What does moule in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word moule in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use moule in French.

The word moule in French means baking pan, mold, mold, mussel, pussy, grind, mould, hug, take a cast of, model, carefully fashion, bread pan, loaf pan, waffle pan, ladle-molded, springform pan, pie plate, farmed mussel, tight-fitting, Speedos, conform, try to fit in, try to fit in with everyone else. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word moule

baking pan

nom masculin (Cuisine : récipient) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour cuire mon gâteau, je le mets dans un moule.
To bake my cake, I put it in a baking pan.

mold

nom masculin (empreinte creuse) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L’enquêteur demanda un moule des traces de pneus.
The investigator requested a mold of the tire tracks.

mold

nom masculin (figuré (modèle) (US, figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les étudiants de cette école sont tous du même moule.
The students in this school are all from the same mold.

mussel

nom féminin (mollusque bivalve) (mollusk)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Des moules et des frites, c'est délicieux !
Mussels and fries are delicious!

pussy

nom féminin (vulgaire (sexe féminin) (figurative, vulgar, slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Son string lui rentrait dans la moule.
Her G-string went right up her pussy.

grind

verbe transitif (écraser finement)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Les moulins moulent le blé pour en faire de la farine.
Windmills grind wheat to make flour.

mould

verbe transitif (donner forme par un objet) (UK)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La tour du château de sable a été moulée avec un seau.
The turret on the sandcastle was moulded using a bucket.

hug

verbe transitif (s'ajuster, coller au corps)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Cette robe moule sa silhouette.
That dress hugs her figure.

take a cast of

verbe transitif (faire le moulage de [qch])

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Certaines femmes enceintes choisissent aujourd'hui de mouler leur ventre.
Some pregnant women today choose to take a mold of their stomachs.

model

verbe transitif (figuré (calquer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Le prof a moulé son cours sur celui de l'année précédente.
The teacher has modelled his course on last year's.

carefully fashion

verbe transitif (soigner son écriture)

Les médecins ne sont pas connus pour mouler leur écriture.
Doctors are not known for carefully fashioning their handwriting.

bread pan, loaf pan

nom masculin (moule rectangulaire pour gâteau) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tu devrais acheter un moule à cake antiadhésif.

waffle pan

nom masculin (appareil culinaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ladle-molded

locution adjectivale (fromage : formé avec une louche) (US)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

springform pan

nom masculin (cuisine : moule haut pour gâteaux) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pie plate

nom masculin (Cuisine : moule à bords bas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

farmed mussel

nom féminin (mollusque élevé sur support) (mollusk)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les moules de bouchots sont plus charnues.

tight-fitting

adjectif invariable (familier, vulgaire (vêtement : qui met le sexe en évidence) (pants, trousers)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les danseurs disco affectionnaient les pantalons moule-bite.

Speedos

nom masculin invariable (familier, vulgaire (slip de bain) (swimwear: ®)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
En France, à la piscine, c'est moule-bite obligatoire.

conform

locution verbale (faire comme tout le monde)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il rentra dans le moule et passa inaperçu.

try to fit in, try to fit in with everyone else

locution verbale (se soumettre aux usages)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je rentre dans le moule pour ne pas faire de vague.

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