mouture

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French molture, from moldre (“to grind”), later moudre, the same as Modern French. The Old French alternatively derives from a Vulgar Latin *molitūra, from Latin molitus (compare Spanish moltura, Friulian muldure).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mouture f (plural moutures)

1. grinding (usually cereals)
2. the fee charged for grinding
3. (figurative) version, draft (of a document)

   Synonym: version

   • 2017 March 7, Frédéric Autan, “Décret anti-immigration : Donald Trump revoit sa copie”, in Libération‎:

     Plus d’un mois et demi après l’adoption d’une première mouture contestée dans la rue puis suspendue par la justice, Donald Trump a signé lundi une version atténuée de son décret anti-immigration.

     On Monday, more than a month and a half after the adoption of an initial version that was contested in the streets and then suspended by the courts, Donald Trump signed a watered-down version of his anti-immigration decree.

Further reading

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