moulin

Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum (“mill”). A distant doublet of mill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːlan/

moulin (plural moulins)

1. (geology) A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.

From Middle French moulin, from Old French molin, from Late Latin molīnum, from the adjective molīnus, from Latin molō.

• IPA^(key): /mu.lɛ̃/

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moulin m (plural moulins)

1. mill; windmill
2. (geology) moulin

• moulin à eau
• moulin à poivre
• moulin à vent
• moulinette

• meule
• meunier
• moudre

• “moulin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French molin, from Late Latin molīnum.

moulin m (plural moulins)

1. mill

• French: moulin