What does mouiller in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word mouiller in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mouiller in French.

The word mouiller in French means make everything wet, soak everything, moisten, dampen, implicate, involve, get wet, stick your neck out, tipple, moor, anchor, get wet, get moist, rain, moisten, work up a sweat, work up quite a sweat, work hard. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mouiller

make everything wet, soak everything

verbe intransitif (tremper)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La pluie, ça mouille !
Rain makes everything wet.

moisten, dampen

verbe transitif (imbiber de liquide)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La vieille dame mouillait son linge avant de le repasser.
The old lady dampens her washing before ironing it.

implicate, involve

verbe transitif (familier (compromettre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ses ennemis ont voulu le mouiller dans cette histoire de trafic.
His enemies wanted to implicate him in this trafficking case.

get wet

verbe pronominal (prendre la pluie)

Je me suis complètement mouillée en rentrant sous la pluie.
I got totally drenched coming home in the rain.

stick your neck out

verbe pronominal (familier (se compromettre) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je me suis mouillée pour défendre ma collègue dans cette affaire.
I stuck my neck out to defend my colleague in this matter.

tipple

verbe pronominal (vieilli (boire sans modération) (dated)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Les deux homme se sont mouillés toute l'après-midi au bar.
The two men spent the whole afternoon having a booze-up in the bar.

moor, anchor

verbe intransitif (Marine : jeter l'ancre)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Notre voilier a mouillé en face de l'île d'Aix.
Our boat dropped anchor opposite the Île d'Aix.

get wet, get moist

verbe intransitif (vulgaire (secréter du liquide vaginal)

Elle était tellement excitée qu'elle en mouillait déjà.
She was so turned on, she was already getting wet.

rain

(familier (pleuvoir)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il mouille encore ce matin !
It's raining again this morning.

moisten

verbe transitif (Cuisine : ajouter un liquide)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Anne mouille souvent sa jardinière de légumes au vin blanc.
Anne often moistens her crudités with white wine.

work up a sweat, work up quite a sweat

locution verbale (familier (transpirer fortement)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

work hard

locution verbale (figuré, familier (donner de soi, s'investir)

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