mugir
\my.ʒiʁ\
The verdict
“mugir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser son cri, en parlant des bovins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mugir · mugir · French
mugir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mugir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \my.ʒiʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mugir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mugir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \my.ʒiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mugir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mugir, spelled M-U-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser son cri, en parlant des bovins.
- 2Donner de la voix, quand on la force et qu’elle approche du mugissement, pour un humain.
- 3Faire un bruit fort et long assimilé au mugissement des bovins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mugir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses concitoyens le regardaient comme un homme d’une grande opulence. Il possédait cinquante feddans de bonne terre ; cinq gamousses, dix bœufs mugissaient dans ses étables.
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats ? (paroles extraites de l’hymne national français ‘’La Marseillaise’’, 1792)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.