mouille Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mouil`lé" adjective (Also<
  • Mouille
  • Mouillé
)
Etymology
F., lit., wet.
Definitions
  1. (Phon.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ñ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

Webster 1913