meunier

Inherited from Middle French meusnier, from Old French meunier, meulnier, munoiere, from Late Latin molīnārius, from molīnum (“mill”), from Latin molō (“to grind”). Compare moulinier.

• IPA^(key): /mø.nje/

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meunier m (plural meuniers, feminine meunière)

1. miller (person)

   Hyponym: minotier

meunier (feminine meunière, masculine plural meuniers, feminine plural meunières)

1. (relational) pertaining to milling

• sole meunière
• ténébrion meunier

• “meunier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “meunier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• mineure