mouth

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
4. (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
5. (slang) A gossip.
6. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
7. (obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
8. (obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
9. (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Verb

1. To speak; to utter.
2. To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but without producing sound.
3. To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
4. To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
5. To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
6. To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
7. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
8. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
9. To carry in the mouth.
10. (obsolete) To make mouths at
11. To form a mouth or opening in.
12. To examine the teeth of.

Concepten

mond

muil

bek

monding

opening

uitmonding

afgrond

riviermond

kloof

estuarium

snuit

muide

riviermonding

samenvloeiing

declameren

oreren

schetteren

uitgalmen

uitmonden

woordvoerder

opening, gat

mondholte

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/maʊθ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian müd, müth, müss (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Norwegian munn (“mouth”), Danish mund (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Albanian mjekër (“chin, beard”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite [script needed] (mēni, “chin”). The verb is from Middle English mouthen, from the noun.