muer

See also: Muer, muër, mür, and mù'ěr

French

Etymology

From Middle French muer, from Old French muer, muder, inherited from Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō. Doublet of muter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /my.e/, /mɥe/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɥe

Verb

muer (intransitive)

  1. to moult (to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, etc.)
  2. to change, to mutate
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 11, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      J’adore Lorca, j’adore sa forme de pensée, je trouve que c’est quelqu’un de vaste, qui apprend, qui a fait un travail extraordinaire sur lui pour muer de sociologue à chasseur.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. (of a teenager's voice) to break

Conjugation
Conjugation of muer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple muer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple muant
/my.ɑ̃/ or /mɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mué
/my.e/ or /mɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mue
/my/		 mues
/my/		 mue
/my/		 muons
/my.ɔ̃/ or /mɥɔ̃/		 muez
/my.e/ or /mɥe/		 muent
/my/
imperfect muais
/my.ɛ/ or /mɥɛ/		 muais
/my.ɛ/ or /mɥɛ/		 muait
/my.ɛ/ or /mɥɛ/		 muions
/my.jɔ̃/		 muiez
/my.je/		 muaient
/my.ɛ/ or /mɥɛ/
past historic2 muai
/my.e/ or /mɥe/		 muas
/my.a/ or /mɥa/		 mua
/my.a/ or /mɥa/		 muâmes
/my.am/ or /mɥam/		 muâtes
/my.at/ or /mɥat/		 muèrent
/my.ɛʁ/ or /mɥɛʁ/
future muerai
/my.ə.ʁe/ or /my.ʁe/		 mueras
/my.ə.ʁa/ or /my.ʁa/		 muera
/my.ə.ʁa/ or /my.ʁa/		 muerons
/my.ə.ʁɔ̃/ or /my.ʁɔ̃/		 muerez
/my.ə.ʁe/ or /my.ʁe/		 mueront
/my.ə.ʁɔ̃/ or /my.ʁɔ̃/
conditional muerais
/my.ə.ʁɛ/ or /my.ʁɛ/		 muerais
/my.ə.ʁɛ/ or /my.ʁɛ/		 muerait
/my.ə.ʁɛ/ or /my.ʁɛ/		 muerions
/my.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /my.ʁjɔ̃/		 mueriez
/my.ə.ʁje/ or /my.ʁje/		 mueraient
/my.ə.ʁɛ/ or /my.ʁɛ/
(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 mue
/my/		 mues
/my/		 mue
/my/		 muions
/my.jɔ̃/		 muiez
/my.je/		 muent
/my/
imperfect2 muasse
/my.as/ or /mɥas/		 muasses
/my.as/ or /mɥas/		 muât
/my.a/ or /mɥa/		 muassions
/my.a.sjɔ̃/ or /mɥa.sjɔ̃/		 muassiez
/my.a.sje/ or /mɥa.sje/		 muassent
/my.as/ or /mɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mue
/my/		 — muons
/my.ɔ̃/ or /mɥɔ̃/		 muez
/my.e/ or /mɥe/		 —
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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German morgane, the adverbial form of morgan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːr/, [muə], [ˈmuː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Homophone: Muer

Adverb

muer

  1. tomorrow

Old French

Alternative forms
  • muder (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō.

Verb

muer

  1. (reflexive, se muer) to move
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Donc le sang se mue du matin et ensuit le mouvement du soleil
      So the blood moves from the start of the morning and follows the movement of the Sun

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of muer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive muer avoir müé
gerund en muant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle muant
past participle müé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present mu mües müe muons müez müent
imperfect muoie, müeie, muoe, müeve muoies, müeies, muoes, müeves muoit, müeit, muot, müeve muïiens, muïens muïiez, muïez muoient, müeient, muoent, müevent
preterite muai muas mua muames muastes müerent
future müerai müeras müera müerons müeroiz, müereiz, müerez müeront
conditional müeroie, müereie müeroies, müereies müeroit, müereit müeriiens, müeriens müeriiez, müeriez müeroient, müereient
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 anterior Use the preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present mu mus mut muons müez müent
imperfect muasse muasses muast muïssons, muïssiens muïssoiz, muïssez, muïssiez muassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— müe — muons müez —

Descendants
  • English: mew (borrowed through Anglo-Norman)
  • French: muer
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