"mute" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: muter [comparative], mutest [superlative]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muet}} Middle English muet, {{der|en|xno|muet}} Anglo-Norman muet, {{der|en|frm|muet}} Middle French muet, {{der|en|la|mūtus}} Latin mūtus Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)
  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. Translations (not having the power of speech): бзако (bzakʷo) (Adyghe), ἄλαλος (álalos) (Ancient Greek), ἐνεός (eneós) (Ancient Greek), ἄναυδος (ánaudos) (Ancient Greek), ἄφωνος (áphōnos) (Ancient Greek), أَخْرَس (ʔaḵras) (Arabic), أَبْكَم (ʔabkam) (Arabic), أخرس (aḵras) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), mudo (Aragonese), համր (hamr) (Armenian), լալ (lal) [colloquial] (Armenian), mut (Aromanian), mudu (Asturian), lal (Azerbaijani), mutu (Basque), bebe' (Bau Bidayuh), нямы́ (njamý) (Belarusian), गूंग (gūṅg) (Bhojpuri), ням (njam) (Bulgarian), (a.) (Burmese), mut (Catalan), لاڵ (lall) (Central Kurdish), majnachalelo (Chamicuro), (Chinese Cantonese), (aa²) (Chinese Cantonese), 啞巴 (Chinese Mandarin), 哑巴 (yǎba) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (yǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), němý [masculine] (Czech), stum (Danish), umælende (Danish), stom (Dutch), muta (Esperanto), málleysur (Faroese), dumbur (Faroese), mykkä (Finnish), muet (French), assourdi (French), mut (Friulian), mudo (Galician), stumm (German), dumm (German Low German), 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs) (Gothic), άλαλος (álalos) (Greek), oqajuitsoq (Greenlandic), bèbè (Haitian Creole), אילם ('ilém) [masculine] (Hebrew), गूंगा (gūṅgā) (Hindi), मूक (mūk) (Hindi), néma (Hungarian), mállaus (Icelandic), bisu (Indonesian), gagu (Indonesian), mykkä (Ingrian), balbh (Irish), muto (Italian), 黙々 (mokumoku) (alt: もくもく) (Japanese), 唖の (oshi-no) (alt: おしの) (Japanese), 口の利けない (kuchi no kikenai) (alt: くちのきけない) (Japanese), bisu (Javanese), бзагуэ (bzagʷɛ) (Kabardian), māms [masculine] (Latgalian), mūtus [masculine] (Latin), infans (Latin), mēms [masculine] (Latvian), nimy (Lower Sorbian), stomm (Luxembourgish), нем (nem) (Macedonian), bisu (Malay), kelu (Malay), gagu (Malay), tunawicara (Malay), ᡥᡝᠯᡝ (hele) (Manchu), wahangū (Maori), dumb (Middle English), muet (Middle English), muet (Norman), lal (Northern Kurdish), gielaheapme (Northern Sami), stum (Norwegian), mut (Occitan), ମୂକ (muka) (Odia), dumb (Old English), لال (lâl) (Persian), گنگ (gong) (Persian), niemy [masculine] (Polish), mudo (Portuguese), amu (Quechua), mut (Romanian), немо́й (nemój) [masculine] (Russian), бесслове́сный (besslovésnyj) (Russian), मूक (mūka) (Sanskrit), mudu (Sardinian), mutu (Sardinian), balbh (Scottish Gaelic), не̑м [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), није̑м [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), му̏тав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nȇm [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nijȇm [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mȕtav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ගොලු (golu) (Sinhalese), nemý (Slovak), nehovoriaci (Slovak), nem (Slovene), mudo (Spanish), pireu (Sundanese), wisu (Sundanese), stum (Swedish), pipi [masculine] (Tagalog), лол (lol) (Tajik), lol (Talysh), aynaw [masculine] (Tarifit), agnaw [masculine] (Tarifit), aziyzun [masculine] (Tarifit), lal (Tat), เงียบ (ngîiap) (Thai), dilsiz (Turkish), німи́й (nimýj) (Ukrainian), lol (Uzbek), câm (Vietnamese), nʹemoi (Votic), mouwea [masculine] (Walloon), mouwale [feminine] (Walloon), mud (Welsh), lal (diq) [common-gender] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-adj-xhTufu4K Disambiguation of 'not having the power of speech': 62 10 19 10
  2. Silent; not making a sound. Translations (silent, not making a sound): صَامِت (ṣāmit) [masculine] (Arabic), mudu (Asturian), безмълвен (bezmǎlven) (Bulgarian), mut (Catalan), 缄默的 (jiānmòde) (Chinese Mandarin), 无声的 (wúshēngde) (Chinese Mandarin), stil (Dutch), gedempt (Dutch), äänetön (Finnish), mykkä (Finnish), muet [masculine] (French), muette [feminine] (French), silencieux [masculine] (French), silencieuse [feminine] (French), mutique [feminine, masculine] (French), still (German), néma (Hungarian), tostach (Irish), muto (Italian), 음소거 (eumsogeo) (alt: 音消去) (Korean), mūtus (Latin), infans (Latin), hāngū (Maori), dumb (Middle English), muet (Middle English), muet (Norman), mit (Northern Kurdish), kirr (Northern Kurdish), bêdeng (Northern Kurdish), bêpêjn (Northern Kurdish), بیصدا (bi-sedâ) (Persian), milczący [masculine] (Polish), mudo (Portuguese), немо́й (nemój) [masculine] (Russian), безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj) (Russian), mudo (Spanish), tyst (Swedish), bêveng [common-gender, dual] (Zazaki), bêhes (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-adj-EprUbtMv Disambiguation of 'silent, not making a sound': 7 64 21 8
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters. Categories (topical): Talking
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  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
    Sense id: en-mute-en-adj-DCghPo1G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aphonic, aphonous, dumb, dumb as a post [idiomatic], mumchance, mute, tongueless, unspeaking, voiceless Hypernyms: lacking, silent Hyponyms: dumbstruck, speechless, wordless Related terms: inarticulate, inaudible, semimute, silence, make silent

Noun

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: mutes [plural]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muet}} Middle English muet, {{der|en|xno|muet}} Anglo-Norman muet, {{der|en|frm|muet}} Middle French muet, {{der|en|la|mūtus}} Latin mūtus Head templates: {{en-noun}} mute (plural mutes)
  1. (phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, stop
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-2Fr5mJzT Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  2. (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Theater, People Translations (silent acting part): статист (statist) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-d2a336Rm Disambiguation of People: 6 0 7 5 6 27 12 19 6 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater Disambiguation of 'silent acting part': 15 39 2 9 17 5 14
  3. A person who does not have the power of speech. Translations (person unable to speak): համր (hamr) (Armenian), լալ (lal) [colloquial] (Armenian), pula (Bikol Central), глухоням (gluhonjam) (Bulgarian), mut [masculine] (Catalan), muda [feminine] (Catalan), ἄφθογγα (áphthonga) [neuter, plural] (Classical Greek), němý [masculine] (Czech), stomme [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mutulo (Esperanto), mykkä (Finnish), muet [masculine] (French), muette [feminine] (French), mudo [masculine] (Galician), Stummer [masculine] (German), Stumme [feminine] (German), mykkä (Ingrian), balbhán [masculine] (Irish), 벙어리 (beong'eori) (Korean), lal [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), dumb (Old English), گنگ (gong) (Persian), mudo [masculine] (Portuguese), amu (Quechua), mut [masculine] (Romanian), немо́й (nemój) [masculine] (Russian), balbhan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), balbhag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), mudo [masculine] (Spanish), stum [common-gender] (Swedish), pipi (Tagalog), гунг (gung) (Tajik), німи́й (nimýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), người câm (Vietnamese), mouwea [masculine] (Walloon), mouwale [feminine] (Walloon), mudan [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-fMj5j4l3 Disambiguation of 'person unable to speak': 2 20 51 10 15 1 2
  4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. Categories (topical): Disability Translations (hired mourner, undertaker's assistant): carpideira [feminine] (Portuguese), plañidera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-5VeZoK0k Disambiguation of Disability: 5 4 13 9 8 7 3 19 6 2 2 6 11 3 2 1 Disambiguation of "hired mourner, undertaker's assistant": 5 6 7 71 7 1 2
  5. (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. Categories (topical): Music Translations (sordine): сурдинка (surdinka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sourdine [feminine] (French), sordino [masculine] (Italian), sordina [feminine] (Italian), 弱音器 (jakuonki) (alt: じゃくおんき) (Japanese), sordin [masculine] (Norwegian), sordin [common-gender] (Swedish), mudydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-1ezjPosZ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'sordine': 5 3 1 6 81 2 2
  6. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-4fczq6w4
  7. A mute swan.
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-UFRnjnV0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mute cancel, plunger mute
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: mutes [plural]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|muetir}} Middle French muetir, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic Head templates: {{en-noun}} mute (plural mutes)
  1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon. Translations (bird droppings): skitt [masculine] (Norwegian), dritt [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-noun-wTHC2D1y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: mutes [present, singular, third-person], muting [participle, present], muted [participle, past], muted [past]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|muet}} Middle English muet, {{der|en|xno|muet}} Anglo-Norman muet, {{der|en|frm|muet}} Middle French muet, {{der|en|la|mūtus}} Latin mūtus Head templates: {{en-verb}} mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
  1. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Silence Translations (silence, make quiet): заглушавам (zaglušavam) (Bulgarian), vaientaa (Finnish), hiljentää (Finnish), mykistää (Finnish), taire (French), rendre silencieux (French), rendre muet (French), amuïr (French), elnémít (Hungarian), whakangū (Maori), calar (Portuguese), emudecer (Portuguese), enmudecer (Spanish), callar (Spanish), acallar (Spanish), tysta (Swedish), stänga av (Swedish), susturmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-verb-T-pmTE4N Disambiguation of Silence: 3 7 7 7 2 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 48 4 0 3 Disambiguation of 'silence, make quiet': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of. Tags: transitive Translations (turn off the sound of): vaientaa (Finnish), hiljentää (Finnish), mykistää (Finnish), mettre en silencieux (French), couper le son (French), amuïr (French), mettre en sourdine (French), stummschalten (German), lenémít (Hungarian), slå av (Norwegian), dempe (Norwegian), silenciar (Portuguese), mutar (Portuguese), silenciar (Spanish), quitar el sonido (Spanish), stänga av (Swedish), mjuta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mute-en-verb-W090aDP4 Disambiguation of 'turn off the sound of': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: muter Related terms: dumb
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: mutes [present, singular, third-person], muting [participle, present], muted [participle, past], muted [past]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|muetir}} Middle French muetir, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic Head templates: {{en-verb}} mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
  1. (now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-mute-en-verb-L-Fstdzo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mjuːt/ [UK], /mɪu̯t/ [UK] Audio: en-us-mute.ogg Forms: mutes [present, singular, third-person], muting [participle, present], muted [participle, past], muted [past]
enPR: myo͞ot [UK] Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Latin mutare (“to change”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mutare|t=to change}} Latin mutare (“to change”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
  1. (transitive) To cast off; to moult. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mute-en-verb-dQiKe~R8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "audible"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "nonmute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "talkative"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "voiced"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "deaf-mute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "I'm mute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute as a mouse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute cornett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute h"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mutely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "muteness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute of malice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute point"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute swan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mutism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "palm mute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "selectively mute"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "muet"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English muet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "muet"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman muet",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "muet"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French muet",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mūtus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mūtus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muter",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mutest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "lacking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "silent"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "dumbstruck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "speechless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "wordless"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "inarticulate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "inaudible"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "semimute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "silence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "make silent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Thus, while the mute creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes / Beholds his own hereditary skies. / From such rude principles our form began; / And earth was metamorphos'd into Man.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not having the power of speech; dumb."
      ],
      "id": "en-mute-en-adj-xhTufu4K",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ady",
          "lang": "Adyghe",
          "roman": "bzakʷo",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "бзако"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaḵras",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "أَخْرَس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔabkam",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "أَبْكَم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "aḵras",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "أخرس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hamr",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "համր"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "lal",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "լալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mudu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "lal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "sne",
          "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "bebe'"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njamý",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "нямы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "bho",
          "lang": "Bhojpuri",
          "roman": "gūṅg",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "गूंग"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "njam",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ням"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "အ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "majnachalelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "啞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "aa²",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "哑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "啞巴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎba",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "哑巴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "啞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎ",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "哑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "němý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "stum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "umælende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "stom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "muta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "málleysur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "dumbur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mykkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "muet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "assourdi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "stumm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "German Low German",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "dumm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "dumbs",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "álalos",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "άλαλος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "álalos",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ἄλαλος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eneós",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ἐνεός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ánaudos",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ἄναυδος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "áphōnos",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ἄφωνος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "oqajuitsoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "bèbè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'ilém",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אילם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gūṅgā",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "गूंगा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mūk",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "मूक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "néma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mállaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "bisu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "gagu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mykkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "balbh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "muto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "alt": "もくもく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mokumoku",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "黙々"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "alt": "おしの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oshi-no",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "唖の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "alt": "くちのきけない",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kuchi no kikenai",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "口の利けない"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "bisu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "kbd",
          "lang": "Kabardian",
          "roman": "bzagʷɛ",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "бзагуэ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "lall",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "لاڵ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "lal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "māms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mūtus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "infans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mēms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "stomm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nem",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "нем"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "bisu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "kelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "gagu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "tunawicara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "hele",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ᡥᡝᠯᡝ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "wahangū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "dumb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "muet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "muet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "gielaheapme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "stum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "muka",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ମୂକ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "dumb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lâl",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "لال"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gong",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "گنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "niemy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "qu",
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          "roman": "nemój",
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          "word": "немо́й"
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          "roman": "besslovésnyj",
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          "word": "бесслове́сный"
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          "word": "mudu"
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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          "word": "не̑м"
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        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "није̑м"
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        {
          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "sh",
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        {
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          "code": "si",
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          "roman": "golu",
          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "ගොලු"
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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        {
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          "code": "sk",
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        {
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "nem"
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        {
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          "word": "mudo"
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          "word": "pireu"
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "stum"
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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          "word": "pipi"
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        {
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          "word": "dilsiz"
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          "roman": "nimýj",
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
          "word": "mud"
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          "_dis1": "62 10 19 10",
          "code": "zza",
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          "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
          "text": "All the heavenly choir stood mute, / And silence was in heaven.",
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        {
          "ref": "1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo), Messner, page 178",
          "text": "[…] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "word": "صَامِت"
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          "word": "mudu"
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          "word": "безмълвен"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "word": "mut"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "word": "stil"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "word": "gedempt"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "word": "muet"
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          "word": "mutique"
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          "word": "still"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "word": "muto"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "word": "infans"
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          "word": "dumb"
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          "word": "muet"
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          "word": "muet"
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          "_dis1": "7 64 21 8",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "word": "بیصدا"
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "word": "milczący"
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          "_dis1": "7 64 21 8",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "word": "mudo"
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          "_dis1": "7 64 21 8",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nemój",
          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "немо́й"
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          "roman": "bezmólvnyj",
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          "word": "mudo"
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          "_dis1": "7 64 21 8",
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          "code": "zza",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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          "_dis1": "7 64 21 8",
          "code": "zza",
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          "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mute cancel"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "(phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop."
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        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
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            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "ref": "1668 OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY. By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (John Dryden)",
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        }
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        "(obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer."
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          "_dis1": "15 39 2 9 17 5 14",
          "code": "bg",
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        }
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        }
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          "speech"
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "stomme"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "mykkä"
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          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "muette"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mudo"
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Stumme"
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "beong'eori",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "벙어리"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
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          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gong",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "گنگ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mudo"
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "amu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nemój",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "немо́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balbhan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balbhag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "pipi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "gung",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "гунг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nimýj",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "німи́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "word": "người câm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mouwea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mouwale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 20 51 10 15 1 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "person unable to speak",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mudan"
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          "ref": "1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter IX, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 95:",
          "text": "He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 481:",
          "text": "Then followed a long silence during which the mute turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 7 71 7 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "hired mourner, undertaker's assistant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carpideira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 7 71 7 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hired mourner, undertaker's assistant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plañidera"
        }
      ]
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            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "pianoforte"
        ],
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        "(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "surdinka",
          "sense": "sordine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sordine",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
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          "roman": "jakuonki",
          "sense": "sordine",
          "word": "弱音器"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "sordine",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sordine",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "5 3 1 6 81 2 2",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sordine",
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          "ref": "2012, Tomlinson Holman, Sound for Film and Television, page 174:",
          "text": "Another related primary control is called a mute, which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. Mutes are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal […]",
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          "text": "The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving.",
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        }
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        "A mute swan."
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          "mute swan"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪu̯t/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-us-mute.ogg/En-us-mute.ogg.mp3",
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  ],
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}

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        "To silence, to make quiet."
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To silence, to make quiet."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaglušavam",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "заглушавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "vaientaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "hiljentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "mykistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "taire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "rendre silencieux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "rendre muet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "amuïr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "elnémít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "whakangū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "calar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "emudecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "enmudecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "callar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "acallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "tysta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "stänga av"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "silence, make quiet",
          "word": "susturmak"
        }
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          "word": "unmute"
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        {
          "text": "Please mute the music while I make a call.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To turn off the sound of."
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        "(transitive) To turn off the sound of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn off the sound of",
          "word": "vaientaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn off the sound of",
          "word": "hiljentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn off the sound of",
          "word": "mykistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "turn off the sound of",
          "word": "mettre en silencieux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
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      "word": "I'm mute"
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      "word": "mute as a mouse"
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      "word": "mute of malice"
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      "word": "mute point"
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      "word": "mute swan"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-mute.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "aphonic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "aphonous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "dumb"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "dumb as a post"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "mumchance"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "mute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "tongueless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "unspeaking"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:mute",
      "word": "voiceless"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ady",
      "lang": "Adyghe",
      "roman": "bzakʷo",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "бзако"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵras",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "أَخْرَس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔabkam",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "أَبْكَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "aḵras",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "أخرس"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamr",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "համր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lal",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "լալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "lal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sne",
      "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "bebe'"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njamý",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "нямы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "gūṅg",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "गूंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "njam",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ням"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "အ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "majnachalelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "啞"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "aa²",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "哑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "啞巴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎba",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "哑巴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "啞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎ",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "哑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "němý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stum"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "umælende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stom"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "muta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "málleysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "dumbur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mykkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "muet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "assourdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stumm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "German Low German",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "dumm"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "dumbs",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "álalos",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "άλαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "álalos",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ἄλαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eneós",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ἐνεός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ánaudos",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ἄναυδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áphōnos",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ἄφωνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "oqajuitsoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "bèbè"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'ilém",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אילם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gūṅgā",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "गूंगा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mūk",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "मूक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "néma"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mállaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "bisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "gagu"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mykkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "balbh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "muto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もくもく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mokumoku",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "黙々"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おしの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshi-no",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "唖の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くちのきけない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuchi no kikenai",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "口の利けない"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "bisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "kbd",
      "lang": "Kabardian",
      "roman": "bzagʷɛ",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "бзагуэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lall",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "لاڵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "lal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "māms"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mūtus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "infans"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mēms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stomm"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nem",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "нем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "bisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "kelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "gagu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "tunawicara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "hele",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ᡥᡝᠯᡝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "wahangū"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "dumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "muet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "muet"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "gielaheapme"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stum"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "muka",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ମୂକ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "dumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lâl",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "لال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gong",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "گنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niemy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "amu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemój",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "немо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besslovésnyj",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "бесслове́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mūka",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "मूक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "balbh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не̑м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "није̑м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "му̏тав"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nȇm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nijȇm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mȕtav"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "golu",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "ගොලු"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "nemý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "nehovoriaci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "nem"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "nimy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "pireu"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "wisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "stum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "lol",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "лол"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aynaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agnaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aziyzun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ttt",
      "lang": "Tat",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "lal"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngîiap",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "เงียบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "dilsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nimýj",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "німи́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "lol"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "câm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vot",
      "lang": "Votic",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "nʹemoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mouwea"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mouwale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
      "word": "mud"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "not having the power of speech",
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      "word": "lal (diq)"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "word": "صَامِت"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "wúshēngde",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "äänetön"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "néma"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "tostach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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    {
      "alt": "音消去",
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      "roman": "eumsogeo",
      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "음소거"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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    },
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      "code": "kmr",
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    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "bêdeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
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    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "infans"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "hāngū"
    },
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "dumb"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "mudo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemój",
      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "немо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "silent, not making a sound",
      "word": "безмо́лвный"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "pula"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mut"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "muda"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "word": "mutulo"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "word": "mykkä"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "muet"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "muette"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mudo"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Stummer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Stumme"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
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      "word": "mykkä"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "balbhán"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "word": "벙어리"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "word": "dumb"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "gong",
      "sense": "person unable to speak",
      "word": "گنگ"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "amu"
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          "ref": "1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:",
          "text": "On which was written not in words,\nBut hieroglyphic mute of birds",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter III, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):",
          "text": "The Wart was familiar with the nests of Spar-hawk and Gos, the crazy conglomerations of sticks and oddments which had been taken over from squirrels or crows, and he knew how the twigs and the tree foot were splashed with white mutes, old bones, muddy feathers and castings.",
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        }
      ],
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        "The faeces of a hawk or falcon."
      ],
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          "hawk",
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        ],
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          "falcon",
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        ]
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      "enpr": "myo͞ot",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪu̯t/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːt"
    },
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    }
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "bird droppings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "bird droppings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dritt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mute"
}

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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "mutes",
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    },
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "1633 May 21 (licensing date), John Fletcher, James Shirley, “The Night-Walker, or The Little Thief. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:",
          "text": "Have I muted all my feathers?",
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        }
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        "To cast off; to moult."
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          "moult",
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        "(transitive) To cast off; to moult."
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        "UK"
      ]
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      "homophone": "moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
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}

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