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moule

/mul/

noun, masculine/mul/plural: moules

mould (UK), mold (US); matrix; (cake) tin (UK), pan (US)

Inherited from Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”) (compare Catalan motlle). Doublet of module, a more recent borrowing.

noun, feminine/mul/plural: moules

mussel; idiot, prat, twit; cunt

Inherited from Old French moule, from Vulgar Latin *mŭsclus, from Latin mūsculus. Doublet of muscle.