muter

English

Etymology

From mute +‎ -er.

Adjective

muter

1. comparative form of mute: more mute

Noun

muter (plural muters)

1. Something that mutes sound.

   The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

Related terms

• mute

Anagrams

• turme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of muer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.te/

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Verb

muter

1. to transfer
2. to mutate

Conjugation

Conjugation of muter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	muter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mutant /my.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		muté /my.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mute /myt/	mutes /myt/	mute /myt/	mutons /my.tɔ̃/	mutez /my.te/	mutent /myt/
	imperfect	mutais /my.tɛ/	mutais /my.tɛ/	mutait /my.tɛ/	mutions /my.tjɔ̃/	mutiez /my.tje/	mutaient /my.tɛ/
	past historic2	mutai /my.te/	mutas /my.ta/	muta /my.ta/	mutâmes /my.tam/	mutâtes /my.tat/	mutèrent /my.tɛʁ/
	future	muterai /my.tʁe/	muteras /my.tʁa/	mutera /my.tʁa/	muterons /my.tʁɔ̃/	muterez /my.tʁe/	muteront /my.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	muterais /my.tʁɛ/	muterais /my.tʁɛ/	muterait /my.tʁɛ/	muterions /my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	muteriez /my.tə.ʁje/	muteraient /my.tʁɛ/
(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	mute /myt/	mutes /myt/	mute /myt/	mutions /my.tjɔ̃/	mutiez /my.tje/	mutent /myt/
	imperfect2	mutasse /my.tas/	mutasses /my.tas/	mutât /my.ta/	mutassions /my.ta.sjɔ̃/	mutassiez /my.ta.sje/	mutassent /my.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mute /myt/	—	mutons /my.tɔ̃/	mutez /my.te/	—
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).

Related terms

• mutant
• mutation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• meurt

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese putĕr.

Noun

muter

1. to turn

Latin

Verb

mūter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mūtō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mutor, muto, mutur (dialectal or not longer standard forms)

Noun

muter f

1. indefinite plural of mute (bribe)

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra). Compare Phalura múutr.

Noun

muter m (nominative plural mutera or mutra)

1. urine

Derived terms

• mutrel