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Etymology
Old English mūþ

Noun
en-noun

1. anatomy The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

#: "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

1. The end of a river out of which water flows.
2. An outlet, aperture or orifice.

#: The mouth of a cave

1. slang A loud or overly talkative person.

#: My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.

Translations
trans-top|the opening of an animal through which food is ingested
Arabic: Arab|�� (fam) m
Armenian: Õ¢Õ¥Ö�Õ¡Õ¶ (beran)
Bosnian: usta n pluralonly
Catalan: boca f
Chinese: � (zu�)
Croatian: usta n pluralonly
Czech: ústa n|p (esp. human), pusa f (informal), tlama f (esp. animal)
Danish: mund c
Dutch: mond m
Estonian: suu
Ewe: nu n
Finnish: suu
French: bouche f
German: Mund m (esp. human), Maul n (esp. animal)
Greek: ���μα n
:* Ancient Greek: ���μα (stoma) n
Hebrew: פ�|פֶּ� (pe) m
Hungarian: száj
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Icelandic: munnur m, kjaftur (vulgar) m
Italian: bocca f
Japanese: � (��, kuchi)
Korean: � (ip)
Maltese: ħalq m?
Norwegian: munn m
Occitan: boca f
Persian: fa-Arab|د�ا� (dahân)
Polish: usta n|p, paszcza f, g�ba f
Portuguese: t|pt|boca|f
Romanian: gur� f
Russian: �о� (rot) m, ���а (ustá) p poetic
Slovene: usta n|p
Spanish: t|es|boca|f
Swahili: kinywa (nc 7/8)
Swedish: mun#Swedish|mun m
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Icelandic: munnur m, op n
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Italian: imboccatùra f, imbócco m
Persian: fa-Arab|د�ا�� (dahâne), fa-Arab|س�راخ (surâx)
Polish: otwór m, uj�cie n, wylot m
Portuguese: boca, entrada, orifício f
Russian: о�ве���ие (otvérstije) n, ����е (úst�je) n
Slovene: ustje n
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trans-top|the end of a river out of which water flows
Croatian: uš�e n
Czech: ústí n
Estonian: suu
Finnish: suu
French: embouchure f
German: Mündung f
Greek: εκβολέ� f|p
Ancient Greek: ���μα (stoma) n
Icelandic: mynni n
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Italian: foce f
Korean: �구 (河�, hagu)
Maltese: bokka f
Polish: uj�cie n
Portuguese: foz f
Russian: ����е (úst�je) n
Slovene: ustje n
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ttbc|Sicilian: vucca f
ttbc|Slovak: ústa p
ttbc|Sumerian: ka#Sumerian|ka
ttbc|Tagalog: bibig, bunganga
ttbc|Tamazight: ��� (imi) m
ttbc|Telugu: న�ర�
ttbc|Tupinambá: îuru
ttbc|Turkish: a�ız
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|��� (mu.nh), URchar|�کھ (mukh)
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To speak about something.

#: He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.

1. transitive To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

#: The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.

1. transitive To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

#: The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.

Derived terms
a closed mouth gathers no feet
all mouth and pants/all mouth and trousers|trousers, all mouth and no pants/all mouth and no trousers|trousers, all mouth
badmouth
big mouth
mouth-breather
mouthbrooder
mouthful
mouth music
mouth off
mouthwash
mouthy
loudmouth/loud-mouth, loudmouthed/loud-mouthed
out of the mouths of babes
put one's foot in one's mouth
shoot one's mouth off
straight from the horse's mouth
word of mouth

See also
orifice

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Category:Anatomy

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