mut

Albanian

Etymology

Either from Proto-Albanian *mukta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to release, let loose”) (compare Sanskrit मुक्त (muktá, “released”)) or from Proto-Albanian *mut, from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“wet; dirt; to wash”). Compare Armenian մութ (mutʿ, “dark”), Middle Low German modder (“mud”), English mud, Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

Noun

mut m

1. (vulgar) shit
2. dirty

Synonyms

• feçe (standard)
• kakë (less vulgar)

See also

• dhjes

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin mūtō. Compare Romanian muta, mut.

Alternative forms

• mutu

Verb

mut first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative mutã, past participle mutatã)

1. to move
2. to remove, displace
3. to raise

Related terms

• mutari / mutare
• mutat
• strãmut

Etymology 2

From Latin mūtus. Compare Romanian mut.

Alternative forms

• mutu, amut, amutu

Adjective

mut (feminine mutã, masculine plural muts, feminine plural muti / mute)

1. mute

Derived terms

• mutalj
• mutsãscu / amutsãscu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mut, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)
• Rhymes: -ut

Adjective

mut (feminine muda, masculine plural muts, feminine plural mudes)

1. mute

Derived terms

Noun

mut m (plural muts, feminine muda)

1. mute

Further reading

• “mut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Verb

mut

1. to allow

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin modo. Compare regional Italian mo, compare Romanian măi.

Adverb

mut

1. now

Related terms

• jamo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/,

Adjective

mut

1. sullen, sulky

Inflection

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut/,
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification^(key): mut

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mut

1. (colloquial) accusative of mä

See also

• minut

Etymology 2

Conjunction

mut (colloquial)

1. (coordinating) Alternative form of mutta

Further reading

• “mut”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (CAN)

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Verb

mut

1. third-person singular past historic of mouvoir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mūtus.

Adjective

mut

1. mute, dumb

See also

• sort

Hlai

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /mut˥/

Noun

mut

1. quail

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish mutta.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmut/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmut/,
• Rhymes: -ut
• Hyphenation: mut

Conjunction

mut

1. but
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.

     The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

Synonyms

• no, vaa

See also

• odnako (“however”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

Ladin

Etymology

Most likely a variation of mat, as in fé da mat ("to play")

Noun

mut m (plural mutons)

1. (Gherdëina) boy, child

   I à doi mutons: n mut y na muta ― They have two children: a boy and a girl

   Tré su n mut ― To raise a child

   Ulà ie pa jit chël mut? ― Where did that boy go?

   Resté vedl mut ― To remain a bachelor

Alternative forms

• möt (Badiot)
• bez, tous (Fascian)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "age"): ël
• (antonym(s) of "gender"): muta

Derived terms

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

mut

1. second-person singular imperative of miet

Middle French

Alternative forms

• muet

Etymology

From Old French mu, mut, mui.

Noun

mut m (plural muts)

1. mute (one who cannot speak)

Adjective

mut m (feminine singular mute, masculine plural mutz, feminine plural mutes)

1. mute (unable to speak)

Descendants

• French: muet

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mōta. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian mötj and West Frisian moatte.

Verb

mut

1. (Föhr-Amrum) must, have to

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

mut m (feminine singular muda, masculine plural muts, feminine plural mudas)

1. mute

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 668.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴔𐴟𐴃𐴢 (mut) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit মূত্র (mū́tra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHtram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *muH-. Cognate with Assamese মূত (mut), Bengali মুত (mut).

Noun

mut (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴟𐴃𐴢)

1. urine

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Adjective

mut m or n (feminine singular mută, masculine plural muți, feminine and neuter plural mute)

1. dumb, mute

Declension

Derived terms

• muțenie

Related terms

• amuți

See also

• orb
• surd
• vorbi

Etymology 2

Verb

mut

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muta

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmut/
• Hyphenation: mut

Noun

mut (definite accusative mutu, plural mutlar)

1. joy

Derived terms

1. mutlu (“happy”)
2. mutsuz (“unhappy”)

Tzeltal

Noun

mut

1. bird

Tzotzil

Noun

mut (plural mutetik)

1. (Zinacantán) bird

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut̪/

Noun

mut

1. charcoal

   Synonym: maamut

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics