What does mûre in French mean?

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

The word mûre in French means blackberry, berry, ripe, mature, ready, experienced, mature, ready, fully developed, drunk, fully developed, wall up, brick up, wall in, wall up, lock into, shut yourself away, wall yourself up, wall in, after considerable deliberation. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mûre

blackberry

nom féminin (petit fruit noir) (Rubus fruticosus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les mûres sont délicieuses en tarte.
Blackberries are delicious in pies.

berry

nom féminin (fruit : baie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous sommes allés ramasser des mûres en forêt.
We went to pick berries in the forest.

ripe, mature

adjectif (à maturité, à point) (foodstuff)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les abricots doivent être cueillis mûrs.
Apricots should be picked when they're ripe.

ready, experienced, mature

adjectif (mature) (person)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Elle n'est pas encore assez mûre pour ce poste.
She is not yet ready for this job.

ready, fully developed

adjectif (abouti) (project)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Ce produit est maintenant mûr, il peut être commercialisé.
This product is ready now. It can be put on the market.

drunk

adjectif (familier (saoul)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
À la fin de la soirée, il était complètement mûr !
At the end of the evening, he was completely wasted.

fully developed

adjectif (bouton : près de percer)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les boutons d'acné sont blancs lorsqu'ils sont mûrs.
Spots go white when they are ripe.

wall up, brick up

verbe transitif (fermer une ouverture)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Les mairies font murer les fenêtres pour éviter les squats.
The council bricked up the windows to keeper squatters away.

wall in, wall up

verbe transitif (enfermer [qqn] quelque part)

Le séisme a muré ces villageois dans leur maison.
The earthquake walled the villagers up in their houses.

lock into

verbe transitif (figuré (enfermer [qqn] dans une situation) (figurative)

Le décès de sa femme l'a muré dans l'apathie.
The death of his wife made him a prisoner of apathy.

shut yourself away, wall yourself up

verbe pronominal (s'enfermer) (physical space)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Il s'est muré dans son appartement : il ne veut voir personne.
He's shut himself away in his apartment. He doesn't want to see anyone.

wall in

verbe transitif (entourer de murs)

Thiers fit murer Paris en 1840.
Thiers walled in Paris in 1840.

after considerable deliberation

locution adverbiale (après avoir longuement réfléchi)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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