem mol, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of moudre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive moudre avoir molu, mous
gerund en molant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle molant
past participle molu, mous
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present muel, mueil mueus mueut molons molez muelent
imperfect moloie, moleie moloies, moleies moloit, moleit moliiens, moliens moliiez, moliez moloient, moleient
preterite molui, mous molus, mousis molu, moust molumes, mousimes molustes, mousistes molurent, moustrent
future moudrai moudras moudra moudrons moudroiz, moudreiz, moudrez moudront
conditional moudroie, moudreie moudroies, moudreies moudroit, moudreit moudriiens, moudriens moudriiez, moudriez moudroient, moudreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present muele, mueille mueles, mueilles muele, mueille molons, mueillons molez, mueillez muelent, mueillent
imperfect molusse, mousisse molusses, mousisses molust, mousist molussons, molussiens, mousissons, mousissiens molussoiz, molussez, molussiez, mousissoiz, mousissez, mousissiez molussent, mousissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— muel — molons molez —
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Descendants

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  • French: moudre
  • Norman: moudre
  • Walloon: moure
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