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moudre
moudre
See also: moudře
French
Verb
moudre
- to grind
Synonyms
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of moudre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | moudre | avoir moulu | |||||
| gerund | en moulant | en ayant moulu | |||||
| present participle | moulant /mu.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | moulu /mu.ly/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | moulus /mu.ly/ |
moulus /mu.ly/ |
moulut /mu.ly/ |
moulûmes /mu.lym/ |
moulûtes /mu.lyt/ |
moulurent /mu.lyʁ/ |
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| future | moudrai /mu.dʁe/ |
moudras /mu.dʁa/ |
moudra /mu.dʁa/ |
moudrons /mu.dʁɔ̃/ |
moudrez /mu.dʁe/ |
moudront /mu.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | moudrais /mu.dʁɛ/ |
moudrais /mu.dʁɛ/ |
moudrait /mu.dʁɛ/ |
moudrions /mu.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
moudriez /mu.dʁi.je/ |
moudraient /mu.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | moule /mul/ |
moules /mul/ |
moule /mul/ |
moulions /mu.ljɔ̃/ |
mouliez /mu.lje/ |
moulent /mul/ |
| imperfect1 |
moulusse /mu.lys/ |
moulusses /mu.lys/ |
moulût /mu.ly/ |
moulussions /mu.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
moulussiez /mu.ly.sje/ |
moulussent /mu.lys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mouds /mu/ |
— | moulons /mu.lɔ̃/ |
moulez /mu.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Old French moldre, moudre (“grind”), from Latin molō, molere (“grind, mill”).
Verb
moudre
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin molere, present active infinitive of molō.
Verb
moudre
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | muel | — | molons | molez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: moudre