muse

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: myo͞oz (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mjuːz/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /mjuz/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /mjʉːz/ Homophones: mews, Meuse Rhymes: -uːz === Etymology 1 === From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa). ==== Noun ==== muse (plural muses) Of a person: a source of inspiration. (archaic) A poet; a bard. ===== Synonyms ===== (source of inspiration): Pierian spring ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== museum music ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English musen, from Old French muser. ==== Verb ==== muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused) (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought. For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on. (transitive) To wonder at. ===== Related terms ===== muser musing amuse ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== muse (plural muses) An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416: He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip. === Etymology 3 === From French musse. See muset. ==== Noun ==== muse (plural muses) A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset. Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb) === Anagrams === Semu, emus, umes == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /myz/ Homophones: musent, muses === Noun === muse f (plural muses) artistic inspiration muse (specific artistic subject) === Verb === muse inflection of muser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “muse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === émus, meus, mues, seum == Italian == === Noun === muse f plural of musa === Anagrams === sume == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== muse alternative form of mous === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== muse alternative form of Muse === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== muse alternative form of musen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mʉ.seː/, [mʉʷ.ˈseː] === Noun === muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse or museer, definite plural museene or musea) alternative form of musé === References === “muse” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²mʉː.sə/ ==== Noun ==== muse f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural muser, definite plural musene) a muse === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²mʉː.sə/ ==== Verb ==== muse (present tense musar, past tense musa, past participle musa, passive infinitive musast, present participle musande, imperative muse/mus) to whisper Synonym: kviskre === Etymology 3 === From French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /mʉ.seː/, [mʉʷ.ˈseː] ==== Noun ==== muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse, definite plural musea) alternative spelling of musé === References === “muse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmuː.se/, [ˈmuː.ze] === Noun === mūse genitive singular of mūs == Spanish == === Verb === muse only used in se muse, third-person singular present indicative of musirse only used in te ... muse, syntactic variant of músete, second-person singular imperative of musirse