mule

      See also mûle, and m̧uļe

      English

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      An Argentine pack mule.
      Mules.

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Middle English (reinforced by Anglo-Norman mul (masculine), mule (feminine)), from Old English mūl, all from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós (cf. Late Latin muscellus 'young he-mule', Old Russian mŭškŭ 'mule', Ancient Greek (Phocian) mychlós 'he-ass').

      Noun

      mule (plural mules)

      1. A generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
      2. A generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
      3. (informal) A stubborn person.
      4. (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
      5. (numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
      6. (gaming) A character on an MMORPG used mainly to store extra inventory of the owner's primary character.
        • 2007, David L. McClard, Verotopia Online: The MMORPG of the Century, Xlibris (2007), ISBN 9781425772895, page 89:
          He was in the middle of organizing his massive stash of rare and exquisite bounty, all kept safely in the inventory cache of a mule, an entirely separate character which he paid a monthly fee to maintain exclusively for that purpose.
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      Synonyms
      Derived terms
      Translations
      offspring of male donkey and female horse
      See also

      Etymology 2

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      Noun

      mule (plural mules)

      1. A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
      Translations
      backless shoe
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      Danish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /muːlə/, [ˈmuːlə]

      Noun

      mule c (singular definite mulen, plural indefinite muler)

      1. muzzle

      Inflection

          Inflection of mule
      common gender Singular Plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative, dative and accusative mule mulen muler mulerne
      genitive mules mulens mulers mulernes

      Verb

      mule (imperative mul, infinitive at mule, present tense muler, past tense mulede, past participle har mulet)

      1. pommel, pummel, pound, lick
      2. sulk

      Synonyms

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      Italian

      Noun

      mule f

      1. Plural form of mula

      Anagrams

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      Latin

      Noun

      mule

      1. vocative singular of mulus
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      Polish

      Noun

      mule

      1. Locative singular of muł
      2. Vocative singular of muł

      Noun

      mule

      1. Nominative plural of mul
      2. Accusative plural of mul
      3. Vocative plural of mul

      Noun

      mule

      1. Nominative plural of mula
      2. Accusative plural of mula
      3. Vocative plural of mula

      Adjective

      mule

      1. Neuter singular form of muli
      2. Neuter plural form of muli
      3. Feminine plural form of muli
      4. Non-personal masculine plural form of muli
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      Volapük

      Noun

      mule

      1. dative singular form of mul
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