mue

See also: mué, Müe, muʻe, műé, and mü

English

Etymology

See mew.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mjuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mju/
• Homophones: mew, mu
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

mue (third-person singular simple present mues, present participle muing, simple past and past participle mued)

1. (transitive, obsolete) Alternative spelling of mew (“to moult”)
   • 1620, Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Sect[ion] 10”, in A Feast for Wormes. Set Forth in a Poeme of the History of Ionah, London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Richard Moore, […], →OCLC, signature H3, recto:

     Their nakedneſſe with ſackcloth let them hide, / And mue the veſt'ments of their ſilken pride; […]

References

• “mue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• EMU, MEU, Meu, UME, Ume, emu, meu, ume

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my/
• Homophones: mu, mû

Etymology 1

From Latin mūtō, see the verb muer.

Noun

mue f (plural mues)

1. moulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal)
2. metamorphosis (of insect)
3. sloughing of skin (of reptile)
4. casting (of stag)
5. breaking of voice
6. (literary) transformation

Verb

mue

1. inflection of muer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See mouvoir

Participle

mue f sg

1. feminine singular of mû

Further reading

• “mue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ému

Galician

Verb

mue

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of muar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman mue.

Noun

mue

1. Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)

Etymology 2

From Old French muer.

Verb

mue

1. Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse múgi m.

Noun

mue f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer, definite plural muene)

1. Alternative form of muge f

Anagrams

• emu