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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mutual (comparative more mutual, superlative most mutual)
- Having the same relationship, each to each other.
They were mutual enemies.
- Collective, done or held in common.
Mutual insurance.
- Reciprocal.
They had mutual fear of each other.
- Possessed in common.
They had been introduced by a mutual friend.
1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]
- (Relating to a company, insurance or financial institution) Owned by the members.
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Translations
having the same relationship, each to each other
- Arabic: مُتَبَادَل (mutabādal)
- Armenian: փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj)
- Asturian: mutuu
- Azerbaijani: ortaq
- Bashkir: үҙ-ара (üź-ara), уртаҡ (urtaq)
- Catalan: mutu
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 相互 (zh) (xiānghù)
- Czech: vzájemný (cs) m
- Danish: gensidig
- Dutch: wederzijds (nl)
- Esperanto: reciproka
- Finnish: keskinäinen (fi), molemminpuolinen (fi)
- French: mutuel (fr)
- Galician: mutuo (gl)
- Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi), ურთიერთზიარი (urtiertziari), თანაზიარი (tanaziari)
- German: wechselseitig (de), gegenseitig (de), beiderseitig (de)
- Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos), κοινός (el) (koinós)
- Hungarian: kölcsönös (hu)
- Icelandic: gagnkvæmur
- Ingrian: keskinäin
- Italian: mutuo (it), vicendevole (it)
- Japanese: 相互 (ja) (そうご, sōgo), 互いの (ja) (たがいの, tagai no)
- Korean: 서로의 (ko) (seoroui)
- Latin: mūtuus
- Macedonian: за́емен m (záemen), меѓу́себен m (meǵúseben)
- Malayalam: പരസ്പര (ml) (paraspara)
- Norwegian: gjensidig (no)
- Polish: wzajemny (pl) m
- Portuguese: mútuo (pt)
- Romanian: mutual (ro) m or n, reciproc (ro) m or n
- Russian: взаи́мный (ru) (vzaímnyj)
- Sanskrit: अन्योन्य (sa) (anyonya)
- Spanish: mutuo (es)
- Swedish: ömsesidig (sv)
- Turkish: ortak (tr)
- Ukrainian: взає́мний (vzajémnyj)
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reciprocal
- Armenian: փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj)
- Bashkir: үҙ-ара (üź-ara)
- Bulgarian: взаимен (bg) (vzaimen)
- Danish: gensidig
- Esperanto: reciproka
- Finnish: keskinäinen (fi), molemminpuolinen (fi), vastavuoroinen (fi)
- French: mutuel (fr)
- Georgian: თანაზიარი (tanaziari), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi)
- German: wechselseitig (de), gegenseitig (de)
- Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos), αλληλοπαθής (el) (allilopathís)
- Hungarian: ellenoldali
- Icelandic: gagnkvæmur
- Italian: reciproco (it), vicendevole (it)
- Latin: mutuus
- Lithuanian: savitarpinis
- Macedonian: за́емен m (záemen), меѓу́себен m (meǵúseben)
- Norwegian: gjensidig (no)
- Polish: obopólny (pl) m, wzajemny (pl) m
- Portuguese: recíproco (pt)
- Romanian: reciproc (ro) m or n
- Russian: взаи́мный (ru) (vzaímnyj), обою́дный (ru) (obojúdnyj)
- Spanish: recíproco (es)
- Ukrainian: взає́мний (vzajémnyj), обопі́льний (obopílʹnyj)
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Noun
mutual (plural mutuals)
- A mutual fund.
- (business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.
- (Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.
- Synonym: moot
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mutuel. By surface analysis, mutuu + -al.
Adjective
mutual m or n (feminine singular mutuală, masculine plural mutuali, feminine and neuter plural mutuale)
- reciprocal
Declension
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mu‧tual
Adjective
mutual m or f (masculine and feminine plural mutuales)
- mutual
- Synonym: mutuo
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