mute
A person who does not have the power of speechA person who does not have the power of speech.
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Meaning
9 sensesA person who does not have the power of speech.
Stummer, Stumme
немо́йnemój
німи́йnimýj
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
More meanings 6
An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
A mute swan.
(Internet)An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
(obsolete)A stopped consonant; a stop.
(obsolete)An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
a deaf person who is unable to speak
Origin
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumbFrom Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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