mute

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[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)

  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
  2. 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!”
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not having the power of speech
silent, not making a sound

[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia mute (plural mutes)

  1. (phonetics, now historical) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th-19th c.]
  3. A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
  4. 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?’
  5. (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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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)

  1. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
  2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
    Please mute the music while I make a call.
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silence, make quiet
turn off the sound of

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

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mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)

  1. (now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. [from 15th c.]

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mute (plural mutes)

  1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
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bird droppings

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mute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of muter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of muter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of muter
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of muter
  5. second-person singular imperative of muter

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mute (pl)

  1. feminine form of muto

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mute f.

  1. Plural form of muta.

[edit] Latin

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mūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mūtus

[edit] Latvian

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mute

  1. mouth

[edit] Declension

Fifth declension noun
singular plural
nominative mute mutes
genitive mutes mušu
dative mutei mutēm
accusative muti mutes
locative mutē mutēs


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mute (infinitive mutar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mutar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mutar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mutar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mutar.
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