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muleta

French, noun/my.le.ta/

muleta is spelled M-U-L-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muleta is a French feminine noun meaning “muleta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de tissu rouge écarlate utilisée par le matador pour faire des passes pendant la corrida”.

What does muleta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemuleta

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pièce de tissu rouge écarlate utilisée par le matador pour faire des passes pendant la corrida. 2. Élément de langage destiné à provoquer, chiffon rouge.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de muleta.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of muleta

  • muletas plural
  • muléta alternative
  • mulétas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce muleta?

  • /my.le.ta/
  • \mu.le.ta\
  • \my.le.ta\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to muleta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is muleta in French?

muleta appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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