moufle
French
Etymology
Middle French moufle, from Old French mofle (“thick glove”), from Medieval Latin muffula (817, Carolingian), a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”), from *mol (“softened, forworn”) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“tender, soft”) + *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Compare modern Dutch moffel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mufl/
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Noun
moufle f (plural moufles)
- mitten
- polyspast
References
- 1868, A. Brachet, An etymological dictionary of the French language
Further reading
- “moufle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.