meule

• meul

From Dutch meulen, a widespread dialectal variant of molen, from Middle Dutch mōlen, muelen, from Middle Dutch mulina, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna.

The umlauted vowel -eu- is expected in this word. However, the form should also be counted among pairs like Dutch door, honing, zoon vs. Afrikaans deur, heuning, seun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪø.lə/

meule (plural meulens or meules, diminutive meuletjie or meultjie)

1. mill (milling or grinding apparatus, building housing such an apparatus)

• watermeul
• windmeul

meule

1. plural of meul

Inherited from Old French mole, muele, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

• IPA^(key): /møl/

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meule f (plural meules)

1. grindstone
2. millstone
3. round (of cheese)
4. haystack, stack
5. (France, slang) motorcycle, motorbike

• meunier
• molaire
• moudre
• moulin

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

• émule, émulé

• Möële (Eupen)
• maole (Maastrichtian)
• muële (Southeast Limburgish)
• mölle (various dialects)
• mäöle, mäöele (Voeren)

From Middle Dutch mōlen, muelen, from Old Dutch mulin, from Latin molīna.

meule f

1. mill

From Old French mole, muele, from Latin mola.

meule f (plural meules)

1. (Jersey) whetstone wheel

• moudre