muser
English
Etymology
From Middle English musere, equivalent to muse + -er.
Noun
muser (plural musers)
- One who muses.
Anagrams
- Esrum, Mureș, Remus, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, resum, semur, serum
French
Etymology
From Middle French muser, from Old French muser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ze/
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Verb
muser
- (intransitive) to wander about, usually aimlessly
- Synonyms: errer, flâner
Conjugation
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | muser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | musant /my.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | musé /my.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | muse /myz/ | muses /myz/ | muse /myz/ | musons /my.zɔ̃/ | musez /my.ze/ | musent /myz/ |
imperfect | musais /my.zɛ/ | musais /my.zɛ/ | musait /my.zɛ/ | musions /my.zjɔ̃/ | musiez /my.zje/ | musaient /my.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | musai /my.ze/ | musas /my.za/ | musa /my.za/ | musâmes /my.zam/ | musâtes /my.zat/ | musèrent /my.zɛʁ/ | |
future | muserai /myz.ʁe/ | museras /myz.ʁa/ | musera /myz.ʁa/ | muserons /myz.ʁɔ̃/ | muserez /myz.ʁe/ | museront /myz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ | muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ | muserait /myz.ʁɛ/ | muserions /my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | museriez /my.zə.ʁje/ | museraient /myz.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | muse /myz/ | muses /myz/ | muse /myz/ | musions /my.zjɔ̃/ | musiez /my.zje/ | musent /myz/ |
imperfect2 | musasse /my.zas/ | musasses /my.zas/ | musât /my.za/ | musassions /my.za.sjɔ̃/ | musassiez /my.za.sje/ | musassent /my.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | muse /myz/ | — | musons /my.zɔ̃/ | musez /my.ze/ | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “muser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- meurs, mures, mûres, sérum, Sumer
Old French
Alternative forms
- amuser
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin musum (“muzzle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, a root imitative of lowing, similar to mugio (“I moo”).[1]
Verb
muser
- to ponder; to think about
- to stare at in amazement
- to loiter; waste time
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | muser | avoir musé | |||||
gerund | en musant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | musant | ||||||
past participle | musé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | mus | muses | muse | musons | musez | musent |
imperfect | musoie, museie, musoe, museve | musoies, museies, musoes, museves | musoit, museit, musot, museve | musiiens, musiens | musiiez, musiez | musoient, museient, musoent, musevent | |
preterite | musai | musas | musa | musames | musastes | muserent | |
future | muserai | museras | musera | muserons | museroiz, musereiz, muserez | museront | |
conditional | museroie, musereie | museroies, musereies | museroit, musereit | museriiens, museriens | museriiez, museriez | museroient, musereient | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses | present | mus | mus | must | musons | musez | musent |
imperfect | musasse | musasses | musast | musissons, musissiens | musissoiz, musissez, musissiez | musassent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | muse | — | musons | musez | — |
Descendants
- Middle French: amuser
- French: amuser
- → Middle English: amusen
- English: amuse
- Middle French: muser
- French: muser
- Italian: musare
- Norman: amuser, amûther
- Picard: amuseu, museu (Athois)
- Walloon: amûzer (Charleroi, Liégeois), amusè (Forrières)
- → Middle Dutch: musen
- Dutch: muizen
- West Flemish: musen
- → Middle English: musen, moysen, mousen
- English: muse
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (muser)
- muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN