muet

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɥɛ/, /my.ɛ/

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AdjectiveEdit

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

1. dumb (unable to talk)
2. silent, mute, unspeaking
3. 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".

Related termsEdit

• amuïr
• mutisme
• mutité

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• émut, émût
• meut
• mute, muté

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.

AdjectiveEdit

muet m

1. (Jersey) mute

Derived termsEdit

• muettement (“mutely, silently”)