No. 10,696 in French
mouiller
To wet or moisten.
In a sentence
Je dois mouiller les plantes tous les matins pour les garder en bonne santé.
I need to water the plants every morning to keep them healthy.
In this sentence, 'mouiller' means 'to water' or 'to moisten,' indicating the act of providing water to the plants.
À cause de la pluie, mes chaussures se sont mouillées.
Because of the rain, my shoes got wet.
Here, 'mouiller' refers to being soaked or covered in water due to external circumstances.
Elle a tendance à mouiller ses vêtements lorsqu'elle peint.
She tends to splash her clothes when she paints.
In this sentence, 'mouiller' implies to get objects accidentally wet or splashed upon with liquid during an activity.
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