muffle

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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English muflen (“to muffle”), aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler, from Old French enmoufler (“to wrap up, muffle”), from moufle (“mitten”), from Medieval Latin muffula (“a muff”), of Germanic origin (—first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 C.E.), from Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) from *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) (from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”)) + *vël (“skin, hide”) (from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Alternate etymology traces the Medieval Latin word to Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”), English mulch) + *fell (“hide, skin”).

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заглушител (zaglušitel) — Anything that mutes or deadens sound
• Finnish: äänenvaimennin — Anything that mutes or deadens sound
• Hungarian: tompító — Anything that mutes or deadens sound
• Norwegian: demper — Anything that mutes or deadens sound
• Russian: глуши́тель (glušítelʹ) — Anything that mutes or deadens sound
• Bulgarian: ръкавица (rǎkavica) — A warm piece of clothing for the hands
• Norwegian: muffe — A warm piece of clothing for the hands
• Russian: рукави́ца (rukavíca) — A warm piece of clothing for the hands
• Slovak: muf — A warm piece of clothing for the hands
• Finnish: äänenvaimennin — A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames
• Spanish: mufla — A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames
• Bulgarian: увивам се (uvivam se) — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Bulgarian: загръщам се (zagrǎštam se) — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Catalan: embolicar — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Catalan: emboçar — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Finnish: kietoa — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• French: couvrir — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• French: emmitoufler — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Hungarian: bebugyolál — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Irish: cumhdaigh — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Māori: whakangenengene — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Portuguese: abafar — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Portuguese: cobrir — To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
• Bulgarian: заглушавам (zaglušavam) — To mute or deaden
• Catalan: esmorteir — To mute or deaden
• Dutch: dempen — To mute or deaden
• Finnish: vaimentaa — To mute or deaden
• Finnish: hiljentää — To mute or deaden
• French: assourdir — To mute or deaden
• French: étouffer — To mute or deaden
• Hungarian: tompít — To mute or deaden
• Irish: plúch — To mute or deaden
• Māori: whakatāmate — To mute or deaden
• Māori: whakahaumūmū — To mute or deaden
• Norwegian: dempe — To mute or deaden
• Occitan: assordir — To mute or deaden
• Occitan: amortir — To mute or deaden
• Polish: tłumić — To mute or deaden
• Polish: stłumić — To mute or deaden
• Portuguese: abafar — To mute or deaden
• Russian: глуши́ть (glušítʹ) — To mute or deaden
• Russian: заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) — To mute or deaden
• Russian: заглушать (zaglušatʹ) — To mute or deaden
• Russian: приглуши́ть (priglušítʹ) — To mute or deaden
• Spanish: asordinar — To mute or deaden