Definition/Meaning of mute

• English - Adjective: mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest) Not having the power of speech ; dumb . 1717, John Dryden, “Book I”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 4: Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their Earthy Mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected Eyes / Beholds his own hereditary Skies. / From ſuch rude…
• English - Noun: mute (plural mutes) (obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop. (obsolete) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. 1668 OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY. By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (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 . 1886…
• English - Verb: mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted) (transitive) To silence , to make quiet. (transitive) To turn off the sound of. Please mute the music while I make a call. (transitive) To cause the content or messages of (a social media account, a website, etc.) to no longer appear on one's feed , trigger notifications , or…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English muet , from Anglo-Norman muet, moet , Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et , remodelled after Latin mūtus . Etymology 2. From Middle French muetir , probably a shortened form of esmeutir , ultimately from Proto-Germanic. Etymology 3. From Latin mutare (“to change”).
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mjuːt/ (British, Southern, Standard) IPA: /mjʉwt/ (General American) IPA: /mjut/ (Wales) IPA: /mɪu̯t/ (Northern Ireland, Scotland) IPA: /mjʉt/ Rhymes: -uːt Homophone: moot (in some dialects) Homophone: moot (in some dialects) Homophone: moot (in some dialects) Homophone: moot (in some dialects) Homophone: moot (in some dialects)