mouture
French, noun/mu.tyʁ/
mouture is spelled M-O-U-T-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouture is a French feminine noun meaning “grinding (usually cereals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de moudre du blé, mais aussi d’autres grains”.
What does mouture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrinding (usually cereals)
- 2
femininethe fee charged for grinding
- 3
feminineversion, draft (of a document)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de moudre du blé, mais aussi d’autres grains. 2. Prix payé au meunier pour cette opération. 3. Mélange du froment, du seigle et de l’orge, par tiers. 4. Version, en parlant d’un texte.
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 mouture
- moutures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouture?
- /mu.tyʁ/
- \mu.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouture in French?
mouture appears 1.3 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).