muer
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French muer, from Old French muer, muder, inherited from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of muter.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmuer (intransitive)
- to moult (to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, etc.)
- 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.
- I love Lorca; I love the way he thinks. I think he's a well-rounded person, a good learner, who's done a remarkable job transforming himself from a sociologist into a hunter.
- (of a teenager's voice) to break
Conjugation
editConjugation of muer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | muer | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “muer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German morgane, the adverbial form of morgan.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmuer
Related terms
editOld French
editAlternative forms
edit- muder (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)
Etymology
editVerb
editmuer
- (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
editThis 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 | ||||||
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infinitive | muer | avoir müé | |||||
gerund | en muant | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | müe | — | muons | müez | — |
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