muter

English

Etymology

mute +‎ -er

Noun

muter (plural muters)

1. Something that mutes sound.

   The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

Related terms

• mute

Anagrams

• turme

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō. Doublet of muer.

Verb

muter

1. to transfer
2. to mutate

Conjugation

  Conjugation of muter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		muter			avoir muté
gerund		en mutant			en ayant muté
present participle		mutant /my.tɑ̃/
past participle		muté /my.te/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mute /myt/	mutes /myt/	mute /myt/	mutons /my.tɔ̃/	mutez /my.te/	mutent /myt/
	imperfect	mutais /my.tɛ/	mutais /my.tɛ/	mutait /my.tɛ/	mutions /my.tjɔ̃/	mutiez /my.tje/	mutaient /my.tɛ/
	past historic1	mutai /my.te/	mutas /my.ta/	muta /my.ta/	mutâmes /my.tam/	mutâtes /my.tat/	mutèrent /my.tɛʁ/
	future	muterai /my.tʁe/	muteras /my.tʁa/	mutera /my.tʁa/	muterons /my.tʁɔ̃/	muterez /my.tʁe/	muteront /my.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	muterais /my.tʁɛ/	muterais /my.tʁɛ/	muterait /my.tʁɛ/	muterions /my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	muteriez /my.tə.ʁje/	muteraient /my.tʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	mute /myt/	mutes /myt/	mute /myt/	mutions /my.tjɔ̃/	mutiez /my.tje/	mutent /myt/
	imperfect1	mutasse /my.tas/	mutasses /my.tas/	mutât /my.ta/	mutassions /my.ta.sjɔ̃/	mutassiez /my.ta.sje/	mutassent /my.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mute /myt/	—	mutons /my.tɔ̃/	mutez /my.te/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• mutant
• mutation

Anagrams

• meurt

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

mūter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mūtō

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).

Noun

muter m (plural mutera)

1. urine

Derived terms

• mutrel