"mummer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌm.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌm.ɚ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mummer.ogg [US] Forms: mummers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), Middle Low Saxon mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), Dutch mom (“mask”) and mimmen (“to mask”) as well as Spanish momo (“grimace”). Perhaps both of the conflated terms are from the same ultimate root, as note Middle Low Saxon mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), Dutch mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), German mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), English mump (“to grimace, mumble”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mummer}} Middle English mummer, {{m|enm|mommer}} mommer, {{af|en|mum|-er|id2=agent noun}} mum + -er, {{der|en|fro|momeor|t=jester, entertainer}} Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), {{m|fro|mommer|t=to wear a mask}} mommer (“to wear a mask”), {{m|fro|momon|t=mask}} momon (“mask”), {{cog|de|Mumme||mask}} German Mumme (“mask”), {{m|de|mummen||to disguise oneself}} mummen (“to disguise oneself”), {{m|dum|mommen}} mommen, {{m|dum|mummen||to go about in a mask, to disguise}} mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), {{m|nds|mommen||to wear a mask, to disguise}} mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), {{m|nl|mom||mask}} mom (“mask”), {{m|nl|mimmen|t=to mask}} mimmen (“to mask”), {{m|es|momo||grimace}} momo (“grimace”), {{m|nds|mummen||to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself}} mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), {{m|nl|mommen||to speak indistinctly}} mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), {{m|de|mummen||to speak indistinctly}} mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), {{cog|en|mump|t=to grimace, mumble}} English mump (“to grimace, mumble”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mummer (plural mummers)
  1. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. Translations (person who dons a disguising costume): maškara [feminine] (Czech), Mumme [feminine] (German), verkleideter Mensch [masculine] (German), fantasiado [masculine] (Portuguese), momo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-mummer-en-noun-Z5trIXa9 Disambiguation of 'person who dons a disguising costume': 88 12
  2. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (actor in a pantomime): mime Translations (actor in a pantomime): мим (mim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mim [masculine] (Czech), pantomimespeler [masculine] (Dutch), mime [masculine] (French), Pantomimenspieler [masculine] (German), Pantomime [masculine] (German), mim [masculine] (Polish), mímico [masculine] (Portuguese), momo [masculine] (Portuguese), mimare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mummer-en-noun-3sz297G4 Disambiguation of People: 27 66 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 79 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 68 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 65 24 Disambiguation of 'actor in a pantomime': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'actor in a pantomime': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mummery, mumchance

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌm.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌm.ɚ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mummer.ogg [US] Forms: mummers [present, singular, third-person], mummering [participle, present], mummered [participle, past], mummered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), Middle Low Saxon mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), Dutch mom (“mask”) and mimmen (“to mask”) as well as Spanish momo (“grimace”). Perhaps both of the conflated terms are from the same ultimate root, as note Middle Low Saxon mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), Dutch mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), German mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), English mump (“to grimace, mumble”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mummer}} Middle English mummer, {{m|enm|mommer}} mommer, {{af|en|mum|-er|id2=agent noun}} mum + -er, {{der|en|fro|momeor|t=jester, entertainer}} Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), {{m|fro|mommer|t=to wear a mask}} mommer (“to wear a mask”), {{m|fro|momon|t=mask}} momon (“mask”), {{cog|de|Mumme||mask}} German Mumme (“mask”), {{m|de|mummen||to disguise oneself}} mummen (“to disguise oneself”), {{m|dum|mommen}} mommen, {{m|dum|mummen||to go about in a mask, to disguise}} mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), {{m|nds|mommen||to wear a mask, to disguise}} mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), {{m|nl|mom||mask}} mom (“mask”), {{m|nl|mimmen|t=to mask}} mimmen (“to mask”), {{m|es|momo||grimace}} momo (“grimace”), {{m|nds|mummen||to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself}} mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), {{m|nl|mommen||to speak indistinctly}} mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), {{m|de|mummen||to speak indistinctly}} mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), {{cog|en|mump|t=to grimace, mumble}} English mump (“to grimace, mumble”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mummer (third-person singular simple present mummers, present participle mummering, simple past and past participle mummered)
  1. Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”) Synonyms: mum [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mummer-en-verb-0nScT2oJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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