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{{also|Mute|muté|mutē}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|myo͞ot|a=UK}}, {{IPA|en|/mjuːt/|/mɪu̯t/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-mute.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːt|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|moot}} {{qualifier|in some dialects}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|muet}}, from {{der|en|xno|muet}}, {{m|fro|moet}}, {{der|en|frm|muet}}, from {{m|frm|mu|t=dumb, mute}} + {{m|frm|-et}}, remodelled after {{der|en|la|mūtus}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# Not having the power of [[speech]]; [[dumb]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Metamorphoses|passage=Thus, while the '''mute''' creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes / Beholds his own hereditary skies. / From such rude principles our form began; / And earth was metamorphos'd into Man.}}
# [[silent|Silent]]; not making a sound. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=3|passage=All the heavenly choir stood '''mute''', / And silence was in heaven.|year=1873}}
#* '''1956''', Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), ''Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo'' (translation of ''[[w:Die Jüdin von Toledo|Die Jüdin von Toledo]]''),<sup >[http://books.google.com/books?id=sgBKAAAAMAAJ ]</sup> Messner, page 178:
#*: “{{...}} The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest '''mute'''! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou '''mutest''' among all the '''mute'''!”
# Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
# Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|mutely|muteness|mute swan|mutism|deaf-mute|I'm mute|mute as a mouse|mute e|mute h|mute of malice|mute point|selectively mute|mute cornett|palm mute}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|not having the power of speech}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|бзако}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَخْرَس}}, {{t|ar|أَبْكَم}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|أخرس|tr=aḵras}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|mudo}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|համր}}, {{t+|hy|լալ}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|mut}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|mudu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|lal}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|mutu}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{t|sne|bebe'}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|нямы́}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|गूंग}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ням}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mut}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|majnachalelo}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|啞|tr=aa2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|啞巴|tr=yǎba}}, {{t+|cmn|啞|tr=yǎ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|němý|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|stum}}, {{t|da|umælende}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stom}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|muta}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|málleysur}}, {{t|fo|dumbur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mykkä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|muet}}, {{t+|fr|assourdi}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|mut}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|mudo}}
* German: {{t+|de|stumm}}
*: Low German: {{t+|nds|dumm}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άλαλος}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἄλαλος}}, {{t|grc|ἐνεός}}, {{t|grc|ἄναυδος}}, {{t|grc|ἄφωνος}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|oqajuitsoq}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|bèbè}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|אילם|m|tr='ilém}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|गूंगा}}, {{t+|hi|मूक}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|néma}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|mállaus}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bisu}}, {{t+|id|gagu}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|mykkä}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|balbh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|muto}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|黙々|tr=もくもく, mokumoku}}, {{t+|ja|唖|tr=おしの, oshi-no|alt=唖の}}, {{t|ja|口の利けない|tr=くちのきけない, kuchi no kikenai}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|bisu}}
* Kabardian: {{t+|kbd|бзагуэ}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|لاڵ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lal}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|māms|m}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|mūtus|m}}, {{t|la|infans}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|mēms|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|stomm}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|нем}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|bisu}}, {{t|ms|kelu}}, {{t|ms|gagu}}, {{t|ms|tunawicara}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡥᡝᠯᡝ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wahangū}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|dumb}}, {{t|enm|muet}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|muet}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|gielaheapme}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|stum}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|mut}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ମୂକ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dumb}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|لال|tr=lâl}}, {{t+|fa|گنگ|tr=gong}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|niemy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mudo}}
* Quechua: {{t+|qu|amu}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mut}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|немо́й|m}}, {{t+|ru|бесслове́сный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|मूक}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|mudu}}, {{t|sc|mutu}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|balbh}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|не̑м}}, {{t|sh|није̑м}}, {{t|sh|му̏тав}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|nȇm}}, {{t+|sh|nijȇm}}, {{t+|sh|mȕtav}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|ගොලු}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|nemý}}, {{t|sk|nehovoriaci}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|nem}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|nimy}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mudo}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|pireu}}, {{t|su|wisu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stum}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|pipi|m}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|лол}}
* Talysh: {{t|tly|lol}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|aynaw|m}}, {{t|rif|agnaw|m}}, {{t|rif|aziyzun|m}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|lal}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เงียบ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dilsiz}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|німи́й}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|lol}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|câm}}
* Votic: {{t|vot|nʹemoi}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|mouwea|m}}, {{t+|wa|mouwale|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|mud}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|lal|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|silent, not making a sound}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَامِت|m}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|mudu}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|безмълвен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mut}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|缄默的|tr=jiānmòde}}, {{t|cmn|无声的|tr=wúshēngde}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stil}}, {{t+|nl|gedempt}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äänetön}}, {{t+|fi|mykkä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|muet|m}}, {{t+|fr|muette|f}}, {{t+|fr|silencieux|m}}, {{t+|fr|silencieuse|f}}, {{t+|fr|mutique|m|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|still}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|néma}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tostach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|muto}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|음소거(音消去)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|mit}}, {{t+|kmr|kirr}}, {{t+|kmr|bêdeng}}, {{t+|kmr|bêpêjn}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|mūtus}}, {{t|la|infans}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hāngū}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|dumb}}, {{t|enm|muet}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|muet}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|بی‌صدا|tr=bi-sedâ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|milczący|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mudo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|немо́й|m}}, {{t+|ru|безмо́лвный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mudo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tyst}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|bêveng|c-d}}, {{t|zza|bêhes}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{wikipedia|Mute (music)}}
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|phonetics|now|_|obsolete}} A [[stopped]] consonant; a [[stop]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#: {{synonyms|en|occlusive|plosive|stop}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|theatre}} An actor who does not speak; a [[mime]] performer. {{defdate|16th|19th c.}}
#* '''1668''' ''OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY.'' By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; ({{w|John Dryden}})
#*: As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a '''Mute''' in it:
# A person who does not have the power of [[speech]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Haggard She|passage=The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male '''mutes''', to whom the Queen made another sign.}}
# A hired [[mourner]] at a [[funeral]]; an undertaker's assistant. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Pendennis|volume=II|page=95|passage=He asked about the undertaking business, and how many '''mutes''' went down with Lady Estrich’s remains {{…}}|chapter=IX}}
#* {{RQ:Peake Gormenghast
|passage=The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading '''mute''', while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1978|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Livia|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=1992|series=Avignon Quintet|page=481
|passage=Then followed a long silence during which the '''mute''' turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’}}
# {{lb|en|music}} An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a [[brass]] instrument, or [[damper]] for [[pianoforte]]; a [[sordine]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
# An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Tomlinson Holman|title=Sound for Film and Television|page=174
|passage=Another related primary control is called a '''''mute''''', which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. '''Mutes''' are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal {{...}}}}
# A [[mute swan]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1998|author=Bob Devine; National Geographic Society (U.S.)|title=Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants
|passage=The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and '''mutes''' aren't controlled. Right now '''mutes''' are thriving.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|mute cancel|plunger mute}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|person unable to speak}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|համր}}, {{t+|hy|լալ}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|pula}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|глухоням}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mut|m}}, {{t+|ca|muda|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|němý|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stomme|m|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|mutulo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mykkä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|muet|m}}, {{t+|fr|muette|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|mudo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stummer|m}}, {{t+|de|Stumme|f}}
* Greek:
*: Classical Greek: {{t|grc|ἄφθογγα|n-p}} {{qualifier|in plural}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|mykkä}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|balbhán|m}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|벙어리}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lal|m|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dumb}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گنگ|tr=gong}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mudo|m}}
* Quechua: {{t+|qu|amu}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mut|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|немо́й|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|balbhan|m}}, {{t|gd|balbhag|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mudo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stum|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|pipi}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|гунг}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|німи́й|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|người câm}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|mouwea|m}}, {{t+|wa|mouwale|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|mudan|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|silent acting part}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|статист|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sordine}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сурдинка|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sourdine|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|sordino|m}}, {{t+|it|sordina|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|弱音器|tr=じゃくおんき, jakuonki}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|sordin|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sordin|c}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|mudydd|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|hired mourner, undertaker's assistant}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|carpideira|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|plañidera|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[silence]], to make quiet.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To turn off the sound of.
#: {{antonyms|en|unmute}}
#: {{ux|en|Please '''mute''' the music while I make a call.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|muter}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|silence, make quiet}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|заглушавам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaientaa}}, {{t+|fi|hiljentää}}, {{t+|fi|mykistää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|taire}}, {{t|fr|[[rendre]] [[silencieux]]}}, {{t|fr|rendre [[muet]]}}, {{t+|fr|amuïr}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elnémít}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakangū}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|calar}}, {{t+|pt|emudecer}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enmudecer}}, {{t+|es|callar}}, {{t+|es|acallar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tysta}}, {{t+|sv|stänga av}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|susturmak}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|turn off the sound of}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaientaa}}, {{t+|fi|hiljentää}}, {{t+|fi|mykistää}}
* French: {{t|fr|mettre en silencieux}}, {{t|fr|[[couper]] le [[son]]}}, {{t+|fr|amuïr}}, {{t|fr|mettre en sourdine}}
* German: {{t+|de|stummschalten}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|lenémít}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|slå av}}, {{t+|no|dempe}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|silenciar}}, {{t+|pt|mutar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|silenciar}}, {{t|es|quitar el sonido}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stänga av}}, {{t+|sv|mjuta}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|dumb}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|frm|muetir}}, probably a shortened form of {{m|frm|esmeutir}}, ultimately from {{der|en|gem-pro|-}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} Of a bird: to [[defecate]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Tobit|2|10|passage= And I knewe not that there were Sparrowes in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the Sparrowes '''muted''' warme doung into mine eyes,...}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=w:George Orwell|title=w:Animal Farm|publisher=Signet Classics|pages=40–41
|passage=All the pigeons, to the number of thirty-five, flew to and fro over the men's heads and '''muted''' upon them from mid-air;{{...}}}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[faeces]] of a [[hawk]] or [[falcon]].
#* {{RQ:Butler Hudibras|year=1905 |passage=On which was written not in words, <br>But hieroglyphic '''mute''' of birds }}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:T. H. White|T[erence] H[anbury] White]]|chapter=III|title=w:The Once and Future King|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:G. P. Putnam's Sons|year=1958|section=book I (''The Sword in the Stone'')|isbn=978-0-399-10597-5|passage=The Wart was familiar with the nests of Spar-hawk and Gos, the crazy conglomerations of sticks and oddments which had been taken over from squirrels or crows, and he knew how the twigs and the tree foot were splashed with white '''mutes''', old bones, muddy feathers and castings.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|bird droppings}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|skitt|m}}, {{t+|no|dritt|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|en|la|mutare|t=to change}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cast off]]; to [[moult]].
#* {{RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies|The Night Walker|4|4|passage=Have I '''muted''' all my feathers?}}

{{C|en|Disability|People|Silence|Talking}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{af|eo|muta|-e}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-mute.wav}}

===Adverb===
{{eo-adv}}

# [[mutely]], [[speechlessly]]

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mute.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|muter||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fr|a=emtu|émut|émût|meut|muet}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|mutar}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|mùte}}

===Adjective===
{{head|it|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|it|muto||f|p}}

===Noun===
{{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}}

# {{plural of|it|muta}}

==Latgalian==

===Etymology===
Cognates include {{cog|lv|mute}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ltg-IPA}}
* {{hyph|ltg|mu|te}}

===Noun===
{{ltg-noun|f}}

# [[mouth]]

====Declension====
{{ltg-decl-noun/5}}

===References===
* {{R:ltg:Andronov:2008|page=172}}

{{C|ltg|Body parts}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|mūte}}

===Adjective===
{{head|la|adjective form|head=mūte}}

# {{inflection of|la|mūtus||voc|m|s}}

==Latvian==
{{slim-wikipedia|lang=lv}}
[[File:Close-Up-Girl-Lips Blonde-Girl.jpg|250px|thumb|Mute]]
{{picdic|image=Illu mouth (no labels).jpg|width=250|detail1=Mute|labels=
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=18|posy=81|link=ūka}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=196|posy=24|link=lūpa}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=175|posy=160|link=mēle}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=118|posy=171|link=priekšzobs|altlink=priekšzobi}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=21|posy=148|link=acu zobs|altlink=acu<br>zobi}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=23|posy=119|link=mazs dzeroklis|altlink=mazie<br>dzerokļi}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=196|posy=58|link=zobs|altlink=zobi}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=210|posy=90|link=mandele}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=201|posy=108|link=dzeroklis|altlink=lilie<br>dzerokļi}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=11|posx=210|posy=74|link=mīkstās aukslējas|altlink=m.aukslējas}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=11|posx=28|posy=54|link=cietās aukslējas|altlink=c.aukslējas}}
{{picdiclabel|lv|color=blue|fontsize=12|posx=31|posy=32|link=smaganas}}
|detail2=
{{picdicimg|lv|image=Human head and brain diagram.svg|link=galva}}
{{picdicimg|lv|image=Human body features-nb.svg|link=ķermenis}}}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|lv|ine-pro|*mnt-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*ment-|t=to chew; jaw, mouth}}. Cognate with {{cog|la|mentum|t=chin}} and {{m|la|mandō|t=to chew}}, {{cog|grc|μάσταξ|t=jaws, mouth}} and {{m|grc|μασάομαι|t=to chew}}, {{cog|cy|mant|t=jawbone}}, {{cog|hit|tr=mēni|t=chin}}, {{cog|gem-pro|*munþaz|t=mouth}} ({{cog|en|mouth}}, {{cog|de|Mund}}, {{cog|nl|mond}}, {{cog|sv|mun}}, {{cog|is|munnur}}, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{lv-IPA|mutɛ}}
* {{audio|lv|lv-riga-mute.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{lv-noun|f|5th}}

# {{lb|lv|anatomy}} [[mouth]] {{gloss|[[orifice]] for ingesting [[food]]}}
#: {{uxi|lv|'''mutes''' orgāni|'''mouth''' organs}}
#: {{uxi|lv|aizvērt '''muti'''|to close one's '''mouth'''}}
#: {{uxi|lv|plātīt '''muti'''|to keep one's '''mouth''' open, to gape}}
#: {{uxi|lv|turēt '''mutē''' konfekti|to have candy in one's '''mouth'''}}
#: {{uxi|lv|'''mutes''' kaktiņi|corners of the '''mouth'''}}
#: {{uxi|lv|'''mutes''' harmonikas|harmonica (musical instrument)}}
# [[orifice]], [[opening]], [[entrance]]
#: {{uxi|lv|krāsns '''mute'''|the '''mouth''' of the oven}}
# [[face]]
#: {{uxi|lv|mazgāt '''muti'''|to wash one's '''mouth''' ({{=}} face)}}
#: {{uxi|lv|bērni ar netīrām '''mutēm'''|children with dirty '''mouths''' ({{=}} faces)}}
# [[kiss]]
#: {{uxi|lv|dot '''mutes'''|to give '''mouths''' ({{=}} kisses)}}

====Declension====
{{lv-decl-noun|mu|e|5th||t|t|extrawidth=-60}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|lv|mutīgs}}
* {{l|lv|mutisks}}

==Middle English==

===Adjective===
{{enm-adj}}

# {{alt form|enm|muet}}

==Murui Huitoto==

===Pronunciation===
* {{huu-IPA}}
* {{hyph|huu|mu|te}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|huu}}

====Verb====
{{head|huu|verb}}

# {{lb|huu|transitive}} to [[feel]] [[sorry]] for
# {{lb|huu|transitive}} to [[complain]] about

=====Conjugation=====
{{huu-conj|+}}

===Etymology 2===
{{onomatopoeic|huu}}.

====Verb====
{{head|huu|verb}}

# {{lb|huu|intransitive}} to [[produce]] the sound {{m|huu|jmm}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{huu-conj}}

===References===
* {{R:huu:Burtch:1983|page=183}}
* {{R:huu:Wojtylak:2017|pages=113, 129}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nn|non|múta}} from {{der|nn|gem-pro|*mōtō}} (of unclear origin). Compare {{cog|sv|muta}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f2}}

# [[bribe]]
# [[secrecy]]

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-1}}

# {{lb|nn|transitive}} to [[bribe]]
# {{lb|nn|transitive}} to [[hide]], [[conceal]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|nn|de|muten}}.

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-1}}

# {{lb|nn|mining}} to [[apply]] for a [[mining]] [[permit]]

===References===
* {{R:ND}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|mutar}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|[ˈmute]}}

===Verb===
{{head|ro|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|ro|muta||3|s//p|pres|sub}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Verb===
{{sh-verb-form}}

# {{inflection of|sh|mutiti||3p|pres|indc}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|mutar}}