mule

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /mjuːl/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /mjuːəl/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mjʉl/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mjuːəl/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mjuwəɫ/
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• rhymes with -uːl
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• homophone: mewl
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• CMU ARPABET: M Y UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Various origins: * A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals. * Borrowed from Italian Mulè. * Borrowed from French Mule.

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Italic *musklos? Latin mūlus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin mūla Anglo-Norman mulebor. ▲ Latin mūlusbor. Proto-West Germanic *mūl Old English mūl Middle English mule English mule Inherited from Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule (“she-mule”) and Old English mūl, both ultimately from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic мъшкъ (mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).

From Middle French mule (“backless slipper”), from Medieval Latin mula (“slipper, shoe with a thick sole”), presumably from classical Latin mulleus, the dyed shoe of either the patricians or senators, from mūllus (“red mullet”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Alabama: hakchobaski — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Albanian: mushkë — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Amharic: በቅሎ (bäḳlo) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Arabic: بَغَل (baḡal) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Arabic: بغل (baḡl) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Arabic: بغل (bḡal) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Aragonese: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Argobba: በቅሎ (bäḳlo) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Armenian: ջորի (ǰori) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Asturian: mulu — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Asturian: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Asturian: burreñu — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Asturian: burreña — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Azerbaijani: qatır — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Basque: mando — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Belarusian: мул (mul) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Bengali: খচ্চর (khoccor) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Bulgarian: муле (mule) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Burmese: လား (la:) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Catalan: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Catalan: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Catalan: matxo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᎵᏰᏅᎯᏓ (digaliyenvhida) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬騾 /马骡 (mǎluó) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 騾子 /骡子 (luózi) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Coptic: ⲧⲉⲙⲑⲁⲙ (temtham) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲥⲫⲟⲣⲕ (masphork) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Czech: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Danish: muldyr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Dutch: muildier — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Dzongkha: དྲེལ (drel) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Esperanto: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Estonian: muul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Finnish: muuli — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• French: mule — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• French: mulet — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Galician: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Galician: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Galician: macho — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ge'ez: በቅል (bäḳl) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Georgian: ჯორი (ǯori) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• German: Maultier — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• German: Muli — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Greek: μουλάρι (moulári) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Greek: ημίονος (imíonos) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ancient Greek: ἡμίονος (hēmíonos) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ancient Greek: ὀρεύς (oreús) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Gujarati: ખચ્ચર (khaccar) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hawaiian: miula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hawaiian: hoki — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hebrew: פֶּרֶד (péred) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hebrew: פִּרְדָּה (pirdá) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hindi: खच्चर (khaccar) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Hungarian: öszvér — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Icelandic: múldýr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Icelandic: múlasni — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ido: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Indonesian: bagal — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Irish: miúil — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Italian: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Japanese: 騾馬 (raba) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Japanese: ラバ (raba) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Japanese: ミュール (myūru) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Kazakh: қашыр (qaşyr) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Khmer: លា (liə) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Korean: 노새 (nosae) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Central Kurdish: ھێستر (hêstir) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Central Kurdish: ئێستر (êstir) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Northern Kurdish: hêstir — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Northern Kurdish: qantir — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Kyrgyz: качыр (kacır) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Lao: ລໍ (lǭ) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Lao: ລວາ (luā) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Latin: mūlus — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Latvian: mūlis — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Lithuanian: mulas — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Macedonian: му́ле (múle) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Malay: baghal — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Maltese: bagħal — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Manchu: ᠯᠣᡵᡳᠨ (lorin) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Manchu: ᠯᠣᠰᠠ (losa) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Māori: miūru — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Māori: miūra — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Māori: muera — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Middle English: mule — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Mongolian: луус (luus) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Navajo: dzaanééz — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Norwegian Bokmål: muldyr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: muldyr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Occitan: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Odia: ଖଚ୍ଚର (khaccara) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ojibwe: memāngišens (memāngišens) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Old English: mūl — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mua — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Old Galician-Portuguese: muleta — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• O'odham: muhla — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Oromo: gaangee — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Pashto: کچره (kačǝ́ra) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Persian: قاطر (qâter) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Polish: muł — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Portuguese: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Portuguese: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Punjabi: ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Romanian: catâr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Romanian: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Russian: мул (mul) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Serbo-Croatian: мазга — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Serbo-Croatian: мула — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Serbo-Croatian: mazga — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Serbo-Croatian: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Seri: moːrɑ — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Seri: ʔɑmóːrɑ — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Shan: လႃး (láa) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Sicilian: mulu — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Sidamo: gaango — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Slovak: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Slovene: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Lower Sorbian: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Lower Sorbian: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Spanish: mulo — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Spanish: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Spanish: acémila — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Svan: ჰუ̈ლ (hül) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Swahili: nyumbu — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Swahili: baghala — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Swedish: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Swedish: mulåsna — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tagalog: mula — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tajik: хачир (xačir) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tamil: கோவேறுகழுதை (kōvēṟukaḻutai) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Taos: mùloʼóna — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tarifit: aserdun — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tatar: качыр (qaçır) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Telugu: కంచరగాడిద (kañcaragāḍida) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Thai: ล่อ (lɔ̂ɔ) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Thai: ฬ่อ (lɔ̂ɔ) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tibetan: དྲེལ (drel) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Tonkawa: moːlʌˀɑːlʌk — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Turkish: katır — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Turkmen: gatyr — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎗𐎄 (prd) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Ukrainian: мул (mul) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Urdu: خچر (xaccar) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Uyghur: خېچىر (xëchir) — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Uzbek: xachir — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Venetan: mus — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Vietnamese: la — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Volapük: mulud — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Walloon: moulet — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Walloon: moule — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Welsh: mul — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Wolaytta: baluquwa — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Wolof: berkelle bi — offspring of male donkey and female horse
• Finnish: risteymä — hybrid offspring of any two species of animals
• Finnish: risteytys — hybrid offspring of any two species of animals
• Finnish: risteymä — hybrid plant
• Finnish: risteytys — hybrid plant
• Bulgarian: мага́ре (magáre) — stubborn person
• Finnish: jääräpää — stubborn person
• Ottoman Turkish: اشك (eşk) — stubborn person
• Bulgarian: муле (mule) — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Catalan: mula — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Chinese Mandarin: 毒品攜帶者 /毒品携带者 (dúpǐn xiédàizhě) — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Finnish: muuli — person paid to smuggle drugs
• French: mule — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Hungarian: kábítószer-szállító — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Hungarian: öszvér — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Irish: iompróir drugaí — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Italian: spallone — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Portuguese: mula — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Russian: верблю́д (verbljúd) — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Russian: мул (mul) — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Spanish: mula — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Spanish: burro — person paid to smuggle drugs
• Finnish: muuli — numismatics: coin or medal minted with designs not normally seen on the same piece
• Finnish: muuli — role games: MMORPG character, or NPC companion
• Bulgarian: мюл (mjul) — type of cocktail
• Bulgarian: му́ле (múle) — type of cocktail
• Finnish: muuli — type of cocktail
• Finnish: kehruumuuli — type of cotton-spinning machine
• Bulgarian: чехъл (čehǎl) — backless shoe
• Chinese Mandarin: 穆勒鞋 — backless shoe
• Czech: pantofel — backless shoe
• Czech: nazouvák — backless shoe
• Finnish: tohveli — backless shoe
• French: mule — backless shoe
• German: Pantolette — backless shoe
• Irish: miúil — backless shoe
• Italian: pianella — backless shoe
• Japanese: ミュール — backless shoe
• Polish: laczek — backless shoe
• Slovak: našuchovačka — backless shoe