mollet

See also: mollët and Mollet

French

Etymology

From mou, mol +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.lɛ/

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• Homophones: Molet, Mollet

Adjective

mollet (feminine mollette, masculine plural mollets, feminine plural mollettes)

1. soft
2. soft-boiled

Derived terms

• œuf mollet

Noun

mollet m (plural mollets)

1. (anatomy) calf
   • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes amis [My Friends]‎, Paris: Émile-Paul Frères:

     Les habits, qui pèsent sur mes mollets, sont plats, tièdes d’un côté seulement. Les lacets de mes souliers n’ont plus de ferrets.

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Derived terms

• avoir des mollets de coq

Further reading

• “mollet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmolleh(t)/

Verb

mollet

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative