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Added 10 October 2026

mute

/mjuːt/ adjective

In Latin: mūtus, infans Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Not having the power of speech; dumb. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Silent; not making a sound.
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

noun

A stopped consonant; a stop.
An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
A person who does not have the power of speech.

verb

To silence, to make quiet.
To turn off the sound of.
Please mute the music while I make a call.
To cause the content or messages of to no longer appear on one's feed, trigger notifications, or similar, especially without fully blocking.

verb

Of a bird: to defecate.

Origin

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

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