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noun, masculine

muguet

/my.ɡɛ/

noun, masculine/my.ɡɛ/plural: muguets

lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis); thrush (oral yeast infection, oral candidiasis); dandy

Synonyms: candidose, blanchet

From Old French muguete, muguede (as in nois muguete (“nutmeg”)), from Latin muscāta, feminine of muscātus (“musky”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian mwšk' (/⁠*mušk⁠/, “musk”), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.