muet

dumb (unable to talk); silent, mute, unspeaking; silent, unvoiced, unspoken

“« Le » et « la » deviennent « l’ » devant une voyelle ou un « h » muet.” — Le and la become l' before a vowel or a silent "h".

Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

muet is masculine in French.

mute (person who does not have the power of speech)

Inherited from Middle French mut, muet, from Old French mu, mut, mui, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.