mouillé

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/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.je/

Adjective

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

1. wet, moist (covered with liquid)
2. wet, moist (of a woman, sexually excited)

Verb

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

1. past participle of mouiller

Further reading

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