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, present active infinitive of mūtō. Doublet of muer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /my.te/

Verb

muter

  1. to transfer
  2. to mutate

Conjugation
Conjugation of muter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle mutant
/my.tɑ̃/
past participle muté
/my.te/
infinitive
simple muter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple mutant
/my.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

mūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mūtō

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).

Noun

muter m (plural mutera)

  1. urine

Derived terms
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