mu
Portuguese, noun/ˈmu/
mu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma reduzida de mulo”.
What does mu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemule
noun
- 1
masculinemu (Greek letter)
- 2
masculinesynonym of muão, múon (“muon”)
interjection
- 1
moo (the call of a cow)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma reduzida de mulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mu
- mus plural
- muu alternative
- muuu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mu?
- Brazil /ˈmu/
- Portugal /ˈmu/
- /ˈmu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mu in Portuguese?
mu appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).