mou
French, noun/mu/
mou is spelled M-O-U (3 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mou is a French masculine noun meaning “pliability, softness, mushiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de viande sans os”.
What does mou mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soft, pliable, flabby, mushy, squishy
- 2
lacking vigor or strength; tardy, slow, slack, weak; (of humans) easy to persuade, convince
- 3
derogatoryinformalpansy, spineless
- 4
causing or smacking of tardiness, indolence; debilitating
Une molle complaisance
- 5
comfortable, soft
noun
- 1
masculinepliability, softness, mushiness
- 2
masculinelungs, lights (of a slaughtered animal) sold as lesser quality meat for cats or other pets
- 3
masculineslack
Coordinate term: sec
- 4
masculinesomething soft, pliable or mushy
- 5
masculinea man lacking impetuousness and decision; a pansy, softy
- 6
masculinea moderate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cède facilement au toucher, qui reçoit facilement l’impression des autres corps. 2. Qui ne tend pas à reprendre la figure que le choc ou la compression leur a fait perdre, en parlant d'un corps. 3. Qualifie les chairs, les organes qui recouvrent le squelette. 4. Qualifie un temps, un climat, un air chaud et humide.
noun: 1. Morceau de viande sans os. 2. Nom donné au poumon de certains animaux. 3. État d'un objet mal serré, mal fixé. 4. Personne qui manque d’entrain, de vigueur.
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.
Forms of mou
- mol before-vowel masculine singular
- molle feminine
- mous masculine plural
- molles feminine plural
- mols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mou?
- /mu/
- \mu\
- [mu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mou in French?
mou appears 7.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).