muelle

Meaning

Adj

soft, mild

Noun

spring (device made of flexible or coiled material)

Noun

wharf, quay, pier, dock

Noun

alternative form of molle (“pepper tree”)

Concepts

pier

quay

spring

wharf

soft

dock

jetty

tender

wharfage

mole

unloading bay

docks

easy

flat

landing

luxurious

platform

smooth

Synonyms

resorte

embarcadero

andén

malecón

blando

tierno

suave

espiral

pacífico

plano

puerto

atracadero

esponjoso

mollar

mullido

pulido

poco consistente

suave al tacto

apacible

benigno

dársena

fácil

liso

llano

manso

Translations

quai

Kai

moll

molo

molla

cais

molhe

ressort

Pier

banchina

kade

weich

αποβάθρα

molla

Hyphenated as

mue‧lle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmweʝe/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: mollis

Borrowed from Catalan: moll

Cognate with English: mole

Cognate with Portuguese: molhe

In summary

Inherited from Latin mollem (“soft”), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).