mute

Meaning

Adj

1. Not having the power of speech; dumb.
2. Silent; not making a sound.
3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop.
2. (obsolete) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
3. A person who does not have the power of speech.
4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
5. An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
6. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
7. A mute swan.

Verb

1. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.

Verb

Of a bird: to defecate.

Noun

The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Verb

To cast off; to moult.

Opposite of

unmute

Synonyms

dumb

silent

🔇

speechless

unable to speak

muffle

deaf

quiet

voiceless

deaf-mute

still

dampen

deaden

noiseless

damper

damp

wordless

tongueless

deaf-and-dumb person

dull

unspoken

silence

tacit

allay

reduce

tranquil

not make a sound

soundless

tone down

unlettered

untroubled

unvoiced

valve

walk-on

dumb person

mute person

remain silent

stamp down

stupid person

person with a speech impediment

speech-impaired person

peacefu

low-toned

noise elimination

noise stopping

silencing of noise

attenuator

breathed

calm

closemouthed

cushion

Translations

muet

mudo

🔇

muto

🔇

stumm

🔇

mudo

🔇

stom

🔇

mut

🔇

muette

silencieux

🔇

sordina

sprakeloos

Stumme

Dämpfer

assourdir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: muet

In summary

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.