muser

English

Etymology

From Middle English musere, equivalent to muse +‎ -er.

Noun

muser (plural musers)

1. One who muses.

Anagrams

• Esrum, Mureș, Remus, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, resum, semur, serum

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French

Etymology

From Middle French muser, from Old French muser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ze/

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Verb

muser

1. (intransitive) to wander about, usually aimlessly

   Synonyms: errer, flâner

Conjugation

Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	muser
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

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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”).

Verb

muser

1. to ponder; to think about
2. to stare at in amazement
3. 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
infinitive		muser			avoir musé
gerund		en musant			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + 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 (Saint Ouën)
• 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (muser)
• muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub