mouche

Etymology

From Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʃ/

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Noun

mouche f (plural mouches)

1. fly (insect)
2. bullseye (center of a target)
3. (historical) A spy employed by the ancien régime to seek out subversive ideas.

Verb

mouche

1. first-person singular present indicative of moucher
2. third-person singular present indicative of moucher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of moucher
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of moucher
5. second-person singular imperative of moucher

References

• “mouche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “mouche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

mouche f (plural mouches)

1. Alternative spelling of muche