mute
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: myo͞ot, IPA: /mjuːt/, X-SAMPA: /mju:t/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
- Homophone: moot (in some dialects)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
Adjective[edit]
mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)
- Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
- Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
- 1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo),[1] Messner, page 178:
- “ […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!”
- 1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo),[1] Messner, page 178:
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Noun[edit]
- (phonetics, now historical) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th-19th c.]
- A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. [from 18th c.]
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
- The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 481:
- Then followed a long silence during which the mute turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]
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Verb[edit]
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
- (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
- Please mute the music while I make a call.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Verb[edit]
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. [from 15th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Noun[edit]
mute (plural mutes)
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)
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Etymology 3[edit]
Latin mutare (“to change”).
Verb[edit]
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (transitive) To cast off; to moult.
- Beaumont and Flanders
- Have I muted all my feathers?
- Beaumont and Flanders
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
mute
- first-person singular present indicative of muter
- third-person singular present indicative of muter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of muter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of muter
- second-person singular imperative of muter
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Adjective[edit]
mute (pl)
- feminine form of muto
Noun[edit]
mute f
- Plural form of muta
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mūte
- vocative masculine singular of mūtus
Latvian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *mnt-, *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite mēni (“chin”), Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”) (English mouth, German Mund, Dutch mond, Swedish mun, Icelandic munnur, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs)).
Noun[edit]
mute f, 5th declension
- (anatomy) mouth (orifice for ingesting food)
- mutes orgāni — mouth organs
- aizvērt muti — to close one's mouth
- plātīt muti — to keep one's mouth open, to gape
- turēt mutē konfekti — to have candy in one's mouth
- mutes kaktiņi — corners of the mouth
- mutes harmonikas — harmonica (musical instrument)
- orifice, opening, entrance
- krāsns mute — the mouth of the oven
- face
- mazgāt muti — to wash one's mouth (= face)
- bērni ar netīrām mutēm — children with dirty mouths (= faces)
- kiss
- dot mutes — to give mouths (= kisses)
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Verb[edit]
mute (infinitive mutar)
- English terms with homophones
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