mute
English
/mjuːt/
adj
Definitions
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English muet derived from muet derived from Middle French muet derived from Latin mūtus (mute, dumb).
Origin
Latin
mūtus
Gloss
mute, dumb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- muteable English
- mutely English
- muten English
- muteness English
- muter English
- mutist English
- mutistic English
- nonmute English
- semimute English
- unmute English
- mūtitās Latin
- mūtus Latin
- mūtāre Latin
- mutare Italian
- muto Italian
- muter French
- mutité French
- mudo Spanish, Castilian
- mutar Spanish, Castilian
- mutar Portuguese
- mutágeno Portuguese
- ミュート Japanese
- muet Middle English
- mu Old French
- muer Old French
- mudar Catalan, Valencian
- mut Catalan, Valencian
- mutar Catalan, Valencian
- amuți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mut Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- muta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- muet Middle French
- mudar Old Portuguese
- mudo Old Portuguese
- mut Occitan
- mudar Asturian
- mudu Asturian
- mudâ Friulian
- mut Friulian
- mudar Old Occitan
- mudu Sicilian
- mutari Sicilian
- mutu Sicilian
- muet xno
- muder Ladin