muet
French
Etymology
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)
- dumb (unable to talk)
- silent, mute, unspeaking
- 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
- e muet
- h muet
- film muet
- muet comme une carpe
- muet comme une tombe
Related terms
- amuïr
- mutisme
- mutité
Further reading
- “muet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- émut, émût
- meut
- mute, muté
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mute, mywet, mewet, mwet, muyt, muett
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman muet; sometimes influenced by Latin mūtus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiu̯ɛt/, /ˈmiu̯t/
Adjective
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
- English: mute
- Scots: mute
References
- “mūet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.
Adjective
muet m
- (Jersey) mute
Derived terms
- muettement (“mutely, silently”)