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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmoulin à bras
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mulin a bra
"Les villageois utilisaient un moulin à bras pour moudre leur grain."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small mill operated by hand, typically used for grinding grain, spices, or coffee beans.
"Archaeologists uncovered an ancient stone handmill used by early settlers to process wheat." - 2
A portable grinding device powered manually rather than by electricity or animal labor.
"She preferred using a traditional handmill to freshly grind her coffee beans every morning."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'handmille', combining 'hand' (from Proto-Germanic *handuz) and 'mille' (from Latin 'molina', via Old English 'mylen'). Historically referring to a small mill operated by hand for grinding grain, used since antiquity before mechanized milling became widespread.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Handmill" is said worldwide
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moulin à bras
Transliteration: mulin a bra
"Les villageois utilisaient un moulin à bras pour moudre leur grain."
Handmühle
Transliteration: hant-myule
"Die alte Handmühle wurde zum Mahlen von Getreide genutzt."
mulino a mano
Transliteration: mulino a mano
"Il museo espone un antico mulino a mano romano."
molinillo de mano
Transliteration: molinillo de mano
"Utilizaron un molinillo de mano para preparar la harina."
moinho manual
Transliteration: moinhyu manual
"Eles trituravam o trigo usando um moinho manual."
हाथ की चक्की
Transliteration: haath ki chakki
"पुराने समय में लोग अनाज पीसने के लिए हाथ की चक्की का उपयोग करते थे।"
手磨
Transliteration: shǒu mó
"这台古代的手磨保存得非常完好。"
손맷돌
Transliteration: sonmaetdol
"그들은 손맷돌을 이용해 곡식을 갈았습니다."
手動式ミル
Transliteration: shudōshiki miru
"彼女は手動式ミルでコーヒー豆を挽いた。"
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