moult

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

many; a lot of

Adv

much; a lot

Synonymes

beaucoup

beaucoup de

nombreux

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mu/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French moult, from Old French mut (with a silent ⟨l⟩ inserted per the Latin etymon), from earlier Old French mult~molt, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). After having largely disappeared from the spoken language, where it was replaced by beaucoup, the term is now occasionally heard again, often with a spelling-pronunciation.