émule

See also: emule, émulé, and emulé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.myl/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aemulus.

Noun

émule m or f by sense (plural émules)

1. emulator, imitator (person that emulates or strives to do so)

   faire des émules ― to inspire others, to create a following, to be emulated

2. (dated) rival (competitor with the same goal as another)
3. (dated) peer, equal (somebody who is at a level equal (to that of something else) in a given occupation, field, etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

émule

1. inflection of émuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “émule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• meule