mou
French
adj
Definitions
- soft, pliable
- (informal) pansy, spineless
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mol inherited from Latin mollis, mollem (soft) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (soft, weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(h₂)moldus
Gloss
soft, weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
軟
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mentum Latin
- mollis, mollem Latin
- mollīre, mollio Latin
- molle Italian
- mollesse French
- mollet French
- molletière French
- muelle Spanish, Castilian
- βλαδύς Ancient Greek
- ἀμβλύς Ancient Greek
- *(h₂)moldus Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *moldъ Proto-Slavic
- mol Old French
- aiguamoll Catalan, Valencian
- bocamoll Catalan, Valencian
- moll Catalan, Valencian
- remollir Catalan, Valencian
- moale Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mole Old Portuguese
- *meldo- Proto-Celtic
- *mr̥dúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- moali Aromanian
- *moldus Proto-Italic
- moddu Sicilian
- 𑀫𑁅 Maharastri Prakrit
- *maldas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- मोव Konkani