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Definition: Mute |
MuteAdjective1. Expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe. 2. Lacking power of speech. 3. Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. Noun1. A deaf person who is unable to speak. 2. A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument. Verb1. Deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping. 2. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To converse with a mute in your dreams, foretells that unusual crosses in your life will fit you for higher positions, which will be tendered you. To dream that you are a mute, portends calamities and unjust persecution. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A switch used in connection with automatic tuning systems to silence the receiver while tuning from one station to another . Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | MUTE. An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute with grief. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Mute means "silent". The term mute can mean more than one thing.
- In music, see mute (music)
- The word is an old term for a person who is unable to speak. This is now generally considered an offensive term. See speech disorder.
- An undertaker's assistant.
- Mute is a record label: see Mute (record label)
- and several more...
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A mute is a device which alters the timbre or reduces the volume of a musical instrument.The use of a mute is indicated in sheet music by the direction con sordino (often abbreviated to con sord.). That the mute should be removed is indicated by senza sordino (or senza sord.).
String instruments
On string instruments of the violin family, the mute takes the form of some device attached to the bridge of the instrument, stopping it from vibrating so much and resulting in a "softer" sound. Usually this takes the form of a small three-prong implement which is attached to the top of the bridge with one prong between each pair of strings, although anything which stops the bridge vibrating will suffice, and sprung clothes pegs, for example, have been used.
A more modern invention is a mute which sits on the strings between the bridge and tailpiece of the instrument. This is slid into place right next to the bridge to produce the same effect as the detachable three-pronged mutes.
Heavy "practice mutes" are available for string instruments. These also fix onto the bridge of the instrument and reduce its loudness. They are not used in any serious context, but can be useful to reduce the volume of the instrument when practicing.
On the cello a wolf mute is often attached to the G-string between the bridge and the tailpiece. This does not change the timbre of the instrument on the whole, but helps to eliminate the wolf note which is found on many cellos around a sixth or seventh above the open G-string.
One of the earliest examples in the use of muted string instruments is found in Act II of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide, when the entire string section sporadically plays with mutes. However, the use of mutes did not become widespread in classical music until the 19th century when romantic composers sought new timbres from the orchestra. By the 20th century the use of mutes was common.
Brass instruments
A variety of mutes have been used on brass instruments, all of which fit into the bell of the instrument. The most common type is the straight mute, a hollow, cone-shaped mute that fits into the bell of the instrument. This results in a more metallic, almost nasal sound, and when played at loud volumes can result in a very piercing note. Straight mutes have small pieces of cork attached to the end that squeeze against the inside of the bell and hold the mute in place. In French horn technique, "hand stopping", where the player puts his hand right up the bell of the instrument, blocking it, results in a similar effect.
Another common brass mute is the cup mute. Cup mutes are similar to straight mutes, but attached to the end of the mute is a large lip that forms a cup over the bell. The result is a rounder, more muffled tone.
Trumpet players often use harmon mutes. Harmon mutes are hollow, bulbous mutes. In a hole on the front of the mute there is a cup that can be slid in or out, or removed completely. Harmon mutes are available for the trombone and other brass instruments besides the trumpet, but are seldom used. Miles Davis habitually used a harmon mute, giving his playing a distinctive timbre.
Occasionally, brass players will also use a bucket mute. Bucket mutes contain cotton or a similar substance, and result in a soft, muffled tone.
Wah-wah mutes, shaped like bowler hats and usually made of metal, are opened and closed over the bell of the instrument to produce the sound that gives the mute its name. Real bowler hats are often used in place of wah-wah mutes. The use of the wah-wah mute on brass instruments was common in jazz the from 1920s when King Oliver and others used it.
Plungers (yes, unused rubber toilet plungers) are often used in a manner similar to the wah-wah mute. A "closed" plunger gives a tone similar to a cup mute. The plunger is notable for its ability to help produce sounds resembling the human voice. In Duke Ellington's orchestra, trombonist Tricky Sam Nanton was notorious for his work with the plumber's friend. Another famous example is the teacher's voice in the animated Peanuts cartoons.
Brass practice mutes are similar to straight mutes. While straight mutes have small pieces of cork on the end, practice mutes have a solid ring of cork that prevents air from escaping from the bell. Instead, there are tiny holes in the sides of the mute that allow air to escape silently. Yamaha makes an electronic practice mute system, Silent Brass, that amplifies the sounds inside the practice mute and sends them through headphones.
Woodwind instruments
Muting woodwind instruments is very uncommon, and in the case of the flute is almost completely unheard of. In the 18th century purpose build mutes existed for the oboe and clarinet, but in the rare cases when one of these instruments is muted today a handkerchief is usually stuffed up the bell resulting in a muffled sound. Some bassoonists still use purpose built mutes, generally as a way of regulating volume at extremes of the instrument's register.
Percussion instruments
Percussion instruments require no specialist mutes. If a triangle, for example, is to be muted, this can be achieved by simply gripping the instrument with the hand, stopping it vibrating so much. Drums can be muted by laying a cloth over their skin resulting in a muffled sound.
The piano
The "soft" pedal of the piano, the use of which makes the hammers hit only two of the three strings for each note (or one of the two at lower registers) can be seen as a kind of mute. Indication that the soft pedal should be used is the instruction una corda or sometimes due corde with tre corde or sometimes tutte le corde cancelling it. One older pianos it was possible by use of the soft pedal to play only one, two or all three strings, making the distinction between una corda (one string) and due corde (two strings) meaningful, but this is no longer the case.
It also used to be common for pianos to be fitted with another kind of mute: a piece of felt or similar material which would sit between the hammers and the strings. This results in a very muffled and much quieter sound. It was not used in any serious context, but was useful to reduce the volume of the instrument when practicing. Few pianos, apart from some uprights, have this device today.
To confuse matters, the instruction senza sordino is sometimes used to indicate use of the sustain pedal on a piano, although this is more usually indicated by Ped. or just P. written below the staff.
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Mute Records is a record label formed in 1980 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, "Warm Leatherette", under the moniker The Normal.Mute Records made a name for itself as the label that was willing to sign post-punk artists like Frank Tovey's Fad Gadget, Throbbing Gristle, and Cabaret Voltaire. Once electronic music hit the British charts in the early 80s, Mute signed artists like Depeche Mode and Erasure that utilised new technology which would eventually redefine the sound of the dancefloor in the late 80s and early 90s.
Mute redefined itself again to encompass modern indie-rock, with bands such as Sonic Youth on their Blast First imprint.
Mute Records was famous for being the home of Depeche Mode despite the lack of what is normally considered a contract. Moby is also a Mute mainstay.
Mute Records was the first British record label to have a Web site.
On May 10, 2002, EMI Recorded Music acquired Mute Records, extending an existing licensing relationship that Mute had with EMI’s Virgin Records for over 15 years. Daniel Miller, Executive Chairman, is responsible for all of the company’s global activities.
List of record labels
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Synonyms: MuteSynonyms: dumb (adj), silent (adj), tongueless (adj), unspoken (adj), wordless (adj), deaf-and-dumb person (n), deaf-mute (n), damp (v), dampen (v), deaden (v), dull (v), muffle (v), tone down (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aphony | Silence; render mute, render silent; muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder; drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short. |
Adjective: aphonous, dumb, mute; deafmute, deaf and dumb; mum; tongue-tied; breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless; mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel; silent; (taciturn); muzzled; inarticulate, inaudible. | |
Interment | Funeral, funeral rite, funeral solemnity; kneel, passing bell, tolling; dirge. (lamentation); cypress; orbit, dead march, muffled drum; mortuary, undertaker, mute; elegy; funeral, funeral oration, funeral sermon; epitaph. |
Letter | Consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable; affix, suffix. |
Taciturnity | Verb: be silent; adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak.; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret; not have a word to say; hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips; render mute. |
Adjective: silent, mute, mum; silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave; (still); dumb; unconversable. | |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mute |
| English words defined with "mute": dishonorable ♦ Grimm's law ♦ inglorious ♦ Lene ♦ Moate ♦ Obmutescence ♦ silent partner, Sordine, sordino, sourdine ♦ To strike dumb, tongueless ♦ unspoken ♦ Voiceless stop ♦ wordless. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mute": Caledon ♦ First Stroke is Half the Battle ♦ Highland Bail ♦ Mute as a Fish ♦ Rift in the Lute ♦ tonal regulator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mute": Moate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mute" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (dumb, mute, silent, speechless). |
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Screenplays | A mute. (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.) I'm going mute as we speak (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) When it's on my stereo I always hit the mute, But I'll have to admit, the Indian's kind of cute (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson) He is a mute. (Zorro, the Gay Blade; writing credit: Greg Alt; Hal Dresner) She thinks I'm a mute with a balance problem (Coupling; writing credit: Steven Moffat) | |
Clever | Kindness: A language the deaf can hear, the blind can see, and the mute can speak. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Mute Appeal (1917) The Menace of the Mute (1915) Star Spangled Banner by a Deaf Mute (1901) Deaf Mute Recitation (1901) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tundra swans near the mouth of the Patuxent River. These swans can be distinguished from mute swans by their black bills. Tundra swans are native to the Chesapeake Bay region. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mute swans in flight. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. They are easily distinguished from the tundra swan by their orange beaks. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A high-marsh tide pool at Barren Island. A mute swan is in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Mute Swan. Credit: USDA. |
 | "No Justice" issues a ruling at the "Royal Court" as "Justice" stands mute, during the trial of "polliwogs" in Equator crossing ceremonies for the battleship's crew, October 1944. Credit: NAVY. |  | The child murmured softly to his mute playmate. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mute shades without credentials. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A mute memorial of the Halcyon days of historic Monterey, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mute snags in the foreground were once part of the heavy timber being slowly inundated by drifting sand dunes on the Oregon coast. Holland grass is being planted to stop the drifting. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered h. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Mute Swan" by Stephanie Summerfield Commentary: "This is a mute swan swimming in the water." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edward G. Bulwer-lytton | The truest eloquence is that which holds us too mute for applause. |
Robert Browning | Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | John Knightley only was in mute astonishment |
Path of Roses | Carroll, Lewis | Beneath, around, and far as eye could see, Squadron on squadron, stretched opposing hosts, Ranked as for battle, mute and motionless |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Abbe Sicard Sister Simplice in a letter to the deaf mute, Massieu |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Royal persons, favourites, intriguers, bishops, passed like mute phantoms behind their veil of names |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Individuals with locked-in syndrome are conscious and have cognitive function, but are unable to speak or move. The disorder leaves the patient completely mute and paralyzed. (references) | |
Children | Finland | The deaf and the mute are provided interpretation services ranging from 120 to 240 hours annually. (references) |
Human Rights | Botswana | Government officials are usually cooperative and responsive to their views; however, some groups complain that the Government's cooperation is designed mainly to mute criticism and does not result in improved human rights conditions in their view. (references) |
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| "Mute" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.45% of the time. "Mute" is used about 218 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.45% | 195 | 21,939 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.67% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.21% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.92% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 218 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mute": born mute ♦ deaf mute ♦ middle mute ♦ mute as a fish ♦ mute consonant ♦ mute film ♦ mute person ♦ mute swan ♦ render mute ♦ soft mute ♦ stand mute ♦ with the mute on. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mute": mute-hill, mute-medline. | |
Ending with "mute": deaf-mute, stone-mute. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
mute swan | 111 | phone mute | 4 |
mute | 54 | radio mute | 4 |
mute record | 33 | marx mute | 3 |
deaf mute | 14 | mute point | 3 |
98 mute | 13 | mute people | 3 |
mute palm | 12 | child mute | 3 |
mute selective | 7 | mute trombone | 3 |
mute sale swan | 6 | harmon mute | 3 |
violin mute | 5 | elective mute | 3 |
mute odor | 5 | e mute | 3 |
guitar mute palm | 4 | dvd mute witness | 2 |
mute witness | 4 | holder mute trumpet | 2 |
mute saxophone | 4 | in md mute swan | 2 |
trumpet mute | 4 | mute practice trumpet | 2 |
98 lyrics mute | 4 | microphone mute switch | 2 |
mute picture swan | 4 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "mute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | memec (dumb, inarticulate, speechless, voiceless), zanore e pazëshme (mute consonant), sordinë, pa zë (silent, voiceless), i heshtur (antisocial, cagey, cagy, catlike, close-mouthed, dumb, latent, quiet, silent, sleepy, taciturn, tight lipped, wordless), e pazëshme zanore. (various references) | |
Arabic | صامت (dumb, mum, noiseless, quiet, silenced, silent, speechless, still, surd, tacit, tight lipped, unvoiced, voiceless, whist, wordless), خفوت, خفف الصوت, المخفات أداة لتخفيف الصوت, أخرس (aphony, dumb, shut up, silent, tongue tied), أبكم (deaf mute, deafen, dumb, speechless, voiceless). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сурдинка (sordino, sourdine), статист (extra, super, supernumerary, walk on, walking gentleman), слагам сурдинка на, фигурант (figurant, figurehead, walk on, walking gentleman), ням човек (dummy), ням (dumb, implicit, inarticulate, silent, speechless, still, voiceless), мълчалив (buttoned up, mum, quiet, secret, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight lipped, tongue tied, uncommunicative, unspoken), буква която не се произнася, безгласен (voiceless), безмълвен (dumb, noiseless, quiet, silent, speechless, still, wordless), беззвучна съгласна (surd), беззвучен (noiseless, sharp, soundless, surd, toneless, unvoiced, voiceless), платен участник в погребение. (various references) | |
Chinese | 啞 (dumb), 喑哑. (various references) | |
Czech | tlumit (absorb, baffle, damp, muffle, temper), statista (extra), nemluvný (close, tongue tied), nìmý èlovìk, nìmý (blank, dumb, inarticulate, speechless, voiceless), dusit (braise, steam, stew, suffocate), dusítko (damper). (various references) | |
Danish | stum (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Dutch | stom (addled, dumb, foolish, silent, speechless, stupid), sprakeloos (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mutulo, muta (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tigandi (dumb, speechless), dumbur (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Farsi | کسرکردن (Deduct, Detract), لال (Speechless), گنگ (Incommensurable, Unvocal, Whist), صامت (Consonantal, Silent, Speechless), خفه کردن (Asphyxiate, Choke, Extinguish, Scrag, Shutup, Smolder, Smother, Squash, Stifle, Strangle, Strangulate, Suffocate, Throttle), بی زبان , بی صدا (Noiseless, Whist). (various references) | |
Finnish | mykkä (dumb, speechless, tongue-tied). (various references) | |
French | muet (deaf mute), sourdine. (various references) | |
German | stumm (dumb, mutely, non-speaking, silent, speechless), sprachlos (dumb, dumbfounded, speechless, speechlessly, stunned, voiceless), dämpfen (baffle, break, cushion, damp, deaden, dilute, dim, extenuate, extinguish, mellow, muffle, put out, quench, soften, softening, steam, stew, subdue, to baffle, to extenuate, to mute, to stew). (various references) | |
Greek | βωβόσ, βουβόσ (dumb, wordless), μπλοκάρισμα (blocking, clutching, hangup, interlock, locking), μουγγός (dumb), άφωνοσ (mum, silent, speechless, unvoiced, voiceless), άλαλοσ (dumb). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעמעם (blur, darken, dim, obscure, overlook, tarnish), להשתיק (hush, quieten, shush, shut up, silence, squelch), עמעמת (sordino), אלם (dumb, dumbness, dummy, hush, muteness, silence, silent, voiceless). (various references) | |
Hungarian | néma (as still as death, dumb, dummy, mum, quiescent, speechless, unsounded), néma ember. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tunawicara, orang bisu, gagu (dumb, empty minded, void of ideas), bisu (dumb). (various references) | |
Italian | muto (blank, dumb, silent, speechless, tongue tied, voiceless). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 黙黙 (silent, tacit), 黙々 (silent, tacit), ミドル級 (10^-3, aerogramme, communications within a small range, middleweight class, Mila Sohon, militarism, militarist, military look, milli-, millibar, milligram, millimeter, million, million seller, millionaire, millisecond, mimic, mi-mollet, mimosa, mineral, mineral water, Minerva, minestrone, mini, mini component, mini computer, mini floppy disk, mini size, mini theater, miniature, miniature car, minibuffer, minicar, minicomputer, mini-computer, minicycle, mini-disk, minifacsimile, minim, minimalist program, minimum, minimum access, minion, minipill, mini-skirt, ministate, Minnesota, Minolta, minute steak, miracle, mirage, mirror, mirror ball, mirror site, monitor, Muenchen, Muller, Munich, museum, music, music tape, music therapy, musical, musical comedy, musical play, musical show, musician, mutant, Myanmar), 弱音器 (damper). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ミュート , もくもく (silent, tacit), じゃくおんき (damper). (various references) | |
Korean | 벙어리 (Dumb). (various references) | |
Manx | tost (muteness, speechless), fer balloo, amloayrtagh (dumb). (various references) | |
Norwegian | stum (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mudu (dumb, speechless), mudo (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mudo (aphonic, dumb, soundless, speechless, toneless, unsounded, unvoiced, voiceless, wordless). (various references) | |
Romanian | mut (dumb, inarticulate, mutely, sharp, silent, silently, speechless, voiceless), surdinã (silencer, sordino, sourdine), pune surdina la, ocluzivã (plosive), literã mutã, figurant (cipher, dummy, extra, super, supernumerary). (various references) | |
Russian | сурдинка (muffler, sordine, sourdine), немой;мол-вый;приглушать;статист, немой согласный (mute consonant), немой (dumb, silent, speechless), молчаливый (inarticulate, mum, silent, tacit, taciturn, tight lipped, tight-lipped), бессловесный (dumb, wordless), безмолвный (silent, speechless). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mutavac, mutav, sordina (sordine, sourdine), nemušti (inarticulate), nem (dumb, silent, speechless, tongue tied, voiceless), koji je odbio da odgovara. (various references) | |
Spanish | mudo (blank, dumb, quiescent, silent, speechless, voiceless). (various references) | |
Swedish | stum (dumb, inarticulate, silent, speechless, voiceless), statist (extra, supernumerary, walker on), dämpa (Bate, chasten, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, dim, dull, kill, moderate, muffle, quell, quench, subdue, supress, temper, tone down). (various references) | |
Thai | ใบ้ (employ, take), ไม่ออกเสียง, การไม่ออกเสียง (muteness), คนใบ้. (various references) | |
Turkish | yumuşatmak (attemper, chasten, dulcify, limber up, loosen, mellow, melt, moderate, mollify, relax, season, shake up, smooth, soft pedal, soften, supple, tame, unbend, unman), suskun (reticent, self contained, silent, speechless, taciturn, tongue tied), surdin ile kısmak, surdin (sordine, sordino), sessiz (close-tongued, dumb, hushed, mum, muted, noiseless, nonviolent, non-violent, quiescent, quiet, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, still, surd, tacit, taciturn, tuneless, unvoiced, voiceless, without a sound, wordless), sesini kısmak, ses kısma düzeni, okunmayan harf, dilsiz (dumb, inarticulate, speechless, voiceless). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sessiz (silent), lal. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | статист (figurant, super, supernumerary, walk on), німий (dumb, dummy, speechless, voiceless, walking, whist, wordless), надівати сурдинку, мовчазний (broody, dumb, inarticulate, mum, obmutescent, quiescent, reticent, silent, soundless, stilly, tacit, taciturn, tight lipped, uncommunicative, wordless). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thầm lặng, phụ âm câm người đi đưa ma thuê, ngầm (insinuative, latent, tacit), lặng thinh (mum), không nói được nên lời, câm (dumb, soundless). (various references) | |
Welsh | mudan, mud (dull, dumb). (various references) | |
Yucatec | toot (dumb, speechless). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | muta, mute, muti, muto, mutorum, mutos, mutum, mutus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai euqewV kraxaV o pathr tou paidiou meta dakruwn elegen pisteuw kurie bohqei mou th apistia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum videret Iesus concurrentem turbam comminatus est spiritui inmundo dicens illi surde et mute spiritus ego tibi praecipio exi ab eo et amplius ne introeas in eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða sone remde þæs childes feder & wepende cwæð. Drihten ich ge-lyfe ge-fylstminre ungeleaffulnysse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the puple rennynge togidere, he manasside the vnclene spirit, and seide to hym, Thou deef and doumbe spirit, Y comaunde thee, go out fro hym, and entre no more in to hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And streygth waye the father of the chylde cryed with teares sayinge: Lorde I beleve helpe myne vnbelefe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Dihadiha ang amahan sa bata mituwaw nga nag-ingon, "Nagatoo ako; tabangi ang pagtoo ko nga nakulangan!" |
| Croatian | Djeèakov otac brže povika: "Vjerujem! Pomozi mojoj nevjeri!" |
| Danish | Straks råbte Barnets Fader og sagde med Tårer: "Jeg tror, hjælp min Vantro!" |
| Dutch | En terstond de vader des kinds, roepende met tranen, zeide: Ik geloof, Heere! kom mijn ongelovigheid te hulp. |
| Finnish | Ja heti lapsen isä huusi ja sanoi: "Minä uskon; auta minun epäuskoani". |
| French | Aussitôt le père de l`enfant s`écria: Je crois! viens au secours de mon incrédulité! |
| Gaelic | Agus athair a ghille a glaodhach san uair, thuirt e le deoir: Tha mi creidsinn, a Thighearna: cuidich m` ana-creideamh. |
| German | Und alsbald schrie des Kindes Vater mit Tränen und sprach: Ich glaube, lieber HERR, hilf meinem Unglauben! |
| Hungarian | A gyermek atyja pedig azonnal kiáltván, könnyhullatással monda: Hiszek Uram! Légy segítségül az én hitetlenségemnek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Langsung ayah itu berteriak, "Tuhan, saya percaya, tetapi iman saya kurang. Tolonglah saya supaya lebih percaya lagi!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka berteriaklah bapa budak itu sambil menangis, katanya, "Ya Tuhan, hamba percaya, tolonglah akan iman hamba yang kurang." |
| Italian | Il padre del fanciullo rispose ad alta voce: «Credo, aiutami nella mia incredulità». |
| Maori | Na karanga tonu mai te matua o te tama, ka mea, E whakapono ana ahau, e te Ariki; kia puta tou whakaaro ki toku whakaponokore. |
| Norwegian | Straks ropte barnets far: Jeg tror; hjelp min vantro! |
| Portuguese | Imediatamente o pai do menino, clamando, [com lágrimas] disse: Creio! Ajuda a minha incredulidade. |
| Rumanian | Kndatq tatql copilului a strigat cu lacrqmi: ,,Cred, Doamne! Ajutq necredinyei mele!`` |
| Shuar | Tutai uchi apari kakantar chichaak, "Uuntá, nekas Enentáimtajme. Nekas Enentáimtustinian Táasjana nu Yáintkiata" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Hapo, huyo baba akalia kwa sauti, "Naamini! Lakini imani yangu haitoshi, nisaidie!" |
| Swedish | Strax ropade gossens fader och sade: "Jag tror! Hjälp min otro." |
| Uma | Hampetompoi' tuama-na ana' toei napesukui: "Mepangala' -ama Pue'! Tulungi-a-kuwo, apa' aku' toi kura' rahi pepangala' -ku." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mute": muted, mutedly, mutely, muteness, mutenesses, muter, mutes, mutest. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mute": commute, malamute, malemute, permute, semimute, telecommute, transmute. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mute": commuted, commuter, commuters, commutes, malamutes, malemutes, permuted, permutes, telecommuted, telecommuter, telecommuters, telecommutes, transmuted, transmutes. (additional references) | |
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"Mute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imute, mbuti, metce, Mette, meurtre, Meute, mitae, Miteb, mitek, miti, mitte, Mitze, mmta, mota, motee, Motej, moti, moute, Mpta, muat, muche, mude, muet, muftee, muge, mugey, Muito, muke, multa, multum, mume, mure, musta, muste, mustek, Mutah, Mutebi, mutek, Muteka, Mutemba, mutex, mutey, Muth, muthe, muti, mutie, Mutien, muts, mutta, mutte, mutten, mutti, mutu, mutue, Mutuo, muty, muwe, muze, myte, Ntui, nuet, Nute, ume, umt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mute" (pronounced myuw"t) |
| 4 | m y uw" t | commute, permute. |
| 3 | -y uw" t | acute, Bute, Butte, compute, cute, impute, dispute, disrepute, refute, repute, subacute. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-t-u" | |
-1 letter: emu, met, mut. | |
-2 letters: em, et, me, mu, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fumet, muted, muter, mutes, unmet. | |
+2 letters: acetum, amulet, besmut, centum, emeute, estrum, fumets, humate, impute, iterum, luteum, mature, maumet, meatus, mentum, metump, minuet, minute, muleta, mullet, musket, musted, mustee, muster, mutase, mutate, mutely, mutest, mutine, mutter, mutuel, mutule, nutmeg, rectum, septum, tectum, tedium, telium, tergum, tumble, tumefy, tumped, unmeet, untame, uptime. | |
+3 letters: amateur, amputee, amulets, augment, automen, besmuts, bethump, bitumen, bummest, calumet, centrum, centums, chetrum, commute, compute, costume, crumpet, demount, dumbest, dustmen, elytrum, embrute, emeutes, emulate, erratum, estrums, fumette, fumiest, furmety, gourmet, grummet, gummite, gumtree, humates, hutment, imbrute, impetus, imputed, imputer, imputes, manteau, matured, maturer, matures, maumets, mesquit, metumps, mezquit, mezuzot, minuets, minuted, minuter, minutes, misteuk, mistune, mixture, moulted, moulter, mounted, mounter, mouthed, mouther, mulcted, muletas, mullets, mullite, multure, munster, muriate, murkest, murther, musette, muskets, mustees, musters, mustier, mutable, mutagen, mutases, mutated, mutates, mutches, mutedly, mutined, mutines, mutters, mutuels, mutules, numbest, nutmeat, nutmegs, oestrum, omentum, outbeam, outcome, outmode, outmove, permute, pinetum, plumate, plummet, putamen, rectums, remount, rummest, septums, smutted, sternum, stewbum, strumae, stumble, stummed, stumped, stumper, subitem, summate, sumpter, tapetum, tectums, tediums, tegumen, tempura, terbium, tetotum, thumbed, thumped, thumper, timeous, timeout, trumeau, trumped, trumpet, tumbled, tumbler, tumbles, tumbrel, tummies, tummler, turfmen, umpteen, unkempt, unmated, unmeant, unmiter, unmitre, untamed, uptempo, uptimes, vermuth. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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