muter

English

Noun

muter (plural muters)

1. Something that mutes sound.

   The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

Related terms

• mute

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō. Compare the inherited doublet 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
past participle		muté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mute	mutes	mute	mutons	mutez	mutent
	imperfect	mutais	mutais	mutait	mutions	mutiez	mutaient
	past historic1	mutai	mutas	muta	mutâmes	mutâtes	mutèrent
	future	muterai	muteras	mutera	muterons	muterez	muteront
	conditional	muterais	muterais	muterait	muterions	muteriez	muteraient
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	mutes	mute	mutions	mutiez	mutent
	imperfect1	mutasse	mutasses	mutât	mutassions	mutassiez	mutassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mute	—	mutons	mutez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• mutant
• mutation

Anagrams

• meurt

External links

• "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 muter)

1. urine

Derived terms

• mutrel