molinet

M3O1L1I1N1E1T1

noun

A short rod that was used for stirring hot chocolate drinks before emulsifiers were available.

OriginFrench moulinet →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounmolinet (plural molinets)

plural molinets

  1. historicalA short rod that was used for stirring hot chocolate drinks before emulsifiers were available.

Origin

  1. Frenchmoulinet
  2. Englishmolinet

From French moulinet, from moulin + -et. Doublet of moulinet.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MontielTomlineLemniot
Cite this entry
APA

molinet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molinet

MLA

“molinet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molinet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molinet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molinet.

Source: molinet on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.