moult

Meaning

Adj

many; a lot of

Adv

much; a lot

Concepts

many

much

Synonyms

beaucoup

beaucoup de

nombreux

Translations

molto

عدِيد

مُتعدِّد

molt

molts

tanto

numeroso

mucho

كثِير

muy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mu/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: moult

Inherited from Old French: mut

Inherited from Old French: mult

Inherited from Latin: multus

In summary

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.