meute

See also: Meute

English

Noun

meute (plural meutes)

  1. A cage for hawks; a mew.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for meute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Noun

meute f (plural meuten or meutes)

  1. pack, rout, crowd

French

Etymology

From Latin mōtiva, feminine of *mōtivus, from perfect passive participle of moveō (“move”). Doublet of motif.

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  • IPA(key): /møt/
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Noun

meute f (plural meutes)

  1. (hunting) pack (of hounds)
  2. mob (of people)
    C'est la meute des honnêtes gens qui fait la chasse à l'enfant (Jacques Prévert)

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