Inherited fromOld Frenchmolture, frommoldre(“to grind”), latermoudre, the same as Modern French. The Old French alternatively derives from aVulgar Latin*molitūra, fromLatinmolitus (compareSpanishmoltura,Friulianmuldure).
mouture f (pluralmoutures)
- grinding(usually cereals)
- thefee charged for grinding
- (figurative)version,draft(of a document)
- Synonym:version
2017 March 7, Frédéric Autan, “Décret anti-immigration : Donald Trump revoit sa copie”, inLibération[1]:Plus d’un mois et demi après l’adoption d’une premièremouture 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 initialversion that was contested in the streets and then suspended by the courts, Donald Trump signed a watered-down version of his anti-immigration decree.
