Mull

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See also: mull, múll, müll, and Müll

English

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Proper noun

Mull

  1. An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Translations

Etymology 2

From mulligatawny.

Noun

Mull (plural Mulls)

  1. (Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
    • 1837, Asiatic Journal, page 251:
      The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence [] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
    • 1844, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 8, page 394:
      [] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, []
    • 1852, Notes and Queries (1st ser. v. 165)
      esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'
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German

Etymology 1

Byform of Müll (waste, rubbish”, older also “earth, dust), which see. Related with English mould (loose earth), but not directly cognate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊl/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, no plural)

  1. (chiefly Northern Germany) mould, loose earth
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Etymology 2

From Low German Mull, from Middle Low German mul, mol. Cognate with Dutch mol, English mole. Related with German Molch (salamander).

Pronunciation

  • Like etymology 1 above.

Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural Mulle)

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of Maulwurf (mole)
  2. (biology, in compounds) one of various mammals that dig subterranean burrows
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Etymology 3

From English mull, shortened from mulmul, from Hindi मलमल (malmal).

Pronunciation

  • Like etymology 1 above.

Noun

Mull m (strong, genitive Mulls or Mulles, plural (rare) Mulle)

  1. gauze (very thin fabric, generally used for medical purposes)
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Etymology 4

From English Mull.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mull n (proper noun, genitive Mulls or (optionally with an article) Mull)

  1. Mull (an island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland)

Further reading

  • Mull” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Mull” in Duden online

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mūlō.

Noun

Mull f (plural Mulle, diminutive Mülltje) (Eupen)

  1. mouth of an animal
  2. (possibly derogatory) mouth of a person
  3. kiss

Etymology 2

From a clipping of Mullber, from Proto-West Germanic *mōrubaʀi (mulberry).

Noun

Mull f (plural Mulle) (Eupen)

  1. raspberry

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

From French moûle, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mull f (plural Mullen)

  1. mussel