mouiller
Meaning
- to make wet, get wet, dampen, moisten
- to water (down)
- to cast, drop (anchor)
- to palatalize
- to anchor, lie at anchor
- (slang) to be so frightened as to piss oneself
- (slang) to be wet
- to rain
- (informal) to stick one's neck out
Concepts
lie at anchor
make wet
very wet
become wet
ride at anchor
be getting wet
be soaking wet
saturated with water
jeapordize
Synonyms
se mouiller
très mouillé
s’ancrer
être mouillé
faire du tort (à)
nuire (à)
porter préjudice (à)
porter tort (à)
s’amarrer
saturé d’eau
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mou‧iller
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mu.je/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Occitan molhar.
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