"mou" meaning in French

See mou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mu/ Audio: Fr-mou.ogg Forms: mol [before-vowel, masculine, singular], molle [feminine], mous [masculine, plural], molles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollem. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-ola|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mol|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mol, {{inh+|fr|fro|mol}} Inherited from Old French mol, {{inh|fr|la|mollis|mollem}} Latin mollem Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=molle|mv=mol}} mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)
  1. soft, pliable
    Sense id: en-mou-fr-adj-MdxoZkuy
  2. (informal) pansy, spineless Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-mou-fr-adj-Kozlsr4k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: couille molle, coup de mou, donner du mou, mou du genou, ne pas promettre poires molles, palais mou, science molle, signe mou, ventre mou

Noun

IPA: /mu/ Audio: Fr-mou.ogg Forms: mous [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollem. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-ola|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mol|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mol, {{inh+|fr|fro|mol}} Inherited from Old French mol, {{inh|fr|la|mollis|mollem}} Latin mollem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mou m (plural mous)
  1. lungs, lights (of a slaughtered animal) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mou-fr-noun-l6Pn5KdN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 86

Inflected forms

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