muguet

Catalan

Etymology

From French muguet.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /muˈɡət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈɡɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /muˈɡet/

Noun

muguet m (plural muguets)

1. (botany) lily of the valley

   Synonym: lliri de maig

2. (pathology) thrush (oral candidiasis)

Further reading

• “muguet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

muguet

Etymology

From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/*mušk/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ɡɛ/

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Noun

muguet m (plural muguets)

1. lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
2. thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis)

Descendants

• → Turkish: müge

Further reading

• “muguet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).