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 singular 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".
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Related terms
Further reading
- “muet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.
Adjective
muet m
Derived terms
- muettement (“mutely, silently”)
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