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moisir.

(to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/mwa.ziʁ/
  1. (to cause) to go mouldy, to moulder

    ergative
  2. to hang around, to gather dust

    informal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin mūcēre. More information The oi is unusual, as Latin ū generally yields /y/ (hence one might have expected *muisir) but cf. foison, froment, oignon < Latin fūsiōnem, frūmentum, ūniōnem. The final -ir < Latin -ēre on the other hand is regular and results from the palatalization of the preceding -c- to *[d͡zʲ], as in gésir, loisir, plaisir < Latin iacēre, licēre, placēre.

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