émule

• IPA^(key): /e.myl/

Borrowed from Latin aemulus.

émule m or f (plural émules)

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

émule

1. first-person singular present indicative of émuler
2. third-person singular present indicative of émuler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of émuler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of émuler
5. second-person singular imperative of émuler

• “émule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• meule