muet

French

Etymology

Inherited 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 muette, masculine plural muets, feminine plural muettes)

1. dumb (unable to talk)
2. silent, mute, unspeaking
3. 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".

Derived terms

• e muet
• h muet
• film muet
• muet comme une carpe
• muet comme une tombe

Related terms

• amuïr
• mutisme
• mutité

Further reading

• “muet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• émut, émût
• meut
• mute, muté

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mute, mywet, mewet, mwet, muyt, muett

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman muet; sometimes influenced by Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiu̯ɛt/, /ˈmiu̯t/

Adjective

muet

1. Temporarily unable to speak (due to strong emotions or secrecy)
2. (rare) Mute; unable to speak or incapable of speech.
3. (rare) Silent; tending not to make noise.

Descendants

• English: mute
• Scots: mute

References

• “mūet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mu, from Latin mūtus.

Adjective

muet m

1. (Jersey) mute

Derived terms

• muettement (“mutely, silently”)