Mule

See also: mule, mulé, Mulè, mûle, m̧uļe, and mulę

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals.
• Borrowed from Italian Mulè.
• Borrowed from French Mule.

Proper noun

Mule (plural Mules)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mule is the 19027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Mule is most common among White (90.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mule”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 632.

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːl/
• Rhymes: -uːl
• Hyphenation: Mu‧le

Noun

Mule m (nominative plural Mule, diminutive Mulche)

1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)

Declension

Declension of Mule

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	där/de	Mule	die	Mule
dative	dem	Mule	denne/de	Mule

Derived terms

nouns

• Mulejohre
• Mulewegh