Muteness In human development, muteness or mutism is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others. Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, c ...

is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak. Mute, Mutes or the Mute may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart * ''Mute'' (2018 film), a science-fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones * "Mute" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1963 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * ''Muted'' (TV series), a 2023 Spanish Netflix series * Mutes, anthropomorphic animals in the American animated television series ''

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' is an animated science fantasy action television series created by Radford Sechrist and developed by Bill Wolkoff, adapted from Sechrist's 2015 webcomic ''Kipo''. The series is produced by American company Dr ...

Music

Mute (music) A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's timbre, tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume. Mutes are commonly used on string instrument, string and brass instruments, especially the trumpet and trombo ...

, a device used to alter the sound of a musical instrument * Left-hand muting or palm mute, guitar muting techniques *

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

, a record label in the United Kingdom * ''Mute'' (album), a 2000 indie rock compilation album from Hush Records * ''Muted'' (album), a 2003 album from hip hop artist Alias

In print

* ''Mute'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Piers Anthony * "Mute" (short story), by Stephen King * Mute, a character in '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' * ''Mute'' (magazine), an online magazine of culture and politics

People

* Múte Bourup Egede (born 1987), Prime Minister of Greenland * Shō Gen (1528–1572), king of the Ryukyu Kingdom called Gen the mute * Pârvu Mutu (1657–1735), Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter nicknamed Pârvu the Mute

Other uses

* Mute (death customs), a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures * Mute (food), a soup from Colombia * Mute Island, part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia * A

silent letter In an alphabetic writing system, a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation. In linguistics, a silent letter is often symbolised with a null sign , which resembles the ...

, in phonology * A

professional mourner Professional mourning or paid mourning is a type of public performance in which actors pretend to grieve for the recently deceased, with the goal of being indistinguishable from real mourners. As an occupation it originates from Egyptian, Chines ...