mouillé

[ moo-yey ]

adjective

, Phonetics.

1. palatal or palatalized, especially referring to sounds spelled ll and ñ in Spanish, gl and gn in Italian, etc.
2. (of French sounds) spelled l or ll and pronounced as a y sound.

mouillé

/ ˈmwiːeɪ /

adjective

1. phonetics palatalized, as in the sounds represented by Spanish ll or ñ, Italian gl or gn (pronounced as / ʎ / and / ɲ / respectively), or French ll (representing a (j) sound)

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouillé¹

1825–35; < French, past participle of mouiller to wet < Vulgar Latin *molliāre to soften by wetting, derivative of Latin mollis soft; mollify

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouillé¹

C19: from French, past participle of mouiller to moisten, from Latin mollis soft