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mute

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See also:Mute,muté,andmutē

English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishmuet,fromAnglo-Normanmuet,moet,Middle Frenchmuet,frommu(“dumb, mute”)+-et,remodelled afterLatinmūtus.

Adjective

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mute(comparativemuter,superlativemutest)

  1. Not having the power ofspeech;dumb.[from 15th c.]
    • 1717,John Dryden[et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”,inOvid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books.[…],London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:
      Thus, while themutecreation downward bend / Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes / Beholds his own hereditary skies. / From such rude principles our form began; / And earth was metamorphos'd into Man.
  2. Silent;not making a sound.[from 15th c.]
    • 1667,John Milton,“Book III”, inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:
      All the heavenly choir stoodmute,/ And silence was in heaven.
    • 1956,Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author),Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo(translation ofDie Jüdin von Toledo),[1]Messner, page 178:
      “[…]The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainestmute!Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thoumutestamong all themute!”
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
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Noun

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mute(pluralmutes)

  1. (phonetics,nowobsolete)Astoppedconsonant; astop.[from 16th c.]
    Synonyms:occlusive,plosive,stop
  2. (obsolete,theater)An actor who does not speak; amimeperformer.[16th–19th c.]
    • 1668OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY.By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (John Dryden)
      As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly aMutein it:
  3. A person who does not have the power ofspeech.[from 17th c.]
  4. A hiredmournerat afuneral;an undertaker's assistant.[from 18th c.]
    • 1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray,chapter IX, inThe History of Pendennis.[…],volume II, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…],published1850,→OCLC,page95:
      He asked about the undertaking business, and how manymuteswent down with Lady Estrich’s remains[…]
    • 1950,Mervyn Peake,Gormenghast,London:Eyre & Spottiswoode,→OCLC:
      The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leadingmute,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(Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published1992,page481:
      Then followed a long silence during which themuteturned 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 abrassinstrument, ordamperforpianoforte;asordine.[from 18th c.]
  6. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
    • 2012,Tomlinson Holman,Sound for Film and Television,page174:
      Another related primary control is called amute,which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly.Mutesare probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mi xing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal[…]
  7. Amute swan.
    • 1998,Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.),Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants:
      The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish andmutesaren't controlled. Right nowmutesare thriving.
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mute(third-person singular simple presentmutes,present participlemuting,simple past and past participlemuted)

  1. (transitive)Tosilence,to make quiet.
  2. (transitive)To turn off the sound of.
    Antonym:unmute
    Pleasemutethe music while I make a call.
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Frenchmuetir,probably a shortened form ofesmeutir,ultimately fromProto-Germanic.

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mute(third-person singular simple presentmutes,present participlemuting,simple past and past participlemuted)

  1. (nowrare)Of a bird: todefecate.[from 15th c.]

Noun

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mute(pluralmutes)

  1. Thefaecesof ahawkorfalcon.
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Etymology 3

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FromLatinmutare(“to change”).

Verb

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mute(third-person singular simple presentmutes,present participlemuting,simple past and past participlemuted)

  1. (transitive)Tocast off;tomoult.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Frommuta+‎-e.

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Adverb

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mute

  1. mutely,speechlessly

French

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mute

  1. inflection ofmuter:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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Galician

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Verb

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mute

  1. inflection ofmutar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈmu.te/
  • Rhymes:-ute
  • Hyphenation:mù‧te

Adjective

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mute

  1. femininepluralofmuto

Noun

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mutefpl

  1. pluralofmuta

Latgalian

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Etymology

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Cognates includeLatvianmute.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):[ˈmutʲæ]
  • Hyphenation:mu‧te

Noun

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mutef

  1. mouth

Declension

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Declension ofmute(type 5 noun)
singular plural
nominative mute mutis,mutes1)
genitive mutis,mutes1) mušu
dative mutei mutem,mušom1)
accusative muti mutis,mutes1)
instrumental muti mutem,mušom1)
locative mutē,mutī1) mutēs,mušuos1)
vocative mute,mut mutis,mutes1)
1)dialectal

References

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  • A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008)Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica,Lvava,→ISBN,page172

Latin

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mūte

  1. vocativemasculinesingularofmūtus

Latvian

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muteon Latvian Wikipedia
Mute

Etymology

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FromProto-Indo-European*mnt-,*ment-(“to chew; jaw, mouth”).Cognate withLatinmentum(“chin”)andmandō(“to chew”),Ancient Greekμάσταξ(mástax,“jaws, mouth”)andμασάομαι(masáomai,“to chew”),Welshmant(“jawbone”),Hittite[script needed](mēni,“chin”),Proto-Germanic*munþaz(“mouth”)(Englishmouth,GermanMund,Dutchmond,Swedishmun,Icelandicmunnur,Gothic𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃(munþs)).

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mutef(5th declension)

  1. (anatomy)mouth(orificefor ingestingfood)
    mutesorgāni―mouthorgans
    aizvērtmuti―to close one'smouth
    plātītmuti―to keep one'smouthopen, to gape
    turētmutēkonfekti―to have candy in one'smouth
    muteskaktiņi―corners of themouth
    mutesharmonikas―harmonica (musical instrument)
  2. orifice,opening,entrance
    krāsnsmute―themouthof the oven
  3. face
    mazgātmuti―to wash one'smouth(= face)
    bērni ar netīrāmmutēm―children with dirtymouths(= faces)
  4. kiss
    dotmutes―to givemouths(= kisses)

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Declension ofmute(5th declension)
singular(vienskaitlis) plural(daudzskaitlis)
nominative(nominatīvs) mute mutes
accusative(akuzatīvs) muti mutes
genitive(ģenitīvs) mutes mutu
dative(datīvs) mutei mutēm
instrumental(instrumentālis) muti mutēm
locative(lokatīvs) mutē mutēs
vocative(vokatīvs) mute mutes

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Middle English

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Adjective

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mute

  1. Alternative form ofmuet

Murui Huitoto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):[ˈmutɛ]
  • Hyphenation:mu‧te

Etymology 1

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Verb

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mute

  1. (transitive)tofeelsorryfor
  2. (transitive)tocomplainabout
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Conjugation ofmute
Nonfuture indicative Future indicative
affirmative negative affirmative negative
m f m f m f m f
1stsg mutɨkue muñedɨkue 1stsg muitɨkue muñeitɨkue
2ndsg muto muñedo 2ndsg muito muñeito
3rdsganim1) mutɨmɨe mutɨñaiño muñedɨmɨe muñedɨñaiño 3rdsganim1) muitɨmɨe muitɨñaiño muñeitɨmɨe muñeitɨñaiño
1stdu mutɨkoko mutɨkaɨñaɨ muñedɨkoko muñedɨkaɨñaɨ 1stdu muitɨkoko muitɨkaɨñaɨ muñeitɨkoko muñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nddu mutomɨko mutomɨñoɨ muñedomɨko muñedomɨñoɨ 2nddu muitomɨko muitomɨñoɨ muñeitomɨko muñeitomɨñoɨ
3rdduanim1) mutaɨmaiaɨ mutaɨñuaɨ muñedaɨmaiaɨ muñedaɨñuaɨ 3rdduanim1) muitaɨmaiaɨ muitaɨñuaɨ muñeitaɨmaiaɨ muñeitaɨñuaɨ
1stpl mutɨkaɨ muñedɨkaɨ 1stpl muitɨkaɨ muñeitɨkaɨ
2ndpl mutomoɨ muñedomoɨ 2ndpl muitomoɨ muñeitomoɨ
3rdplanim1) mutɨmakɨ muñedɨmakɨ 3rdplanim1) muitɨmakɨ muñeitɨmakɨ
3rdneut mute muñede 3rdneut muite muñeite
Imperative Apprehensive Future event Passive Negative passive Overlap
simple immediate prohibitive nonfuture future nonfuture future
muno! munokai! muñeno! muiza! muye muga muyɨ muñega muñeyɨ mukana
Conditional 1)The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
*)Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending-modirectly to the inflected form.
**)The evidentiality markers-dɨ,-zaand-tamay be added to any indicative form.
real hypothetical immediate
muia muna mukaina

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic.

Verb

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mute

  1. (intransitive)toproducethe soundjmm
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Conjugation ofmute
Nonfuture indicative Future indicative
affirmative negative affirmative negative
m f m f m f m f
1stsg mutɨkue muñedɨkue 1stsg muitɨkue muñeitɨkue
2ndsg muto muñedo 2ndsg muito muñeito
3rdsganim1) mutɨmɨe mutɨñaiño muñedɨmɨe muñedɨñaiño 3rdsganim1) muitɨmɨe muitɨñaiño muñeitɨmɨe muñeitɨñaiño
1stdu mutɨkoko mutɨkaɨñaɨ muñedɨkoko muñedɨkaɨñaɨ 1stdu muitɨkoko muitɨkaɨñaɨ muñeitɨkoko muñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nddu mutomɨko mutomɨñoɨ muñedomɨko muñedomɨñoɨ 2nddu muitomɨko muitomɨñoɨ muñeitomɨko muñeitomɨñoɨ
3rdduanim1) mutaɨmaiaɨ mutaɨñuaɨ muñedaɨmaiaɨ muñedaɨñuaɨ 3rdduanim1) muitaɨmaiaɨ muitaɨñuaɨ muñeitaɨmaiaɨ muñeitaɨñuaɨ
1stpl mutɨkaɨ muñedɨkaɨ 1stpl muitɨkaɨ muñeitɨkaɨ
2ndpl mutomoɨ muñedomoɨ 2ndpl muitomoɨ muñeitomoɨ
3rdplanim1) mutɨmakɨ muñedɨmakɨ 3rdplanim1) muitɨmakɨ muñeitɨmakɨ
3rdneut mute muñede 3rdneut muite muñeite
Imperative Apprehensive Future event Passive Negative passive Overlap
simple immediate prohibitive nonfuture future nonfuture future
muno! munokai! muñeno! muiza! muye — — — — mukana
Conditional 1)The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
*)Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending-modirectly to the inflected form.
**)The evidentiality markers-dɨ,-zaand-tamay be added to any indicative form.
real hypothetical immediate
muia muna mukaina

References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I)(Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2](in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page183
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[3],Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), pages113, 129

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Etymology 1

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FromOld NorsemútafromProto-Germanic*mōtō(of unclear origin). CompareSwedishmuta.

Noun

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mutef(definite singularmuta,indefinite pluralmuter,definite pluralmutene)

  1. bribe
  2. secrecy

Verb

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mute(present tensemutar,past tensemuta,past participlemuta,passive infinitivemutast,present participlemutande,imperativemute/mut)

  1. (transitive)tobribe
  2. (transitive)tohide,conceal

Etymology 2

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FromGermanmuten.

Verb

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mute(present tensemutar,past tensemuta,past participlemuta,passive infinitivemutast,present participlemutande,imperativemute/mut)

  1. (mining)toapplyfor aminingpermit

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Portuguese

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mute

  1. inflection ofmutar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

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mute

  1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentsubjunctiveofmuta

Serbo-Croatian

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mute(Cyrillic spellingмуте)

  1. third-personpluralpresentindicativeofmutiti

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈmute/[ˈmu.t̪e]
  • Rhymes:-ute
  • Syllabification:mu‧te

Verb

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mute

  1. inflection ofmutar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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