name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
moulin
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/ˈmuːlæn/
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CMU ARPABET: M UW0 L AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Moulin.
Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum (“mill”). Doublet of moline and mill.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: gletsjermolen — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- Esperanto: truego — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- Finnish: jäätikkökaivo — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- French: moulin — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- German: Gletschermühle — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- Russian: муле́н (mulén) — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
- Spanish: molino glaciar — cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier
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