muet

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɥɛ/, /my.ɛ/
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Adjective

muet (feminine muette, masculine plural muets, feminine plural muettes)

  1. dumb (unable to talk)
  2. silent, mute, unspeaking
  3. (phonetics) silent, unvoiced, unspoken
    « Le » et « la » deviennent « l’ » devant une voyelle ou un « h » muet.
    Le and la become l' before a vowel or a silent "h".

Derived terms

Noun

muet m (plural muets, feminine muette)

  1. mute (person who does not have the power of speech)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman muet; sometimes influenced by Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiu̯ɛt/, /ˈmiu̯t/

Adjective

muet

  1. Temporarily unable to speak (due to strong emotions or secrecy)
  2. (rare) Mute; unable to speak or incapable of speech.
  3. (rare) Silent; tending not to make noise.

Descendants

  • English: mute
  • Scots: mute

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.

Adjective

muet m

  1. (Jersey) mute

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