"mule" meaning in French

See mule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /myl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-mule.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-mule.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-mule.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-mule.wav [France] Forms: mules [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French mule, from Latin mūla (“a she-mule, mule”), feminine of mūlus (“a mule”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|fro:mule}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*musklos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mūlus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "feminine", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mūla", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mule", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "mule", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="mule">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mule|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mule, {{inh+|fr|fro|mule}} Inherited from Old French mule, {{inh|fr|la|mūla|id=mule|t=a she-mule, mule}} Latin mūla (“a she-mule, mule”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mule f (plural mules)
  1. mule (animal) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mule-fr-noun-Vhhwj~s~ Categories (other): Equids Disambiguation of Equids: 33 33 33
  2. mule (footwear) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mule-fr-noun-lFsv1mKP Categories (other): Equids, Footwear Disambiguation of Equids: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 100 0
  3. mule (for drug smuggling) Tags: feminine Synonyms: bouletteux
    Sense id: en-mule-fr-noun-Gksxkb36 Categories (other): French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Drug trafficking, Equids Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 23 23 54 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 53 Disambiguation of Drug trafficking: 9 9 83 Disambiguation of Equids: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: têtu comme une mule, tête de mule 
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