mute

adj//mjuːt//

stum, tyst, sordin, stänga av, tysta, mjuta

  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]

  2. Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]

  3. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

  4. (obsolete, theatre) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th–19th c.]

  5. A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]

  6. (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]

  7. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.

  8. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.

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