mule

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.3 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 4 Latin 4.1 Noun

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Wikipedia

An Argentine pack mule.

Mules.

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

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin mulus (“‘mule’”)

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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.

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• See also Wikisaurus:stubborn person

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

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• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• horse

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mule (plural mules)

1. A woman's shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːlə/, [ˈmuːlə]

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

1. muzzle

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

1. pommel, pummel, pound, lick

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mule f.

1. Plural form of mula.

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mule

1. vocative singular of mulus