mudez

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mudeza

Etymology

From mudo +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈde(j)s/ [muˈde(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈde(j)s/ [muˈde(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /muˈde(j)ʃ/ [muˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈdeʃ/ [muˈðeʃ]

• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Hyphenation: mu‧dez

Noun

mudez f (plural mudezes)

1. muteness (the condition of being mute)

   Synonym: mutismo

Further reading

• “mudez”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “mudez”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “mudez” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mudez”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mudez”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “mudez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From mudo +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /muˈdeθ/ [muˈð̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /muˈdes/ [muˈð̞es]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: mu‧dez

Noun

mudez f (plural mudeces)

1. muteness (the condition of being mute)

Further reading

• “mudez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28