mute
To silence, to make quietTo silence, to make quiet.
» Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
Helen Keller war blind, taub und stumm. — pne
Хелен Келлер была слепой, глухой и немой. — nina99nv
Хелен Келлер була сліпою, глухою і німою. — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To silence, to make quiet.
(transitive)To turn off the sound of.
Please mute the music while I make a call.
stummschalten
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
(transitive)To cause the content or messages of (a social media account, a website, etc.) to no longer appear on one's feed, trigger notifications, or similar, especially without fully blocking.
(transitive)To cast off; to moult.
(archaic)Of a bird: to defecate.
Examples
72 sentencesHelen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
Хелен Келлер була сліпою, глухою і німою. — rmdas
ruХелен Келлер была слепой, глухой и немой. — nina99nv
deHelen Keller war blind, taub und stumm. — pne
Deaf-mute people can use sign language to communicate.
Tom muted his microphone.
deTom schaltete sein Mikrofon stumm. — brauchinet
Tom pretended to be mute.
I always mute my phone.
ruЯ всегда ставлю телефон на беззвучный режим. — marafon
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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.
From Latin mutare (“to change”).
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Forms
mutes, muting, muted, mutedSynonyms
5 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
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