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muter

English

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Etymology

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From mute +‎ -er.

Adjective

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muter

  1. comparative form of mute: more mute

Noun

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muter (plural muters)

  1. Something that mutes sound.
    The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of muer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /my.te/
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Verb

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muter

  1. to transfer
  2. to mutate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of muter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple muter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mutant
/my.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle muté
/my.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mute
/myt/ 		mutes
/myt/ 		mute
/myt/ 		mutons
/my.tɔ̃/ 		mutez
/my.te/ 		mutent
/myt/
imperfect mutais
/my.tɛ/ 		mutais
/my.tɛ/ 		mutait
/my.tɛ/ 		mutions
/my.tjɔ̃/ 		mutiez
/my.tje/ 		mutaient
/my.tɛ/
past historic2 mutai
/my.te/ 		mutas
/my.ta/ 		muta
/my.ta/ 		mutâmes
/my.tam/ 		mutâtes
/my.tat/ 		mutèrent
/my.tɛʁ/
future muterai
/my.tʁe/ 		muteras
/my.tʁa/ 		mutera
/my.tʁa/ 		muterons
/my.tʁɔ̃/ 		muterez
/my.tʁe/ 		muteront
/my.tʁɔ̃/
conditional muterais
/my.tʁɛ/ 		muterais
/my.tʁɛ/ 		muterait
/my.tʁɛ/ 		muterions
/my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		muteriez
/my.tə.ʁje/ 		muteraient
/my.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mute
/myt/ 		mutes
/myt/ 		mute
/myt/ 		mutions
/my.tjɔ̃/ 		mutiez
/my.tje/ 		mutent
/myt/
imperfect2 mutasse
/my.tas/ 		mutasses
/my.tas/ 		mutât
/my.ta/ 		mutassions
/my.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		mutassiez
/my.ta.sje/ 		mutassent
/my.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mute
/myt/ 		— mutons
/my.tɔ̃/ 		mutez
/my.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Javanese

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Etymology

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From Old Javanese putĕr.

Noun

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muter

  1. to turn

Latin

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Verb

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mūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mūtō

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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muter f

  1. indefinite plural of mute (bribe)

Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra).[1][2][3] Compare Phalura múutr.[2]

Noun

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muter m (nominative plural mutera or mutra)

  1. urine[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muter”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 591
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “mutér”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 190b
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
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