mugir

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Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin mūgīre, present active infinitive of mūgiō; first attested circa 1400[1].

Pronunciation

Verb

mugir (first-person singular present mugeixo, first-person singular preterite mugí, past participle mugit)

  1. to moo; to low

Conjugation

Template:ca-conj-ir

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ mugir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

French

Etymology

Alteration of the inherited Old French muir, muire, based on the original etymology, Latin mūgīre, present active infinitive of mūgiō

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ʒiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

mugir

  1. to moo
    Entends mugir les vaches.Listen to the cows mooing.
  2. to roar

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Synonyms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mogir, mugir, from Latin mūgīre (to moo), from Proto-Indo-European *mug-, *mūg-.

Pronunciation

 
 

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  • Hyphenation: mu‧gir

Verb

mugir (first-person singular present mujo, first-person singular preterite mugi, past participle mugido)

  1. to moo (to make a lowing sound)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūgīre[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈxiɾ/ [muˈxiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: mu‧gir

Verb

mugir (first-person singular present mujo, first-person singular preterite mugí, past participle mugido)

  1. (intransitive) to moo

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “mugir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading