mummer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
2. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.

Verb

Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).

Sinonieme

mime

pantomimist

mimer

pantomimer

actor

mimic

masquerader

Vertalings

fantasiado

mime

μίμος

maskaralık

mímico

bufão

mascarado

mímica

máscara

😷

mimo

pantomimo

mim

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmʌm.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mummer

Verwante met Duits: Mumme

Verwante met Engels: mump

In summary

From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), Middle Low Saxon mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), Dutch mom (“mask”) and mimmen (“to mask”) as well as Spanish momo (“grimace”).
Perhaps both of the conflated terms are from the same ultimate root, as note Middle Low Saxon mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), Dutch mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), German mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), English mump (“to grimace, mumble”).