mouillé

[ moo-yey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Phonetics.

palatal or palatalized, especially referring to sounds spelled ll and ñ in Spanish, gl and gn in Italian, etc.
(of French sounds) spelled l or ll and pronounced as a y sound.

mouillé

/ ˈmwiːeɪ /

adjective

phonetics palatalized, as in the sounds represented by Spanish ll or ñ, Italian gl or gn (pronounced as / ʎ / and / ɲ / respectively), or French ll (representing a (j) sound)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mouillé¹

1825–35; < French, past participle of mouiller to wet < Vulgar Latin *molliāre to soften by wetting, derivative of Latin mollis soft; mollify

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mouillé¹

C19: from French, past participle of mouiller to moisten, from Latin mollis soft

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Example Sentences

It is one grand vision to a vendeur of good vin to see the biberons lying on the ground, all mouillé.

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This may perhaps represent the aspirated ll of Welsh, or (as in Portuguese) the l mouillé (as li in valiant).

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The entrance to the bay is commanded by a battery called the Mouillé.

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