vermoulu
French, adjective/vɛʁ.mu.ly/
vermoulu is a French adjective meaning “riddled with woodworm, worm-eaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est piqué, qui est mangé des vers, en parlant du bois”.
What does vermoulu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
riddled with woodworm, worm-eaten
- 2
moth-eaten
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est piqué, qui est mangé des vers, en parlant du bois. 2. Délabré par le temps.
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 vermoulu
- vermoulue feminine
- vermoulus masculine plural
- vermoulues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermoulu?
- /vɛʁ.mu.ly/
- \vɛʁ.mu.ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vermoulu in French?
vermoulu appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).