Moule (en. Mold)

/mul/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

Marine bivalve animal, often used in cooking.

We enjoyed mussels marinières at the restaurant.

Nous avons dégusté des moules marinières au restaurant.

Container designed to give a particular shape to a preparation.

Use this mold to make a cake.

Utilise ce moule pour faire un gâteau.

From the Latin 'mola', meaning millstone or mill, in reference to the shape.

to put in the same mold

to treat people or things in the same way

mettre dans le même moule

cake mold

kitchen utensil used to shape cakes

moule à gâteaux

to mold

to give shape to a material using a mold.

mouler

molding

manufacturing technique by which a material is shaped.

moulage

Refers to a person who is easily influenced.

Stop acting like a mold, you know very well what you want!

Arrête de faire la moule, tu sais très bien ce que tu veux !

Refers to something trivial or unoriginal.

That movie was really a mold, nothing new.

Ce film était vraiment une moule, rien de nouveau.