morailles
French, noun/mɔ.ʁaj/
morailles is spelled M-O-R-A-I-L-L-E-S (9 letters). Morailles is a French feminine noun meaning “barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse to yield the opportunity of surgery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tenailles, avec lesquelles on pince le nez d’un cheval impatient, vicieux, pour le ferrer ou lui faire subir…”.
What does morailles mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse to yield the opportunity of surgery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tenailles, avec lesquelles on pince le nez d’un cheval impatient, vicieux, pour le ferrer ou lui faire subir une opération. 2. Tenailles utilisées pour étirer les cylindres de verre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce morailles?
- /mɔ.ʁaj/
- \mɔ.ʁaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morailles
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.