mutisme
French
Etymology
Formed from Latin mutus + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.tism/, /my.tizm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: mutismes
- Hyphenation: mu‧tisme
Noun
mutisme m (plural mutismes)
- mutism, aphasia
- muteness
- stubborn or obstinate silence
Related terms
- muet
Further reading
- “mutisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.