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muscle.

muscle (contractile tissue, strength)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/myskl/
  1. muscle (contractile tissue, strength)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French muscle, a borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”). See also the inherited doublet moule (“mussel, clam”).

verb/myskl/
  1. inflection of muscler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of muscler: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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