murin
\my.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“murin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Relatif aux rats et aux souris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-murin · murin · French
murin · 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 | murin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \my.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « murin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
murin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \my.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux rats et aux souris.".
Zero misspellings are on record for murin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is murin, spelled M-U-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux rats et aux souris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how murin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, en de nombreuses épidémies de peste bubonique, il semble que le facteur multiplicateur, le principal agent de transmission, aurait été, non le parasite murin, mais la puce de l’homme passant d’un hôte agonisant à un hôte en bonne santé.
Après avoir testé 19 molécules analogues à celle qui attire les femelles murines, les chercheurs expliquent le mode d’action du cuivre, sous sa forme ionisée, dans l’augmentation de la sensibilité de l’odorat des souris.
Synonyms
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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.