Skip to main content
PlainSpell

mue

French, noun

mue is spelled M-U-E (3 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mue is a French feminine noun meaning “moulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muer. With an accent, mué is a different word: “past participle of muer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui arrive aux animaux, ou tous les ans, ou à…”.

What does mue mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemoulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal)

  2. 2

    femininemetamorphosis (of insect)

  3. 3

    femininesloughing of skin (of reptile)

  4. 4

    femininecasting (of stag)

  5. 5

    femininebreaking of voice

  6. 6

    femininetransformation

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of mû

verb

as mué
  1. 1

    past participle of muer

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui arrive aux animaux, ou tous les ans, ou à certaines époques de leur vie. 2. Époque où ces changements se font. 3. Temps de l'âge d'un oiseau de proie compté en nombre de mues. 4. La dépouille d’un animal qui a mué.

noun: 1. Grande cage. 2. Lieu étroit et obscur, cage où l’on tient la volaille pour l’engraisser.

adjective: 1. Muette. Ne s’emploie que dans l’expression : rage mue.

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 mue

  • mues plural
  • muée feminine
  • mués masculine plural
  • muées feminine plural

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

English words that translate to mue

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

How common is mue in French?

mue appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

What to look up after mue