different between mule vs oule
mule
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mju?l/
- Rhymes: -u?l
- Homophone: mewl
Etymology 1
From Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule and Old English m?l, both from Latin m?lus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic ????? (m?šk?, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) ?????? (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- (dated) A hybrid plant.
- (informal) A stubborn person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stubborn person
- (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- (role-playing games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mule.
- Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
- (sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
- A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
Synonyms
- (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse): Missouri canary
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ass
- donkey
- hinny (male horse X female donkey)
- horse
Verb
mule (third-person singular simple present mules, present participle muling, simple past and past participle muled)
- (transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
Etymology 2
From Middle French mule (“slipper”), from Latin mulleus calceus (“red shoe”), from mullus (“red”).
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
Translations
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu?l?/, [?mu?l?]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *m?lô.
Noun
mule c (singular definite mulen, plural indefinite muler)
- muzzle
Inflection
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
mule (imperative mul, infinitive at mule, present tense muler, past tense mulede, perfect tense har mulet)
- pommel, pummel, pound, lick
- sulk
Synonyms
- (pommel): banke, tæve
- (sulk): surmule
French
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French mule, from Latin m?la, feminine of m?lus.
Noun
mule f (plural mules)
- mule (animal)
- mule (footwear)
- mule (for drug smuggling)
- Synonym: bouletteux
Derived terms
- têtu comme une mule
Italian
Noun
mule f
- plural of mula
Anagrams
- lume
Latin
Noun
m?le
- vocative singular of m?lus
References
- mule in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mul?/, [?mul?]
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative plural of mul
- inflection of mula:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mewle, moyle, muile, mul, muyle
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mule, from Latin m?la, feminine of m?lus; reinforced by native Old English m?l, from the same Latin source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?miu?l(?)/
Noun
mule (plural mules)
- mule (donkey-horse hybrid)
- (rare) hinny
- (rare) idiot
Descendants
- English: mule
- Scots: mule
References
- “m?l(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *m?lô.
Noun
mule m (definite singular mulen, indefinite plural muler, definite plural mulene)
- muzzle
References
- “mule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ulme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *m?lô. The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²m??.l?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
mule m (definite singular mulen, indefinite plural mular, definite plural mulane)
- muzzle
Related terms
- myle
Verb
mule (present tense mular, past tense mula, past participle mula, passive infinitive mulast, present participle mulande, imperative mul)
- (intransitive) to pout
References
- “mule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ulme
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *m?lô.
Noun
m?le m
- muzzle
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: mule
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mu.l?/
- Homophone: mul?
Noun
mule
- locative/vocative singular of mu?
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mul
Noun
mule
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mula
Adjective
mule
- inflection of muli:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
- mule in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Volapük
Noun
mule
- dative singular of mul
mule From the web:
- what mule
- what mule means
- what mule deer eat
- what mulesoft does
- what mulesoft
- what mule kicks with crossword
- what mulesoft can do
oule
English
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- Obsolete spelling of owl
Anagrams
- loue
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan ola (“marmite”).
Noun
oule f (plural oules)
- cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite
- (geography) pothole, water cavity
- (geography, by extension) watercourse that contains such a pothole
- (by extension) town or village located near such a fluvial feature
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- ule
Etymology
From French vouloir.
Verb
oule auxiliary
- To want (to do something)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ?le, from Proto-Germanic *uwwal?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?l(?)/
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- owl (the order Strigiformes).
- (derogatory) An insult, especially applied to the Devil.
- (heraldry, rare) An owl on a blazon.
Descendants
- English: owl
- Scots: oul, ool
References
- “?ule, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.
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