Phonet. palatalized, as the sound of Spanish ñ in cañon or French ll in fille
Origin of mouillé
Fr, past participle of mouiller, to moisten from Vulgar Latin an unverified form molliare from Classical Latin mollis, soft: see mollifymouillé
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mouille
adjective
Pronounced as a palatal sound, as the ll in French fille.
Origin of mouille
French past participle of mouiller to moisten, palatalize from Old French moillier to soften by soaking ; see moil .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more mouillé, superlative most mouillé)
- (phonetics) Describing a palatal or palatalized consonant, particularly one historically derived from /l/ or /n/.
Origin
French, wet, moist.
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