muter

English

Etymology

mute +‎ -er

Adjective

muter

  1. comparative form of mute: more mute

Noun

muter (plural muters)

  1. Something that mutes sound.
    The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of muer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /my.te/
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Verb

muter

  1. to transfer
  2. to mutate

Conjugation
Conjugation of muter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple muter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mutant
/my.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle muté
/my.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mute
/myt/		 mutes
/myt/		 mute
/myt/		 mutions
/my.tjɔ̃/		 mutiez
/my.tje/		 mutent
/myt/
imperfect2 mutasse
/my.tas/		 mutasses
/my.tas/		 mutât
/my.ta/		 mutassions
/my.ta.sjɔ̃/		 mutassiez
/my.ta.sje/		 mutassent
/my.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mute
/myt/		 — mutons
/my.tɔ̃/		 mutez
/my.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese putĕr.

Noun

muter

  1. to turn

Latin

Verb

mūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mūtō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

muter f

  1. indefinite plural of mute (bribe)

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra).[1][2][3] Compare Phalura [script needed] (mūtr).[2]

Noun

muter m (nominative plural mutera or mutra)

  1. urine[2][3]

Derived terms

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muter”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 591
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “mutér”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 190b
  3. Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
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