muguet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French muguet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈɣɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [muˈɣət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈɣet]

Noun

muguet m (plural muguets)

1. (botany) lily of the valley

   Synonym: lliri de maig

2. (pathology) thrush (oral candidiasis)

Further reading

• “muguet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

muguet

Etymology

From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/⁠*mušk⁠/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ɡɛ/

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Noun

muguet m (plural muguets)

1. lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
2. (medicine) thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis)

   Synonyms: candidose, blanchet

3. (dated) dandy

Descendants

• → Catalan: muguet
• → Turkish: müge

Further reading

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