different between spittle vs mucus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?.t(?)l/
• Rhymes: -?t?l

Etymology 1

Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English sp?tl, which is related to sp?tan (whence spit (verb)).

Noun

spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)

1. Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
2. Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
3. Spit-up or drool of an infant.

Derived terms

• lickspittle
• spittly

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)

1. (now archaic) Alternative form of spital
   • a. 1633, George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:

     I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways […]

Etymology 3

Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit +? -le.

Noun

spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)

1. A small sort of spade.

Verb

spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)

1. To dig or stir with a small spade.

Anagrams

• pittles

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mju?k?s/
• Rhymes: -u?k?s
• Hyphenation: mu?cus
• Homophone: mucous

Noun

mucus (usually uncountable, plural mucuses or muci)

1. (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

Usage notes

Do not confuse mucous (adjective) with mucus (noun).

Hyponyms

• phlegm
• rheum

Derived terms

Related terms

• mucosa
• mucositis

Translations

See also

• snot

Anagrams

• CUSUM

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin m?cus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.kys/

Noun

mucus m (uncountable)

1. (physiology) mucus

Further reading

• “mucus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• muccus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moukos, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (múk?s, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.kus/, [?mu?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.kus/, [?mu?kus]

Noun

m?cus m (genitive m?c?); second declension

1. mucus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?c?d?
• muce?
• m?cidus
• m?c?sus
• m?culentus

Related terms

• m?c?

Descendants

References

• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mucus. Doublet of muc.

Noun

mucus n (uncountable)

1. mucus

Declension