muil

• IPA^(key): /mœy̯l/
• Hyphenation: muil
• Rhymes: -œy̯l

From Middle Dutch muul, from Old Dutch mūl, from Proto-Germanic *mūlą.

muil m (plural muilen, diminutive muiltje n)

1. an animal's mouth and muzzle or snout

   Synonym: snuit

   De hond kauwde op het bot met zijn muil. ― The dog chewed on the bone with its muzzle.

   Hij opende de muil van de hond om te kijken naar zijn tanden. ― He opened the dog's mouth to look at its teeth.

   De varkenszuster was bedekt met modder tot aan haar muil. ― The pig's snout was covered with mud.

2. (derogatory) a person's face

   Synonyms: gezicht, gelaat, smoel

3. (notably in muilen trekken) A funny, angry ... face one makes, facial expression

From Middle Dutch muul, from Latin (calceus) mulleus (“red shoe”).

muil m (plural muilen, diminutive muiltje n)

1. (usually as diminutive) a flat type of footwear

   De sprookjesprins zocht Assepoester, met als enige aanwijzing haar glazen muiltje. ― The fairytale prince looked for Cinderella with her glass slipper as the only clue.

• Negerhollands: milen, myel

From Middle Dutch muul, from Old Dutch *mūl, from Proto-West Germanic *mūl, from Latin mūlus.

muil m (plural muilen, diminutive muiltje n)

1. a mule, an equine crossbreed between a stallion (horse) and a she-ass (donkey)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

muil

1. inflection of muilen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
• Prof. dr. G. Geerts e.a., van Dale. Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Utrecht - Antwerp, Van Dale Lexicografie, 1984 (eleventh edition). [leading Dutch dictionary in Dutch, commonly known as ‘de Grote Van Dale’]

Borrowing from Russian мыло (mylo).

muil

1. soap

muil (plural muils)

1. mule (kind of shoe)

Borrowed from Russian мыло (mylo).

muil

1. soap