muguet

French

muguet

Etymology

Diminutive form of Old French mugue or muguete (“musk”), from muscade, from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *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).