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Definition mute

Etymology 1

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (�dumb, mute�) + -et, remodelled after Latin m?tus.

Adjective

mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)

Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
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.

Noun

mute (plural mutes)

(phonetics, now historical) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th-19th c.]
A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. [from 18th c.]
(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]
An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

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.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)

(now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. [from 15th c.]

Noun

mute (plural mutes)

The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Etymology 3

From Latin mutare (�to change�).

Verb

mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)

(transitive) To cast off; to moult.

Results 492 Words with the letters MUTE

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8 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

ABUTMENT 16

AGERATUM 14

AMATEURS 12

AMBULATE 16

AMOUNTED 14

AMPUTATE 15

AMPUTEES 15

APTERIUM 15

ARGENTUM 15

ARGUMENT 15

ARMATURE 12

ATHENEUM 15

AUGMENTS 15

AUTECISM 15

AUTOMATE 12

AUTOSOME 12

BETHUMPS 20

BITUMENS 16

BLUESTEM 16

BUMPIEST 18

BUNKMATE 20

BUXOMEST 22

CALUMETS 16

CEMENTUM 19

CENTRUMS 16

CHETRUMS 17

COMMUTED 19

COMMUTER 18

COMMUTES 18

COMPUTED 19

COMPUTER 18

COMPUTES 18

COSTUMED 16

COSTUMER 15

COSTUMES 15

COSTUMEY 17

CRUMPETS 18

CUMULATE 17

CUSTOMER 15

DEMOUNTS 14

DEMUREST 13

DIESTRUM 13

DOCUMENT 17

DRUMBEAT 16

DUMPIEST 16

DUTCHMEN 19

ELECTRUM 16

EMBRUTED 16

EMBRUTES 15

EMERITUS 12

EMULATED 14

EMULATES 13

EMULATOR 13

ERUMPENT 16

EURYTHMY 18

EXTREMUM 22

FLAMEOUT 16

FREMITUS 15

FRUMENTY 18

FUMARATE 15

FUMETTES 15

FUMIGATE 17

FURMENTY 18

GLUMMEST 18

GOURMETS 14

GRUMMEST 17

GRUMMETS 17

GUMMIEST 17

GUMMITES 17

GUMTREES 14

GUNMETAL 16

HAMULATE 15

HUMANEST 15

HUMBLEST 18

HUMPIEST 17

HUNTSMEN 16

HUTMENTS 15

IMBRUTED 16

IMBRUTES 15

IMMATURE 15

IMPUDENT 17

IMPUTERS 15

JUDGMENT 25

JUMPIEST 24

LITMUSES 13

LOMENTUM 17

LUMPIEST 16

LUTECIUM 17

LUTETIUM 14

MACULATE 16

MAIEUTIC 15

MALAMUTE 16

MALEMIUT 16

MALEMUTE 16

MANTEAUS 13

MANTEAUX 20

MAQUETTE 21

MATURATE 12

MATURELY 15

MATUREST 12

MAUMETRY 17

MEATUSES 12

MENSTRUA 13

MESQUITE 21

MESQUITS 21

MEZQUITE 30

MEZQUITS 30

MEZUZOTH 32

MINUTELY 16

MINUTEST 13

MINUTIAE 13

MIQUELET 22

MISQUOTE 21

MISROUTE 12

MISTUNED 14

MISTUNES 13

MIXTURES 19

MODULATE 14

MOISTURE 12

MOMENTUM 19

MONUMENT 17

MOQUETTE 21

MOULTERS 13

MOUNTERS 13

MOUSIEST 12

MOUTHERS 14

MOUTHIER 14

MUCKIEST 19

MUDDIEST 14

MUDSTONE 14

MUENSTER 13

MUGGIEST 16

MULETEER 13

MULLITES 14

MULTIAGE 15

MULTIJET 22

MULTIPED 17

MULTIPLE 17

MULTIUSE 14

MULTURES 14

MUNIMENT 17

MUNSTERS 13

MURIATED 13

MURIATES 12

MURICATE 15

MURKIEST 16

MURRELET 13

MURTHERS 14

MUSCADET 16

MUSCATEL 16

MUSETTES 12

MUSHIEST 14

MUSKETRY 18

MUSKIEST 16

MUSSIEST 12

MUSTACHE 17

MUSTERED 13

MUSTIEST 12

MUTAGENS 15

MUTATIVE 16

MUTENESS 13

MUTILATE 13

MUTINEER 13

MUTINIED 14

MUTINIES 13

MUTTERED 13

MUTTERER 12

MUZZIEST 30

MYSTIQUE 23

NEUMATIC 16

NUMERATE 13

NUTMEATS 13

OESTRUMS 12

OMENTUMS 16

OUTBEAMS 15

OUTCOMES 15

OUTDREAM 13

OUTHOMER 14

OUTMODED 14

OUTMODES 13

OUTMOVED 17

OUTMOVES 16

OUTSHAME 14

OUTSMILE 13

OUTSMOKE 16

PERMUTED 16

PERMUTES 15

PLECTRUM 19

PLUMELET 17

PLUMIEST 16

PLUMMETS 19

PLUMPEST 19

PUMICITE 18

QUIETISM 21

RAMENTUM 16

REMOUNTS 13

RESUBMIT 15

ROUTEMAN 13

ROUTEMEN 13

RUDIMENT 14

RUMINATE 13

RUMMIEST 15

SEAMOUNT 13

SEMIMUTE 15

SIMULATE 13

SMUGGEST 16

SMUTCHED 18

SMUTCHES 17

SMUTTIER 12

SPECTRUM 18

SPUMIEST 15

SQUAMATE 21

STAUMREL 13

STERNUMS 13

STEWBUMS 18

STRUMMED 16

STRUMMER 15

STRUMOSE 12

STRUMPET 15

STUMBLED 17

STUMBLER 16

STUMBLES 16

STUMPAGE 17

STUMPERS 15

STUMPIER 15

STUNTMEN 14

SUBITEMS 15

SUBTHEME 17

SUMMATED 16

SUMMATES 15

SUMMITED 16

SUMPTERS 15

TAUTOMER 12

TEETOTUM 12

TEGUMENT 15

TEGUMINA 15

TEMPURAS 15

TENESMUS 13

TERBIUMS 15

TERMINUS 13

TETOTUMS 12

THRUMMED 18

THRUMMER 17

THUMPERS 17

THYMUSES 16

TIMEOUTS 12

TITMOUSE 12

TOMENTUM 16

TRUCKMEN 20

TRUMEAUX 20

TRUMPERY 17

TRUMPETS 15

TUMBLERS 16

TUMBRELS 16

TUMEFIED 16

TUMEFIES 15

TUMMLERS 16

TUMPLINE 17

TUMULOSE 14

TURMERIC 15

UDOMETER 13

UDOMETRY 15

ULTIMATE 13

UMANGITE 15

UMBELLET 17

UMBONATE 16

UMBRETTE 15

UMLAUTED 15

UMTEENTH 15

UNDREAMT 14

UNMATTED 14

UNMEETLY 16

UNMELTED 15

UNMITERS 13

UNMITRED 14

UNMITRES 13

UNMOLTEN 15

UNTIMELY 16

UPMARKET 19

UPSTREAM 15

VERATRUM 16

VERMOUTH 18

VERMUTHS 18

YUMMIEST 17

7 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

AMATEUR 11

AMPUTEE 14

AMULETS 12

AUGMENT 14

AUTOMEN 12

BESMUTS 14

BETHUMP 19

BITUMEN 15

BUMMEST 17

CALUMET 15

CENTRUM 15

CENTUMS 15

CHETRUM 16

COMMUTE 17

COMPUTE 17

COSTUME 14

CRUMPET 17

DEMOUNT 13

DUMBEST 15

DUSTMEN 13

ELYTRUM 14

EMBRUTE 14

EMEUTES 11

EMULATE 12

ERRATUM 11

ESTRUMS 11

FUMETTE 14

FUMIEST 14

FURMETY 16

GOURMET 13

GRUMMET 16

GUMMITE 16

GUMTREE 13

HUMATES 13

HUTMENT 14

IMBRUTE 14

IMPETUS 14

IMPUTED 15

IMPUTER 14

IMPUTES 14

MANTEAU 12

MATURED 12

MATURER 11

MATURES 11

MAUMETS 14

MESQUIT 20

METUMPS 17

MEZQUIT 29

MEZUZOT 29

MINUETS 12

MINUTED 13

MINUTER 12

MINUTES 12

MISTEUK 15

MISTUNE 12

MIXTURE 18

MOULTED 13

MOULTER 12

MOUNTED 13

MOUNTER 12

MOUTHED 14

MOUTHER 13

MULCTED 16

MULETAS 12

MULLETS 13

MULLITE 13

MULTURE 13

MUNSTER 12

MURIATE 11

MURKEST 15

MURTHER 13

MUSETTE 11

MUSKETS 15

MUSTEES 11

MUSTERS 11

MUSTIER 11

MUTABLE 15

MUTAGEN 14

MUTASES 11

MUTATED 12

MUTATES 11

MUTCHES 16

MUTEDLY 15

MUTINED 13

MUTINES 12

MUTTERS 11

MUTUELS 13

MUTULES 13

NUMBEST 15

NUTMEAT 12

NUTMEGS 14

OESTRUM 11

OMENTUM 15

OUTBEAM 14

OUTCOME 14

OUTMODE 12

OUTMOVE 15

PERMUTE 14

PINETUM 15

PLUMATE 15

PLUMMET 18

PUTAMEN 15

RECTUMS 14

REMOUNT 12

RUMMEST 14

SEPTUMS 14

SMUTTED 12

STERNUM 12

STEWBUM 17

STRUMAE 11

STUMBLE 15

STUMMED 15

STUMPED 15

STUMPER 14

SUBITEM 14

SUMMATE 14

SUMPTER 14

TAPETUM 14

TEDIUMS 12

TEGUMEN 14

TEMPURA 14

TERBIUM 14

TETOTUM 11

THUMBED 17

THUMPED 17

THUMPER 16

TIMEOUS 11

TIMEOUT 11

TRUMEAU 12

TRUMPED 15

TRUMPET 14

TUMBLED 16

TUMBLER 15

TUMBLES 15

TUMBREL 15

TUMMIES 14

TUMMLER 15

TURFMEN 15

UMPTEEN 15

UNKEMPT 19

UNMATED 13

UNMEANT 13

UNMITER 12

UNMITRE 12

UNTAMED 13

UPTIMES 14

VERMUTH 17

6 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

ACETUM 13

AMULET 11

BESMUT 13

CENTUM 14

EMEUTE 10

ESTRUM 10

FUMETS 13

HUMATE 12

IMPUTE 13

ITERUM 10

LUTEUM 12

MATURE 10

MAUMET 13

MEATUS 10

MENTUM 14

METUMP 16

MINUET 11

MINUTE 11

MULETA 11

MULLET 12

MUSKET 14

MUSTED 11

MUSTEE 10

MUSTER 10

MUTASE 10

MUTATE 10

MUTELY 13

MUTEST 10

MUTINE 11

MUTTER 10

MUTUEL 12

MUTULE 12

NUTMEG 13

RECTUM 13

SEPTUM 13

TECTUM 13

TEDIUM 11

TELIUM 11

TERGUM 12

TUMBLE 14

TUMEFY 15

TUMPED 14

UNMEET 11

UNTAME 11

UPTIME 13

5 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

FUMET 12

MUTED 10

MUTER 9

MUTES 9

UNMET 10

4 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

MUTE 8

3 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

EMU 7

MET 6

MUT 7

UTE 4

2 letter words with the letters MUTE ↑

EM 5

ET 2

ME 5

MU 6

UM 6

UT 3

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