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e muet

French, noun/ə mɥɛ/

e muet is a French masculine noun meaning “the schwa of the French language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voyelle moyenne centrale”.

What does e muet mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe schwa of the French language

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Voyelle moyenne centrale. 2. Voyelle moyenne centrale qui peut être prononcée ou non, selon l’accent du locuteur, le registre de langue adopté ou le contexte.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of e muet

  • e muets plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce e muet?

  • /ə mɥɛ/
  • /ø mɥɛ/
  • \ø mɥɛ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to e muet

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.