moulant
French, adjective/mu.lɑ̃/
moulant is a French adjective meaning “tight, skintight, tight-fitting, body-hugging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of moudre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un vêtement très serré qui colle au corps et en laisse apparaître ses formes”.
What does moulant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tight, skintight, tight-fitting, body-hugging
Near-synonym: serrant
verb
- 1
present participle of moudre
- 2
present participle of mouler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un vêtement très serré qui colle au corps et en laisse apparaître ses formes.
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 moulant
- moulante feminine
- moulants masculine plural
- moulantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moulant?
- /mu.lɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moulant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moulant in French?
moulant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).