moudre

See also: moudré and moudře

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

1. (Jersey) to grind

Old French

Alternative forms

• moldre

Etymology

From moldre, from Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō.

Verb

moudre

1. 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			gerund of avoir 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	present tense of avoir past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir 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	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	muel	—	molons	molez	—

Related terms

• mole / muele
• molin
• molture

Descendants

• French: moudre
• Norman: moudre
• Walloon: moure