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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ (“mouth, opening, door, gate”), from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mouth (“mouth”), North Frisian müd, müth, müss (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Albanian mjekër (“chin, beard”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite mēni (“chin”).
An illustration of the inside of a human mouth, with cheeks cut and lips pulled back.
mouth (plural mouths)
- (anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
- The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, The China Governess[1]:
- ‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’
- The mouth of a cave
- (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.
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the opening of an animal through which food is ingested
- Abkhaz: аҿы (ab)
- Afrikaans: mond (af)
- Akkadian: 𒅗 (pû)
- Albanian: gojë (sq) f
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: دان (dān)
- Amharic: አፍ (am) (ăf), አንደበት (am) (ăndäbät)
- Ancient Greek: στόμα (stoma) n, στύμα (styma) n (Aeolic), μάσταξ (mastax) m
- Arabic: فم (ar) (fam) m, خشم (ar) (xašm) m, فو (ar) (fu) m, فاه (ar) (fah) m
- Egyptian Arabic: بق (bo')
- Aramaic: ܦܘܡܐ
- Armenian: բերան (hy) (beran)
- Aromanian: gurã (rup)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: boca (ast) f
- Avar: кӀал (av) (k'al)
- Aymara: laka (ay)
- Azeri: ağız (az)
- Baluchi: دپ (dap), دف (daf)
- Bashkir: ауыҙ (awïð)
- Basque: aho (eu)
- Belarusian: рот (be) (rot) m
- Bengali: মুখ (bn) (mukh)
- Breton: please add this translation if you can
- Bribri: krö m
- Bulgarian: уста (bg) (ustá) f
- Burmese: ပါးစပ် (my) (păzat)
- Buryat: аман (aman)
- Catalan: boca (ca) f
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵎⵉ (imi) m
- Chamicuro: awana
- Chechen: батт (batt)
- Cherokee: ᎠᎰᎵ (chr) (aholi)
- Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嘴 (cmn) (zuǐ), 口 (cmn) (kǒu)
- Min Nan: 喙 (nan) (chhuì)
- Chuvash: ҫӑвар (śăvar)
- Coptic: ⲣⲟ (ro) m, ⲣⲱⲟⲩ (rōu) pl
- Cree: please add this translation if you can
- Crimean Tatar: ağız
- Czech: ústa (cs) n pl (especially human), pusa (cs) f (informal), tlama (cs) f (especially animal)
- Dalmatian: buca f
- Danish: mund (da) c, kæft (da)
- Dutch: mond (nl) m, (of animals) bek (nl) m, muil (nl) m
- Esperanto: buŝo (eo)
- Estonian: suu (et)
- Evenki: амӈа (amŋa)
- Ewe: nu n
- Faroese: muður (fo) m, munnur (fo) m
- Finnish: suu (fi)
- French: bouche (fr) f
- Friulian: bocje
- Gagauz: aaz
- Georgian: პირი (ka) (piri)
- German: Mund (de) m, Maul (de) n (of animals)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs) m
- Greek: στόμα (el) (stóma) n
- Gujarati: મુખ (gu) (mukh) m
- Hawaiian: waha
- Hebrew: פֶּה (he) (pe) m
- Hindi: मुँह (hi) (mũh) m, मुंह (hi) (mũh) m, मुख (hi) (mukh) m
- Hungarian: száj (hu)
- Icelandic: munnur (is) m, kjaftur (is) (vulgar) m
- Ido: boko (io)
- Indonesian: mulut (id)
- Irish: béal (ga) m, béala (ga) pl
- Italian: bocca (it) f
- Japanese: 口 (ja) (くち, kuchi)
- Kalmyk: амн (amn)
- Kannada: ಬಾಯ್ (kn) (bāy), ಬಾಯಿ (kn) (bāyi)
- Karachay-Balkar: аууз (awuz)
- Karakalpak: awız
- Kazakh: ауыз (kk) (awız)
- Ket: қө (qö)
- Khakas: аас (aas), ахсы (axsı)
- Khmer: មាត់ (km) (moat)
- Korean: 입 (ko) (ip)
- Kumyk: авуз (awuz)
- Kurdish: dev (ku) m
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- Kyrgyz: ооз (ky) (ooz)
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: בוקה f
- Roman: boka f
- Lao: ປາກ (lo) (pāk)
- Latgalian: mute f
- Latin: ōs (la)
- Latvian: mute (lv) f
- Lithuanian: burna (lt) f
- Luhya: kumunwa
- Macedonian: уста (mk) (ústa) f
- Malay: mulut (ms)
- Malayalam: വായ (ml) (vāya)
- Maltese: ħalq (mt) m
- Maori: māngai (mi)
- Marathi: मुख (mr) (mukh) m
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: ам (mn) (am)
- Nahuatl: kamajtli (nah)
- Nama: ams
- Navajo: azééʼ, bizééʼ
- Neapolitan: vocca f
- Ngarrindjeri: tore
- Nogai: авыз (awız)
- Norwegian: munn (no) m, kjeft (no)
- Nottoway-Meherrin: eskaharant
- Occitan: boca (oc) f
- Ojibwe: indoon
- Old French: buche f
- Ossetian: ком (kom), дзых (dzyx)
- Ottoman Turkish: آغز (ağiz), آغيز (ağyz), دهان (dehân), دهن (dehen), فم (fem)
- Pashto: خوله (ps) (xwlë) f
- Persian: دهان (fa) (dahân), دهن (fa) (dahan) (colloquial or archaic)
- Polish: (human) usta (pl) pl, (animal) paszcza (pl) f, gęba (pl) f
- Portuguese: boca (pt) f
- Romanian: gură (ro) f
- Russian: рот (ru) (rot) m , уста (ru) (ustá) n pl (poetic), пасть (ru) (pastʹ) f (of animals, rude for people)
- Samoan: gutu (sm)
- Sanskrit: आस् (sa) (ās) n, मुख (sa) (mukha) n
- Santali: please add this translation if you can
- Scottish Gaelic: beul (gd) m, (animal or pejorative) craos (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: уста (sh) n pl
- Roman: usta (sh) n pl
- Shor: аас (aas), ақсы (aqsı)
- Sicilian: bucca (scn) f, vucca (scn) f
- Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: කට (si) (kaṭa)
- Slovak: ústa (sk) n pl
- Slovene: usta (sl) n pl
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: guba f
- Southern Altai: оос (oos)
- Spanish: boca (es) f
- Swahili: kinywa (sw) 7/8
- Swedish: mun (sv) m, käft (sv) c
- Tagalog: bibig (tl), bunganga (tl)
- Tajik: даҳон (tg) (dahon)
- Tamil: வாய் (ta)
- Taos: łòmų́ną
- Tatar: авыз (tt) (awız)
- Telugu: నోరు (te) (nōru)
- Thai: ปาก (th) (pààk)
- Tibetan: ཁ (bo) (kha)
- Tok Pisin: maus (tpi)
- Turkish: ağız (tr)
- Turkmen: agyz (tk)
- Tuvan: аас (aas)
- Ugaritic: 𐎔 (p)
- Ukrainian: рот (uk) (rot) m
- Urdu: منہ (ur) (mũh) m, مکھ (ur) (mukh) m
- Uyghur: ئېغىز (ug)
- Uzbek: ogʻiz (uz)
- Vietnamese: miệng (vi), mồm (vi)
- Volapük: mud (vo)
- Walloon: boke (wa) f
- Welsh: ceg (cy)
- West Frisian: mûle (fy)
- Yakut: айах (ayax)
- Yiddish: מויל (yi) (moyl)
- Zulu: umlomo (zu) 3/4
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an outlet, aperture or orifice
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- Macedonian: отвор (mk) (ótvor) m
- Pashto: خوله (ps) (xwlə) f
- Persian: دهانه (fa) (dahâne), سوراخ (fa) (surâx)
- Polish: otwór (pl) m, ujście (pl) n, wylot (pl) m
- Portuguese: boca (pt), entrada (pt), orifício (pt) f
- Romanian: gură (ro) f, orificiu (ro) n, deschizătură (ro) f
- Russian: отверстие (ru) (otvérstije) n , устье (ru) (úst’je) n
- Scottish Gaelic: beul (gd) m
- Slovene: ustje (sl) n
- Spanish: boca (es) f, entrada (es) f, desembocadura (es) f, orificio (es) m
- Swahili: mdomo (sw)
- Swedish: mynning (sv)
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the end of a river out of which water flows
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mouth (third-person singular simple present mouths, present participle mouthing, simple past and past participle mouthed)
- (transitive) To speak about something.
- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- (transitive) To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
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Terms derived from the noun or verb mouth
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Etymology [edit]
From Old English mūþ.
mouth (plural mouths)
- mouth
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