mulat

Catalan

Etymology

mul + -at. The sense of "person of mixed race" is a semantic loan from Spanish mulato.

Pronunciation

Noun

mulat m (plural mulats)

  1. young mule

Derived terms

Noun

mulat m (plural mulats, feminine mulata)

  1. mulatto

Adjective

mulat (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulats, feminine plural mulates)

  1. mulatto

Further reading


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mulat/

Noun

mulat m, animate

  1. mulatto

Declension

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (mule).

Noun

mulat c (singular definite mulatten, plural indefinite mulatter)

  1. mulatto

Inflection


Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (mule). Etymologically related to Dutch muil (mule), muildier (mule).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

mulat m (plural mulatten, diminutive mulatje n, feminine mulattin)

  1. (derogatory, dated) mulatto
    Synonyms: halfbloed, dubbelbloed

Derived terms


Hungarian

Etymology

múlik (to pass) + -at (causative suffix), literally “to make or let (time) pass by”. (Its literal counterpart also exists, see múlat with a long ú.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmulɒt]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

mulat

  1. (intransitive, literary) to have fun, to be amused, to enjoy oneself
    • 1863, János Arany, Buda halála (The Death of King Buda), canto 6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247) (In Quest of the ’Miracle Stag’, The Poetry of Hungary, 2000):
      Tündér lyányok ottan laknak, / Táncot ropnak, úgy mulatnak. / Szőve ködbül sátoruk van: / Ugy mulatnak sátorukban.
      There fairy maidens did subsist / and danced with joy in elfin measure; / housed in a tent of woven mist, / they passed their nights in tuneful pleasure.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to be amused at/by, laugh at (someone or something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • mulatás
  • mulatgat
  • mulató
  • mulatságmulatságos
  • mulattat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átmulat
  • elmulat
  • keresztülmulat
  • kimulat
  • végigmulat
  • múlat

Further reading

  • mulat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

mulat

  1. supine of mula.
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