"muet" meaning in French

See muet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɥɛ/, /my.ɛ/ Audio: Fr-muet.ogg , Fr-Paris--muet.ogg [Paris] Forms: muette [feminine], muets [masculine, plural], muettes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mut|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mut, {{inh+|fr|frm|mut}} Inherited from Middle French mut, {{m|frm|muet}} muet, {{inh|fr|fro|mu}} Old French mu, {{m|fro|mut}} mut, {{m|fro|mui}} mui, {{inh|fr|la|mūtus}} Latin mūtus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{fr-adj}} muet (feminine muette, masculine plural muets, feminine plural muettes)
  1. dumb (unable to talk)
    Sense id: en-muet-fr-adj-q07odPAN
  2. silent, mute, unspeaking Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-muet-fr-adj-xs-THena Disambiguation of People: 0 43 9 48
  3. (phonetics) silent, unvoiced, unspoken Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-muet-fr-adj-P8YejpGU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 21 46 24 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e muet, h muet, film muet, muet comme une carpe, muet comme une tombe Related terms: amuïr, mutisme, mutité

Noun

IPA: /mɥɛ/, /my.ɛ/ Audio: Fr-muet.ogg , Fr-Paris--muet.ogg [Paris] Forms: muets [plural], muette [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mut|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mut, {{inh+|fr|frm|mut}} Inherited from Middle French mut, {{m|frm|muet}} muet, {{inh|fr|fro|mu}} Old French mu, {{m|fro|mut}} mut, {{m|fro|mui}} mui, {{inh|fr|la|mūtus}} Latin mūtus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=muette}} muet m (plural muets, feminine muette)
  1. mute (person who does not have the power of speech) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-muet-fr-noun-ipyIeBqR Disambiguation of People: 0 43 9 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for muet meaning in French (5.9kB)

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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mute (person who does not have the power of speech)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɥɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/my.ɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-muet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/Fr-muet.ogg/Fr-muet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Fr-muet.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--muet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/Fr-Paris--muet.ogg/Fr-Paris--muet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Fr-Paris--muet.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muet"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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