moudre
See also: moudré and moudře
French
Etymology
From Old French moudre, moldre, inherited from Latin molere. The original form of the infinitive was *molre, where -d- was inserted as a gliding sound. The d-spellings in the present tense are merely analogical (compare similarly coudre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mudʁ/
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Verb
moudre
- to grind
- Synonym: écraser
Conjugation
Conjugation of moudre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | moudre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | moulant /mu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | moulu /mu.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mouds /mu/ | mouds /mu/ | moud /mu/ | moulons /mu.lɔ̃/ | moulez /mu.le/ | moulent /mul/ |
| imperfect | moulais /mu.lɛ/ | moulais /mu.lɛ/ | moulait /mu.lɛ/ | moulions /mu.ljɔ̃/ | mouliez /mu.lje/ | moulaient /mu.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | moulus /mu.ly/ | moulus /mu.ly/ | moulut /mu.ly/ | moulûmes /mu.lym/ | moulûtes /mu.lyt/ | moulurent /mu.lyʁ/ | |
| future | moudrai /mu.dʁe/ | moudras /mu.dʁa/ | moudra /mu.dʁa/ | moudrons /mu.dʁɔ̃/ | moudrez /mu.dʁe/ | moudront /mu.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | moudrais /mu.dʁɛ/ | moudrais /mu.dʁɛ/ | moudrait /mu.dʁɛ/ | moudrions /mu.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | moudriez /mu.dʁi.je/ | moudraient /mu.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | moule /mul/ | moules /mul/ | moule /mul/ | moulions /mu.ljɔ̃/ | mouliez /mu.lje/ | moulent /mul/ |
| imperfect2 | moulusse /mu.lys/ | moulusses /mu.lys/ | moulût /mu.ly/ | moulussions /mu.ly.sjɔ̃/ | moulussiez /mu.ly.sje/ | moulussent /mu.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mouds /mu/ | — | moulons /mu.lɔ̃/ | moulez /mu.le/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- meule
- moulin
- mouture
Further reading
- “moudre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- mordue
Norman
Etymology
From Old French moldre, moudre (“grind”), from Latin molō, molere (“grind, mill”).
Verb
moudre
- (Jersey) to grind
Old French
Alternative forms
- moldre
Etymology
From moldre, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō.
Verb
moudre
- to grind (crush by grinding)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem muel distinct from the unstressed stem mol, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of moudre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | moudre | avoir molu, mous | |||||
| gerund | en molant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | molant | ||||||
| past participle | molu, mous | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | muel, mueil | mueus | mueut | molons | molez | muelent |
| imperfect | moloie, moleie | moloies, moleies | moloit, moleit | moliiens, moliens | moliiez, moliez | moloient, moleient | |
| preterite | molui, mous | molus, mousis | molu, moust | molumes, mousimes | molustes, mousistes | molurent, moustrent | |
| future | moudrai | moudras | moudra | moudrons | moudroiz, moudreiz, moudrez | moudront | |
| conditional | moudroie, moudreie | moudroies, moudreies | moudroit, moudreit | moudriiens, moudriens | moudriiez, moudriez | moudroient, moudreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | muele, mueille | mueles, mueilles | muele, mueille | molons, mueillons | molez, mueillez | muelent, mueillent |
| imperfect | molusse, mousisse | molusses, mousisses | molust, mousist | molussons, molussiens, mousissons, mousissiens | molussoiz, molussez, molussiez, mousissoiz, mousissez, mousissiez | molussent, mousissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | muel | — | molons | molez | — | ||
Related terms
- mole / muele
- molin
- molture
Descendants
- French: moudre
- Norman: moudre
- Walloon: moure