muet

adjective

mwʸe

variants or muette

-et

1

of e in French : silent or sometimes silent and sometimes pronounced

2

of h in French : initial in the orthography of a word before which elision and liaison occur compare aspiré

Word History

Etymology

muet from French, literally, mute, from Middle French; muette from French, feminine of muet

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