muguet
Catalan
Etymology
From French muguet.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /muˈɡət/
- (Central) IPA(key): /muˈɡɛt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /muˈɡet/
Noun
muguet m (plural muguets)
- (botany) lily of the valley
- Synonym: lliri de maig
- (pathology) thrush (oral candidiasis)
Further reading
- “muguet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
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muguet
Etymology
From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/*mušk/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ɡɛ/
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Noun
muguet m (plural muguets)
- lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
- (medicine) thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis)
- Synonyms: candidose, blanchet
- (dated) dandy
Descendants
- → Catalan: muguet
- → Turkish: müge
Further reading
- “muguet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.