muelle
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmweʝe/ [ˈmwe.ʝe] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈmweʎe/ [ˈmwe.ʎe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈmweʃe/ [ˈmwe.ʃe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈmweʒe/ [ˈmwe.ʒe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -eʝe (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎe (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃe (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒe (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: mue‧lle
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin mollem (“soft”), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).
Adjective
muelle m or f (masculine and feminine plural muelles)
Derived terms
Noun
muelle m (plural muelles)
Derived terms
- colchón de muelles
- rompemuelles
- sombrero de muelles
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Catalan moll (“mole, jetty”), from Latin mōles (“mass, mole, jetty”). Cognate with English mole (“massive structure used as a breakwater or pier”). Compare Portuguese molhe.
Noun
muelle m (plural muelles)
- wharf, quay, pier, dock
- Synonym: embarcadero
Hyponyms
- muelle de carga (“loading dock”)
Related terms
Etymology 3
Noun
muelle m (plural muelles)
- alternative form of molle (“pepper tree”)
Further reading
- “muelle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024