mute
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: myo͞ot, IPA: /mjuːt/, SAMPA: /mju:t/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
- Homophone: moot (in some dialects)
[edit] Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
[edit] Adjective
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:
[edit] Translations
not having the power of speech
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silent, not making a sound
[edit] Noun
- (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.]
- 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?’
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 481:
- (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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[edit] Translations
person unable to speak
silent acting part
sordine
hired mourner, undertaker's assistant
[edit] Verb
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.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
silence, make quiet
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
[edit] Verb
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.]
[edit] Noun
mute (plural mutes)
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
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
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
mute (pl)
- feminine form of muto
[edit] Noun
mute f.
- Plural form of muta.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
mūte
- vocative masculine singular of mūtus
[edit] Latvian
[edit] Noun
mute
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mute | mutes |
| genitive | mutes | mušu |
| dative | mutei | mutēm |
| accusative | muti | mutes |
| locative | mutē | mutēs |
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
mute (infinitive mutar)
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