Mule
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals.
- Borrowed from Italian Mulè.
- Borrowed from French Mule.
Proper noun edit
Mule (plural Mules)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mule is the 19027th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mule”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 632.
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese mula.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mule m (nominative plural Mule, diminutive Mulche)
- mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
Declension edit
Declension of Mule
Derived terms edit
nouns
References edit
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Mule”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 114