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 The palm mute is a technique for guitar and bass guitar known for its muted sound. It is performed by placing the side of the picking hand across the guitar's strings, close to the bridge, while picking. The name is a misnomer as the muting is ...

, 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 ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is a 2015 tactical shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Each player assumes control o ...

'' * ''Mute'' (magazine), an online magazine of culture and politics

People

Múte Bourup Egede Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede (; born 11 March 1987) is a Greenlandic politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025. He has also served as Chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit since December 2018, and a Member of t ...

(born 1987), Prime Minister of Greenland *

Shō Gen was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1556 to 1572. He was called "Gen, the mute."Kerr, George H. (2000). Life The king required considerable support from the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three), the chief council of royal advisors. His reign ma ...

(1528–1572), king of the Ryukyu Kingdom called Gen the mute *

Pârvu Mutu Pârvu Mutu (''Pârvu the Mute'', nickname of ''Pârvu Pârvescu''; 1657–1735) was a Wallachian Romanians, Romanian muralist and church painter. He was born in the town of Câmpulung as the sixth son of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox ...

(1657–1735), Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter nicknamed Pârvu the Mute

Other uses

Mute (death customs) A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect th ...

, a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures *

Mute (food) Mute is a Colombian cuisine soup from Boyacá and Santander department Santander () is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central no ...

, a soup from Colombia *

Mute Island Motu Mute is a island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the located between Havae and Tooparopae. The Island is the location of the Bora Bora Airport, with the runway starts and ends dire ...

, 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 ...