"mouche" meaning in French

See mouche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /muʃ/ Audio: Fr-mouche.ogg , Fr-Paris--mouche.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-mouche.wav Forms: mouches [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mousche, from Old French mousche, musche, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mousche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mousche, {{inh+|fr|frm|mousche}} Inherited from Middle French mousche, {{inh|fr|fro|mousche}} Old French mousche, {{inh|fr|la|musca}} Latin musca, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mouche f (plural mouches)
  1. fly (insect) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-noun-nOP8mJDe
  2. bullseye (center of a target) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-noun-V6Rzue9j
  3. (historical) (espionage) a spy employed by the ancien régime to seek out subversive ideas Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-noun-ul4PHVOI Categories (other): Espionage
  4. (Louisiana) bee Tags: Louisiana, feminine Synonyms: mouche à miel
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-noun-YsuBtZBK Categories (other): Louisiana French, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 15 1 1 10 11 22 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 15 0 0 9 11 23 14 6
  5. soul patch, mouche (narrow beard descending from lower lip) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-noun-0tPuimh8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Beards, Insects Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 15 1 1 10 11 22 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 15 0 0 9 11 23 14 6 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 14 17 34 21 9 Disambiguation of Beards: 3 3 9 3 60 11 12 Disambiguation of Insects: 8 2 12 22 31 19 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mouchard, moucheron, moucheter

Verb

IPA: /muʃ/ Audio: Fr-mouche.ogg , Fr-Paris--mouche.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mouche.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-mouche.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mousche, from Old French mousche, musche, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mousche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mousche, {{inh+|fr|frm|mousche}} Inherited from Middle French mousche, {{inh|fr|fro|mousche}} Old French mousche, {{inh|fr|la|musca}} Latin musca, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} mouche
  1. inflection of moucher:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: moucher
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-verb-ib17ytQ8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 15 1 1 10 11 22 14 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 15 0 0 9 11 23 14 6
  2. inflection of moucher:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: moucher
    Sense id: en-mouche-fr-verb-iilInEag

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "amanite tue-mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "écraser une mouche avec un marteau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "enculer les mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "enculeur de mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "enculeuse de mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gobe-mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche à feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche à merde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche à miel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche de feu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche de vinaigre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche du coche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche du vinaigre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mouche luisante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas faire de mal à une mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oiseau-mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "on n'attrape pas des mouches avec du vinaigre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "papier à mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "papier colle-mouches"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pattes de mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pêche à la mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pied de mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prendre la mouche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tapette à mouches"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tuer une mouche avec un canon"
    }
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "borrowed"
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    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
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        "borrowed"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
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      ],
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          "ancien régime",
          "ancien régime"
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        "historical"
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          "orig": "fr:Beards",
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        "soul patch, mouche (narrow beard descending from lower lip)"
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          "soul patch"
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        [
          "mouche",
          "mouche#English"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "mouche à feu"
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      "word": "mouche à merde"
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      "word": "mouche de feu"
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      "word": "mouche de vinaigre"
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      "word": "mouche du coche"
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      "word": "mouche du vinaigre"
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      "word": "mouche luisante"
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      "word": "ne pas faire de mal à une mouche"
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      "word": "on n'attrape pas des mouches avec du vinaigre"
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      "word": "papier à mouches"
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      "word": "pattes de mouche"
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      "word": "pêche à la mouche"
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      "word": "pied de mouche"
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      "word": "prendre la mouche"
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      "word": "tapette à mouches"
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      "word": "tuer une mouche avec un canon"
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