different between muses vs muset

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: myo?oz?z, IPA^(key): /mju?z?z/

Noun

muses

1. plural of muse

Verb

muses

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muse

Asturian

Noun

muses

1. plural of musa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?mu.z?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mu.zes/

Noun

muses

1. plural of musa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myz/
• Homophones: muse, musent

Verb

muses

1. second-person singular present indicative of muser
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of muser

Anagrams

• musse, sûmes

Interlingua

Noun

muses

1. plural of mus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?muses/, [?mu.ses]

Verb

muses

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of musirse.

English

Etymology

From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).

Noun

muset (plural musets)

1. A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 679-684:

     And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,

     Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles

     How he outruns the wind and with what care

     He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:

     The many musets through the which he goes

     Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.

Anagrams

• muste, mutes, sumet, u-stem

Czech

Alternative forms

• musit

Etymology

Perhaps from Old High German muozan (German müssen). Cognate with Polish musie?, Ukrainian ?????? (musyty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mus?t/

Verb

muset impf

1. must

Conjugation

See also

• moci
• sm?t