mule

See also mûle, and m̧uļe

English

Wikipedia

An Argentine pack mule.

Mules.

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /mjuːl/, SAMPA: /mju:l/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From Middle English (reinforced by Anglo-Norman mul (masculine), mule (feminine)), from Old English mūl, all from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós (cf. Late Latin muscellus 'young he-mule', Old Russian mŭškŭ 'mule', Ancient Greek (Phocian) mychlós 'he-ass').

Noun

mule (plural mules)

1. A generally sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
2. A generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
3. (informal) A stubborn person.
4. (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
5. (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:stubborn person

Derived terms

• muling
• mulish
• kick like a mule
• stubborn as a mule

Translations

offspring of male donkey and female horse

Albanian: mushkë f. Arabic: بغل (ar) (baghal) Aragonese: mula (an) Armenian: ջորի (hy) (ǰori) Azeri: qatır (az) Bosnian: mazga f., mula f. Catalan: mul (ca) Cherokee: ᏗᎦᎵᏰᏅᎯᏓ (chr) Chinese: 馬騾 Czech: mula (cs) f. Dutch: muildier (nl) n. Esperanto: mulo (eo) Finnish: muuli (fi) French: mule (fr) f. Galician: mula (gl) German: Maultier n., Muli n. (Southern Germany and Austria) Greek: μουλάρι (el) (moulári) n. Hungarian: öszvér (1) Indonesian: bagal (id) Irish: miúil f. Italian: mulo (it) Kurdish: Kurmanji: hêstir (ku), qantirr (ku) Sorani: هێستر

Latin: mūlus (la) m. Lithuanian: mulas (lt) m. Macedonian: маска (mk) (máska) f., мазга (mk) (mázga) f., муле (mk) (múle) n. Navajo: dzanééz Norwegian: muldyr (no) n. Occitan: mul (oc) Ojibwe: memāngišens Papago: muhla Polish: muł (pl) m. Portuguese: mula (pt) m. Romanian: catâr (ro) m., mul (ro) m. Russian: мул (ru) m. (mul) Serbian: mazga Seri: moːrɑ, ʔɑmóːrɑ Sicilian: mulu (scn) Slovene: mula (sl) f. Spanish: mulo (es) m., mula (es) f. Swedish: mula (sv) c., mulåsna (sv) c. Taos: mùlo’óna Tonkawa: moːlʌˀɑːlʌk Turkish: katır (tr) Volapük: (male or female) mulud (vo), (male) himulud (vo), (female) jimulud (vo), (young male or female) muludül (vo), (young male) himuludül (vo), (young female) jimuludül (vo) Wolof: berkelle bi (wo)

See also

• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• horse

Etymology 2

Noun

mule (plural mules)

1. A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

Translations

backless shoe

French : mule (fr) f.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːlə/, [ˈmuːlə]

Noun

mule c. (singular definite mulen, plural indefinite muler)

1. muzzle

Inflection

    Inflection of mule

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mule	mulen	muler	mulerne
genitive	mules	mulens	mulers	mulernes

Verb

mule (imperative mul, infinitive at mule, present tense muler, past tense mulede, past participle har mulet)

1. pommel, pummel, pound, lick
2. sulk

Synonyms

• (pommel): banke, tæve
• (sulk): surmule

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Italian

Noun

mule f.

1. Plural form of mula.

Anagrams

• lume

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Latin

Noun

mule

1. vocative singular of mulus

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Polish

Noun

mule

1. Locative singular of muł
2. Vocative singular of muł

Noun

mule

1. Nominative plural of mul
2. Accusative plural of mul
3. Vocative plural of mul

Noun

mule

1. Nominative plural of mula
2. Accusative plural of mula
3. Vocative plural of mula

Adjective

mule

1. Neuter singular form of muli
2. Neuter plural form of muli
3. Feminine plural form of muli
4. Non-personal masculine plural form of muli

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Volapük

Noun

mule

1. dative singular form of mul