mouil·lé (m -y  )adj. Pronounced as a palatal sound, as the ll in French fille. [French, past participle of mouiller, to moisten, palatalize, from Old French moillier, to soften by soaking; see moil.] |
mouillé [ˈmwiːeɪ]
adj
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) 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)
[from French, past participle of mouiller to moisten, from Latin mollis soft]
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