muet
French, noun/mɥɛ/
muet is spelled M-U-E-T (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muet is a French masculine noun meaning “mute (person who does not have the power of speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme privé de la parole”.
What does muet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dumb (unable to talk)
- 2
silent, mute, unspeaking
- 3
silent, unvoiced, unspoken
« Le » et « la » deviennent « l’ » devant une voyelle ou un « h » muet.
noun
- 1
masculinemute (person who does not have the power of speech)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est privé de l’usage de la parole, naturellement ou par accident. 2. Qui n’a pas de cri. 3. Qui est empêché momentanément de parler, par la peur, la honte, l’étonnement, ou d’autres causes morales. 4. Qui se tait.
noun: 1. Homme privé de la parole. 2. Homme qui ne dit rien , qui ne donne pas d’avis ou d’opinion. 3. Serviteur du sultan, qui était muet ou qui ne devait jamais parler.
noun: 1. Cinéma muet.
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 muet
- muette feminine
- muets masculine plural
- muettes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muet?
- /mɥɛ/
- /my.ɛ/
- \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 muet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is muet in French?
muet appears 5.9 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).