Complete Definition of "mu"

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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Greek letter μ

Noun
en-noun|mu's|-

  1. uncountable the name for the 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet. countable an instance of that letter.
  2. uncountable The name of a mythical floating island.

Translations
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trans-top|Greek letter
Danish: my
Finnish: myy#Finnish|myy
German: My
Greek: μι n
trans-mid
Portuguese: mi m
Russian: м� (mju)
Swedish: my
trans-bottom

mythical floating island

Derived terms
mu-meson, muon
mu-metal

Etymology 2
From Japanese �#Japanese|� (mu).

Interjection
mu

  1. context|hacker Neither yes nor no.

Usage notes
Used to answer a question that if answered with "yes" or "no" would imply something false.

Category:English two-letter words
Category:Greek letters


Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=�

  1. �: nonexistence; nothing; zero

Korean
mu (hangul: 무)

Noun
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  1. daikon

Lojban

Cmavo
mu

  1. five (rafsi: mum)

Category:jbo:Cardinal numbers


Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
mu

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, mú, m�, or mù.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin


Portuguese

Etymology
Latin mulus

Noun
mu

  1. mule

Category:Portuguese nouns


Swedish

Noun
mu n

  1. moo; the sound of a cow or a bull

See also
råma

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