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Definitions and meaning of mule
mule
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mjuːl/
Rhymes: -uːl
Homophone: mewl
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishmule, from Anglo-Normanmule and Old Englishmūl, both from Latinmūlus, from Proto-Indo-European*mukslós. Compare Late Latinmuscellus(“young he-mule”), Old East Slavicмъшкъ(mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός(mukhlós, “he-ass”), and GermanMaulMaultier, Maulesel (through Latin).
Noun
mule (pluralmules)
The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
(now rare) A hybrid plant. [from 18th c.]
(informal) A stubborn person.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:stubborn person
(slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
(numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
(roleplaying games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mule.
Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
(sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
Synonyms
(sterile hybrid of donkey and horse):Missouri canary
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Hawaiian: miula
→ Irish: miúil
→ Maori: miūru
Translations
See also
ass
donkey
hinny (male horse × female donkey)
horse
Verb
mule (third-person singular simple presentmules, present participlemuling, simple past and past participlemuled)
(transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
Etymology 2
From Middle Frenchmule(“backless slipper”), from Medieval Latinmula(“slipper, shoe with a thick sole”), presumably from classical Latinmulleus, the dyed shoe of either the patricians or senators, from mūllus(“red mullet”) + -eus(“-y: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greekμύλλος(múllos).
Noun
mule (pluralmules)
Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.
Translations
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from Dutchsmuilen.
Verb
mule
to smile
Noun
mule
smile
References
D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[3], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
Inherited from Old Frenchmule, from Latinmūla, feminine of mūlus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /myl/
Noun
mulef (pluralmules)
mule(animal)
mule(footwear)
mule(for drug smuggling)
Synonym:bouletteux
Derived terms
têtu comme une mule
tête de mule
Further reading
“mule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
mule
second-person singular imperative of mulir
(reintegrationist norm) inflection of mulir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmu.le/
Rhymes: -ule
Hyphenation: mù‧le
Noun
mulef
plural of mula
Anagrams
lume
Latin
Noun
mūle
vocative singular of mūlus
References
mule in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmulɛ/, [ˈmulə]
Noun
mule
nominative/accusative plural of mul
inflection of mula:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Normanmule, from Latinmūla, feminine of mūlus; reinforced by native Old Englishmūl, from the same Latin source.
Alternative forms
mewle, moyle, muile, mul, muyle
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmiu̯l(ə)/
Noun
mule (pluralmules)
mule(donkey-horse hybrid)
(rare) hinny
(rare) idiot
Descendants
English: mule
Scots: mule
References
“mūl(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
From Old Norsemúli, from Proto-Germanic*mūlô. The verb is derived from the noun.
Verb
mule (present tensemular, past tensemula, past participlemula, passive infinitivemulast, present participlemulande, imperativemule/mul)
(intransitive) to pout
References
“mule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 3
Adjective
mule
(eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag)Alternative form of mogeleg(“possible”)
Anagrams
ulme
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsemúli, from Proto-Germanic*mūlô.
Noun
mūlem
muzzle
Declension
Descendants
Swedish: mule
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmu.lɛ/
Rhymes: -ulɛ
Syllabification: mu‧le
Homophone: mulę
Noun
mule
locative/vocative singular of muł
Noun
mule
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mul
Noun
mule
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mula
Adjective
mule
inflection of muli:
neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
mule in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
mulec
a rhinarium (of an ungulate, like a cow, horse, or reindeer – the front of the upper lip, which is moist in cows and dry in horses and is usually either hairless or has a different type of hair compared to the rest of the muzzle)
(closer in tone, as "mule" is not a technical-sounding word) a nose, a muzzle, tip of the snout