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moule

French, noun

moule is spelled M-O-U-L-E (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moule is a French masculine noun meaning “mould (UK), mold (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mouler. With an accent, moulé is a different word: “moulded”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue”.

What does moule mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemould (UK), mold (US)

  2. 2

    masculinematrix

  3. 3

    masculine(cake) tin (UK), pan (US)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemussel

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineidiot, prat, twit

  3. 3

    feminineslangvulgarcunt

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

  3. 3

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive of moudre

adjective

as moulé
  1. 1

    moulded

verb

as moulé
  1. 1

    past participle of mouler

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue. 2. Sexe des femmes. 3. Chance. 4. Personne molle, niaise, sans volonté.

noun: 1. Matière creusée selon une forme définie, et dans laquelle le fondeur verse le métal en fusion. 2. Récipient de forme particulière servant au moulage et à la cuisson de certains mets. 3. Nombre d’individus d’une pêche monospécifique compris dans un échantillon d’un poids déterminé. 4. Morceau de coton utilisé pour déterminer la taille des mailles d’un filet de pêche.

adjective: 1. Tracé avec soin.

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 moule

  • moules plural
  • moulée feminine
  • moulés masculine plural
  • moulées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to moule

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is moule in French?

moule appears 6.2 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).

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