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il émeut

moves, touches, affects emotionally

→ émouvoir
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense Rare #49,817
moves, touches, affects emotionally Often used in the expression « émouvoir aux larmes » (to move someone to tears).
FR: Cette histoire m’émeut beaucoup.
EN: This story moves me deeply.
Conjugation of émouvoir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third émeut —

Elle m’émeut toujours aux larmes bien que je la voie tous les jours.

She still brings me to tears, even though I see her every day.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

C'est ma gueule qui t'émeut ?

Is it my mug that's moving you?

— Whiplash (2014)

Ça t'émeut tant que ça ?

Does it really move you that much?

— Yi Yi (2000)

La triste chanson du roi m'émeut aux larmes.

The king's sad song moves me to tears.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)