mute

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mjuːt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /mjʉwt/
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• General-American: myo͞ot
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• General-American: /mjut/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Wales: /mɪu̯t/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /mjʉt/
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• rhymes with -uːt
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• homophone: moot (in some dialects)
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• CMU ARPABET: M Y UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.

From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

From Latin mutare (“to change”).

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stil — not having the power of speech
• Afrikaans: stom — not having the power of speech
• Arabic: أَخْرَس (ʔaḵras) — not having the power of speech
• Arabic: أَبْكَم (ʔabkam) — not having the power of speech
• Arabic: أخرس (aḵras) — not having the power of speech
• Aragonese: mudo — not having the power of speech
• Armenian: համր (hamr) — not having the power of speech
• Armenian: լալ (lal) — not having the power of speech
• Aromanian: mut — not having the power of speech
• Asturian: mudu — not having the power of speech
• Azerbaijani: lal — not having the power of speech
• Basque: mutu — not having the power of speech
• Belarusian: нямы́ (njamý) — not having the power of speech
• Bhojpuri: गूंग (gūṅg) — not having the power of speech
• Bau Bidayuh: bebe' — not having the power of speech
• Bulgarian: ням (njam) — not having the power of speech
• Burmese: အ (a.) — not having the power of speech
• Catalan: mut — not having the power of speech
• Chamicuro: majnachalelo — not having the power of speech
• Chinese Cantonese: 啞 /哑 (aa2) — not having the power of speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 啞巴 /哑巴 (yǎba) — not having the power of speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 啞 /哑 (yǎ) — not having the power of speech
• East Circassian: бзагуэ (bzagwɛ) — not having the power of speech
• West Circassian: бзако (bzakwo) — not having the power of speech
• Czech: němý — not having the power of speech
• Danish: stum — not having the power of speech
• Danish: umælende — not having the power of speech
• Dutch: stom — not having the power of speech
• Esperanto: muta — not having the power of speech
• Faroese: málleysur — not having the power of speech
• Faroese: dumbur — not having the power of speech
• Finnish: mykkä — not having the power of speech
• French: muet — not having the power of speech
• French: assourdi — not having the power of speech
• Friulian: mut — not having the power of speech
• Galician: mudo — not having the power of speech
• German: stumm — not having the power of speech
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs) — not having the power of speech
• Greek: άλαλος (álalos) — not having the power of speech
• Ancient Greek: ἄλαλος (álalos) — not having the power of speech
• Ancient Greek: ἐνεός (eneós) — not having the power of speech
• Ancient Greek: ἄναυδος (ánaudos) — not having the power of speech
• Ancient Greek: ἄφωνος (áphōnos) — not having the power of speech
• Greenlandic: oqajuitsoq — not having the power of speech
• Haitian Creole: bèbè — not having the power of speech
• Hebrew: אילם ('ilém) — not having the power of speech
• Hindi: गूंगा (gūṅgā) — not having the power of speech
• Hindi: मूक (mūk) — not having the power of speech
• Hungarian: néma — not having the power of speech
• Icelandic: mállaus — not having the power of speech
• Indonesian: bisu — not having the power of speech
• Indonesian: gagu — not having the power of speech
• Ingrian: mykkä — not having the power of speech
• Irish: balbh — not having the power of speech
• Irish: maon — not having the power of speech
• Italian: muto — not having the power of speech
• Japanese: 黙々 (mokumoku) — not having the power of speech
• Japanese: 唖の (oshi-no) — not having the power of speech
• Japanese: 口の利けない (kuchi no kikenai) — not having the power of speech
• Javanese: bisu — not having the power of speech
• Kashmiri: کۆل (kol) — not having the power of speech
• Kazakh: мылқау (mylqau) — not having the power of speech
• Central Kurdish: لاڵ (lall) — not having the power of speech
• Northern Kurdish: lal — not having the power of speech
• Latgalian: māms — not having the power of speech
• Latin: mūtus — not having the power of speech
• Latin: infans — not having the power of speech
• Latvian: mēms — not having the power of speech
• Low German: dumm — not having the power of speech
• Luxembourgish: stomm — not having the power of speech
• Macedonian: нем (nem) — not having the power of speech
• Malay: bisu — not having the power of speech
• Malay: kelu — not having the power of speech
• Malay: gagu — not having the power of speech
• Malay: tunawicara — not having the power of speech
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᠯᡝ (hele) — not having the power of speech
• Northern Mansi: сӯпнелмта̄л (sūpnelmtāl) — not having the power of speech
• Northern Mansi: сӯпта̄л (sūptāl) — not having the power of speech
• Māori: wahangū — not having the power of speech
• Middle English: dumb — not having the power of speech
• Middle English: muet — not having the power of speech
• Norman: muet — not having the power of speech
• Norwegian: stum — not having the power of speech
• Occitan: mut — not having the power of speech
• Odia: ମୂକ (muka) — not having the power of speech
• Old English: dumb — not having the power of speech
• Persian: لال (lâl) — not having the power of speech
• Persian: گنگ (gong) — not having the power of speech
• Polish: niemy — not having the power of speech
• Portuguese: mudo — not having the power of speech
• Quechua: amu — not having the power of speech
• Romanian: mut — not having the power of speech
• Russian: немо́й (nemój) — not having the power of speech
• Russian: бесслове́сный (besslovésnyj) — not having the power of speech
• Northern Sami: gielaheapme — not having the power of speech
• Sanskrit: मूक (mūka) — not having the power of speech
• Sardinian: mudu — not having the power of speech
• Sardinian: mutu — not having the power of speech
• Scottish Gaelic: balbh — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: не̑м — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: није̑м — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: му̏тав — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: nȇm — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: nijȇm — not having the power of speech
• Serbo-Croatian: mȕtav — not having the power of speech
• Sinhalese: ගොලු (golu) — not having the power of speech
• Slovak: nemý — not having the power of speech
• Slovak: nehovoriaci — not having the power of speech
• Slovene: nem — not having the power of speech
• Lower Sorbian: nimy — not having the power of speech
• Spanish: mudo — not having the power of speech
• Sundanese: pireu — not having the power of speech
• Sundanese: wisu — not having the power of speech
• Swedish: stum — not having the power of speech
• Tagalog: pipi — not having the power of speech
• Tajik: лол (lol) — not having the power of speech
• Talysh: lol — not having the power of speech
• Tat: lal — not having the power of speech
• Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — not having the power of speech
• Turkish: dilsiz — not having the power of speech
• Ukrainian: німи́й (nimýj) — not having the power of speech
• Uzbek: lol — not having the power of speech
• Vietnamese: câm — not having the power of speech
• Votic: nʹemoi — not having the power of speech
• Walloon: mouwea — not having the power of speech
• Walloon: mouwale — not having the power of speech
• Welsh: mud — not having the power of speech
• Zazaki: lal (diq) — not having the power of speech
• Arabic: صَامِت (ṣāmit) — silent, not making a sound
• Asturian: mudu — silent, not making a sound
• Bulgarian: безмълвен (bezmǎlven) — silent, not making a sound
• Catalan: mut — silent, not making a sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 缄默的 (jiānmòde) — silent, not making a sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 无声的 (wúshēngde) — silent, not making a sound
• Dutch: stil — silent, not making a sound
• Dutch: gedempt — silent, not making a sound
• Finnish: äänetön — silent, not making a sound
• Finnish: mykkä — silent, not making a sound
• French: muet — silent, not making a sound
• French: muette — silent, not making a sound
• French: silencieux — silent, not making a sound
• French: silencieuse — silent, not making a sound
• French: mutique — silent, not making a sound
• German: still — silent, not making a sound
• Hungarian: néma — silent, not making a sound
• Irish: tostach — silent, not making a sound
• Italian: muto — silent, not making a sound
• Kashmiri: ژھۄپہٕ (ċhọpụ) — silent, not making a sound
• Kazakh: үнсіз (ünsız) — silent, not making a sound
• Northern Kurdish: mit — silent, not making a sound
• Northern Kurdish: kirr — silent, not making a sound
• Northern Kurdish: bêdeng — silent, not making a sound
• Northern Kurdish: bêpêjn — silent, not making a sound
• Latin: mūtus — silent, not making a sound
• Latin: infans — silent, not making a sound
• Māori: hāngū — silent, not making a sound
• Middle English: dumb — silent, not making a sound
• Middle English: muet — silent, not making a sound
• Norman: muet — silent, not making a sound
• Persian: بیصدا (bi-sedâ) — silent, not making a sound
• Polish: milczący — silent, not making a sound
• Portuguese: mudo — silent, not making a sound
• Russian: немо́й (nemój) — silent, not making a sound
• Russian: безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj) — silent, not making a sound
• Spanish: mudo — silent, not making a sound
• Swedish: tyst — silent, not making a sound
• Zazaki: bêveng — silent, not making a sound
• Zazaki: bêhes — silent, not making a sound
• Armenian: համր (hamr) — person unable to speak
• Armenian: լալ (lal) — person unable to speak
• Central Bikol: pula — person unable to speak
• Bulgarian: ням (njam) — person unable to speak
• Catalan: mut — person unable to speak
• Catalan: muda — person unable to speak
• Czech: němý — person unable to speak
• Dutch: stomme — person unable to speak
• Esperanto: mutulo — person unable to speak
• Finnish: mykkä — person unable to speak
• French: muet — person unable to speak
• French: muette — person unable to speak
• Galician: mudo — person unable to speak
• German: Stummer — person unable to speak
• German: Stumme — person unable to speak
• Ancient Greek: ἄφθογγα (áphthonga) — person unable to speak
• Ingrian: mykkä — person unable to speak
• Irish: balbhán — person unable to speak
• Kashmiri: کۆل (kol) — person unable to speak
• Korean: 벙어리 (beong'eori) — person unable to speak
• Northern Kurdish: lal — person unable to speak
• Old English: dumb — person unable to speak
• Persian: گنگ (gong) — person unable to speak
• Portuguese: mudo — person unable to speak
• Quechua: amu — person unable to speak
• Romanian: mut — person unable to speak
• Russian: немо́й (nemój) — person unable to speak
• Scottish Gaelic: balbhan — person unable to speak
• Scottish Gaelic: balbhag — person unable to speak
• Spanish: mudo — person unable to speak
• Swedish: stum — person unable to speak
• Tagalog: pipi — person unable to speak
• Tajik: гунг (gung) — person unable to speak
• Ukrainian: німи́й (nimýj) — person unable to speak
• Vietnamese: người câm — person unable to speak
• Walloon: mouwea — person unable to speak
• Walloon: mouwale — person unable to speak
• Welsh: mudan — person unable to speak
• Bulgarian: статист (statist) — silent acting part
• Bulgarian: сурдинка (surdinka) — sordine
• French: sourdine — sordine
• Italian: sordino — sordine
• Italian: sordina — sordine
• Japanese: 弱音器 (jakuonki) — sordine
• Norwegian: sordin — sordine
• Swedish: sordin — sordine
• Welsh: mudydd — sordine
• Portuguese: carpideira — hired mourner, undertaker's assistant
• Spanish: plañidera — hired mourner, undertaker's assistant
• Norwegian: skitt — bird droppings
• Norwegian: dritt — bird droppings
• Bulgarian: заглушавам (zaglušavam) — silence, make quiet
• Finnish: vaientaa — silence, make quiet
• Finnish: hiljentää — silence, make quiet
• Finnish: mykistää — silence, make quiet
• French: taire — silence, make quiet
• French: rendre silencieux — silence, make quiet
• French: rendre muet — silence, make quiet
• French: amuïr — silence, make quiet
• Hungarian: elnémít — silence, make quiet
• Lithuanian: nutildyti — silence, make quiet
• Māori: whakangū — silence, make quiet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tagna — silence, make quiet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tysta — silence, make quiet
• Portuguese: calar — silence, make quiet
• Portuguese: emudecer — silence, make quiet
• Spanish: enmudecer — silence, make quiet
• Spanish: callar — silence, make quiet
• Spanish: acallar — silence, make quiet
• Swedish: tysta — silence, make quiet
• Swedish: stänga av — silence, make quiet
• Turkish: susturmak — silence, make quiet
• Finnish: vaientaa — turn off the sound of
• Finnish: hiljentää — turn off the sound of
• Finnish: mykistää — turn off the sound of
• French: mettre en silencieux — turn off the sound of
• French: couper le son — turn off the sound of
• French: amuïr — turn off the sound of
• French: mettre en sourdine — turn off the sound of
• German: stummschalten — turn off the sound of
• Hungarian: lenémít — turn off the sound of
• Norwegian: slå av — turn off the sound of
• Norwegian: dempe — turn off the sound of
• Portuguese: silenciar — turn off the sound of
• Portuguese: mutar — turn off the sound of
• Spanish: silenciar — turn off the sound of
• Spanish: quitar el sonido — turn off the sound of
• Spanish: mutear — turn off the sound of
• Swedish: stänga av — turn off the sound of
• Swedish: mjuta — turn off the sound of