mullet

See also: Mullet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/

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• Rhymes: -ʌlɪt
• Rhymes: -ʌlət

Etymology 1

Mullet catch

Wikispecies From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

Noun

mullet (plural mullets or mullet)

1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).
2. (especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (the grey mullets).
3. (US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, the redhorses)

Synonyms

• (Mugillidae): haarder
• (Mugillidae): springer

Derived terms

Derived terms

• black mullet
• black true mullet
• bright mullet
• bully mullet
• callifaver mullet
• common grey mullet
• common mullet
• finger mullet
• flathead mullet

• flathead grey mullet
• gray mullet
• hardgut mullet
• mangrove mullet
• popeye mullet
• red mullet
• river mullet
• sea mullet
• striped mullet
• stunned mullet

Translations

fish of the family Mugilidae (grey mullets)

• Arabic: بُورِيّ m (būriyy)
• Belarusian: кефа́ль f (kjefálʹ)
• Bikol Central: balanak (bcl)
• Catalan: llíssera (ca) f, mújol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯔魚／鲻鱼 (zh) (zīyú), 鲻鱼 (zh) (zīyú)

  Min Nan: o͘-á-hî

• Coptic: ⲫⲟⲣⲓ (phori), ϣⲉⲛⲏⲧ ⲡϩⲁϩⲥ ⲁⲡⲉ (šenēt phahs ape)
• Corsican: muzaru m
• Crimean Tatar: cılar, kefal
• Czech: parmice f
• Danish: multe
• Dutch: harder (nl) m
• Esperanto: mugilo
• Finnish: keltti
• French: mulet (fr) m, muge (fr)
• Galician: muxe m, taíña m
• Georgian: კეფალი (ḳepali), ბარაბული (barabuli)
• German: Meeräsche (de) f
• Greek: κέφαλος (el) m (kéfalos)

  Ancient: κεστρεύς m (kestreús)

• Hawaiian: ʻanae
• Hebrew: בורי (he) m (búri)
• Ido: surmuleto (io)
• Irish: lannach m
• Italian: triglia (it) f, cefalo (it) m, muggine m
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• Japanese: ボラ (bora), 鯔 (ja) (ぼら, bora)
• Korean: 숭어 (ko) (sung'eo)
• Latin: mugil m
• Lithuanian: kefalinės
• Maori: kanae
• Norwegian: multe
• Old English: mǣċefisċ m
• Persian: کفال (fa) (kafâl)
• Polish: cefal m
• Portuguese: tainha (pt) f
• Russian: кефа́ль (ru) f (kefálʹ)
• Samoan: ʻanae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ципал m

  Roman: cipal (sh) m

• Sicilian: cìfalu
• Spanish: mújol m, lisa f
• Swedish: multe (sv) c
• Tagalog: gagapang
• Tahitian: ʻanae
• Tamil: மடவை (ta) (maṭavai)
• Tongan: kanahe
• Turkish: kefal (tr)
• Ukrainian: кефа́ль (uk) f (kefálʹ)
• Venetian: cièvoło m

fish of the family Mullidae (red mullets)

• Catalan: moll (ca)
• Finnish: mullo
• French: rouget (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: τρίγλη f (tríglē)

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• Latin: mullus m, trilja (sh) f
• Portuguese: salmonete (pt) m, trilha (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: trlja (sh) f

• Spanish: salmonete m
• Tagalog: asubi

Etymology 2

Or mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A fool

Etymology 3

David Bowie with a mullet hairstyle.

Man with a long mullet hairstyle.

1994 US. Coined and popularized by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head".

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. A hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
   • 1994, Beastie Boys "Mullet Head"

     – Mullet head, don't touch the back

     – Cut the sides, don't touch the back

   • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots 406

     – Maybe it's a curly fro.

     – Maybe every day is bad hair day!

     – Maybe it's a mullet!

2. (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.

Synonyms

• hockey hair

Derived terms

• skullet

Translations

hairstyle

• Czech: deka (cs) n
• Danish: svenskerhår n, bundesligahår n, bundesligagarn n
• Dutch: matje (nl) n (Netherlands), nektapijt n (Belgium)
• Finnish: takatukka
• French: nuque longue (fr), coupe Longueuil (Quebec), mullet (fr), coupe mulet (fr) f
• German: Vokuhila (de) m
• Hebrew: מאלט
• Japanese: マレット (maretto)
• Latvian: malets
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• Norwegian: hockeysveis (no) m
• Persian: مولت
• Polish: czeski piłkarz m
• Portuguese: mullet (pt) m
• Russian: маллет (ru) m (mallet)
• Spanish: chocopanda f, farru m (Spain), playero (es) m (Puerto Rico), cubanita f (Argentina), mullet m
• Swedish: hockeyfrilla (sv) c
• Ukrainian: маллет m (mallet)

person who follows fad

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Etymology 4

From Middle English molet, from Old French molette (“rowel”).

Noun

mullet (plural mullets)

1. (heraldry) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
2. The rowel of a spur.

Coordinate terms

• estoile

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mullet.

Noun

mullet m (plural mullets)

1. mullet (men’s hairstyle that is long in the back and short in the front)