muser
English
Etymology
From Middle English musere, equivalent to muse + -er.
French
Etymology
From Middle French muser, from Old French muser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ze/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | muser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | musant /my.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | musé /my.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | muse /myz/ |
muses /myz/ |
muse /myz/ |
musons /my.zɔ̃/ |
musez /my.ze/ |
musent /myz/ |
| imperfect | musais /my.zɛ/ |
musais /my.zɛ/ |
musait /my.zɛ/ |
musions /my.zjɔ̃/ |
musiez /my.zje/ |
musaient /my.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | musai /my.ze/ |
musas /my.za/ |
musa /my.za/ |
musâmes /my.zam/ |
musâtes /my.zat/ |
musèrent /my.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | muserai /myz.ʁe/ |
museras /myz.ʁa/ |
musera /myz.ʁa/ |
muserons /myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
muserez /myz.ʁe/ |
museront /myz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserais /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserait /myz.ʁɛ/ |
muserions /my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
museriez /my.zə.ʁje/ |
museraient /myz.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 | muse /myz/ |
muses /myz/ |
muse /myz/ |
musions /my.zjɔ̃/ |
musiez /my.zje/ |
musent /myz/ |
| imperfect2 | musasse /my.zas/ |
musasses /my.zas/ |
musât /my.za/ |
musassions /my.za.sjɔ̃/ |
musassiez /my.za.sje/ |
musassent /my.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | muse /myz/ |
— | musons /my.zɔ̃/ |
musez /my.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “muser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin musum (“muzzle”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, a root imitative of lowing, similar to mugio (“I moo”).[1]
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of muser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | muser | avoir musé | |||||
| gerund | en musant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | musant | ||||||
| past participle | musé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mus | muses | muse | musons | musez | musent |
| imperfect | musoie, museie, musoe, museve | musoies, museies, musoes, museves | musoit, museit, musot, museve | musiiens, musiens | musiiez, musiez | musoient, museient, musoent, musevent | |
| preterite | musai | musas | musa | musames | musastes | muserent | |
| future | muserai | museras | musera | muserons | museroiz, musereiz, muserez | museront | |
| conditional | museroie, musereie | museroies, musereies | museroit, musereit | museriiens, museriens | museriiez, museriez | museroient, musereient | |
| 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 | mus | mus | must | musons | musez | musent |
| imperfect | musasse | musasses | musast | musissons, musissiens | musissoiz, musissez, musissiez | musassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | muse | — | musons | musez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (muser)
- muser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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