different between mue vs moue

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mju?/
• Homophones: mew, mu

Verb

mue (third-person singular simple present mues, present participle muing, simple past and past participle mued)

1. (obsolete) To mew; to moult.
   • 1620, Francis Quarles, A Feast for Wormes

     Their nakednesse with sackcloth let them hide,
     And mue the vest'ments of their silken pride

Anagrams

• EMU, MEU, Ume, emu, meu, ume

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my/
• Homophones: mu, mû

Etymology 1

Latin m?t?, see the verb muer

Noun

mue f (plural mues)

1. moulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal)
2. metamorphosis (of insect)
3. sloughing of skin (of reptile)
4. casting (of stag)
5. breaking of voice
6. (literary) transformation

Verb

mue

1. first-person singular present indicative of muer
2. third-person singular present indicative of muer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of muer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of muer
5. second-person singular imperative of muer

Etymology 2

See mouvoir

Verb

mue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of mouvoir

Anagrams

• ému

Further reading

• “mue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman mue.

Noun

mue

1. Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)

Etymology 2

From Old French muer.

Verb

mue

1. Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse múgi m.

Noun

mue f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer, definite plural muene)

1. Alternative form of muge f

Anagrams

• emu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Compare mow (“grimace”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /mu?/
• Homophone: moo

Noun

moue (plural moues)

1. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. [from 19th c.]

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase “make a moue”, influenced by French faire la moue (“to pout”).

Translations

Further reading

• “moue”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• meou

Afrikaans

Noun

moue (plural of mou)

1. sleeves

French

Etymology

From Middle French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu/

Noun

moue f (plural moues)

1. pout, moue

Derived terms

• faire la moue

Further reading

• “moue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).