muet
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
muet (feminine muette, masculine plural muets, feminine plural muettes)
- dumb (unable to talk)
- silent, mute, unspeaking
- (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 edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
muet m (plural muets, feminine muette)
- mute (person who does not have the power of speech)
Further reading edit
- “muet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman muet; sometimes influenced by Latin mūtus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
muet
- Temporarily unable to speak (due to strong emotions or secrecy)
- (rare) Mute; unable to speak or incapable of speech.
- (rare) Silent; tending not to make noise.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “mūet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.
Adjective edit
muet m
Derived terms edit
- muettement (“mutely, silently”)