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moult.

many; a lot of

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/mu/traditional/mu.t‿/traditional/mult//mul/

  1. many; a lot of

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French moult, from Old French mut (with a silent ⟨l⟩ inserted per the Latin etymon), from earlier Old French mult~molt, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). After having largely disappeared from the spoken language, where it was replaced by beaucoup, the term is now occasionally heard again, often with a spelling-pronunciation.

adv/mu/traditional/mu.t‿/traditional/mult//mul/

  1. much; a lot

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French moult, from Old French mut (with a silent ⟨l⟩ inserted per the Latin etymon), from earlier Old French mult~molt, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). After having largely disappeared from the spoken language, where it was replaced by beaucoup, the term is now occasionally heard again, often with a spelling-pronunciation.

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