muer

See also: Muer, muër, mür, and mù'ěr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French muer, from Old French muer, muder, inherited from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of muter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.e/, /mɥe/

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• Rhymes: -ɥe

Verb

muer (intransitive)

1. to moult (to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, etc.)
2. 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.

3. (of a teenager's voice) to break

Conjugation

Conjugation of muer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	muer
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• muter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mure, muré, mûre

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German morgane, the adverbial form of morgan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːr/, [muə], [ˈmuː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Homophone: Muer

Adverb

muer

1. tomorrow

Related terms

• Mueren
• mueres

Old French

Alternative forms

• muder (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō.

Verb

muer

1. (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

This 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
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	—

Descendants

• English: mew (borrowed through Anglo-Norman)
• French: muer