Feminine

mouture

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine) grinding (usually cereals)
  2. (feminine) the fee charged for grinding
  3. (feminine, figuratively) version, draft (of a document)

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
/mu.tyʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French molture, from moldre (“to grind”), later moudre, the same as Modern French. The Old French alternatively derives from a Vulgar Latin *molitūra, from Latin molitus (compare Spanish moltura, Friulian muldure).

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