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==English== |
==English== |
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[[Image:Mummers2005-fancy.jpg|thumb|Mummer in a parade]] |
[[Image:Mummers2005-fancy.jpg|thumb|Mummer in a parade]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{inh|en|enm|mummer}}, {{m|enm|mommer}}, equivalent to {{af|en|mum|-er|id2=agent noun}}, perhaps conflating with {{der|en|fro|momeor|t=jester, entertainer}}, from {{m|fro|mommer|t=to wear a mask}}, from {{m|fro|momon|t=mask}}. Compare {{cog|de|Mumme||mask}}, 16th Century German {{m|de|mummen||to disguise oneself}}, Middle Dutch {{m|dum|mommen}}, {{m|dum|mummen||to go about in a mask, to disguise}}, Middle Low Saxon {{m|nds|mommen||to wear a mask, to disguise}}, Dutch {{m|nl|mom||mask}} and {{m|nl|mimmen|t=to mask}} as well as Spanish {{m|es|momo||grimace}}. |
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From {{etyl|fro}} ''[[momeur]]'', from ''[[momer]]'': "to wear a mask." |
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Perhaps both of the conflated terms are from the same ultimate root, as note Middle Low Saxon {{m|nds|mummen||to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself}}, Dutch {{m|nl|mommen||to speak indistinctly}}, German {{m|de|mummen||to speak indistinctly}}, {{cog|en|mump|t=to grimace, mumble}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈmʌm.ə/|a=RP}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈmʌm.ɚ/|a=RP}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# A person who [[don]]s a [[disguise|disguising]] [[costume]], as for a [[parade]] or a [[festival]]. |
# A person who [[don]]s a [[disguise|disguising]] [[costume]], as for a [[parade]] or a [[festival]]. |
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# An [[actor]] in a [[pantomime]]; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. |
# An [[actor]] in a [[pantomime]]; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. |
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#* {{RQ:nan-tws:Fielde Dictionary|en|{{l|nan-tws|舞||tr=bú}}|16|passage=[To] perform as '''mummers''', who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors.}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
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* {{sense|actor in a pantomime}} |
* {{sense|actor in a pantomime}} {{l|en|mime}} |
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====Related terms==== |
====Related terms==== |
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* {{l|en|mummery}} |
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* {{l|en|mumchance}} |
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====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|person who dons a disguising costume}} |
{{trans-top|person who dons a disguising costume}} |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|maškara|f}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Mumme|f}}, {{t|de|[[verkleideter]] [[Mensch]]|m}} |
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{{trans-top|actor in a pantomime}} |
{{trans-top|actor in a pantomime}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|мим|m}} |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|mim|m}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pantomimespeler|m}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|mime|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|mime|m}} |
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* German: {{t|de|Pantomimenspieler|m}}, {{t+|de|Pantomime|m}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|mim|m}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mímico|m}}, {{t+|pt|momo|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t|sv|mimare|c}} |
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===Verb=== |
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[[et:mummer]] |
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[[te:mummer]] |
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[[vi:mummer]] |
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# {{syn of|en|mum||to act in pantomime or dumb show}} |
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[[zh:mummer]] |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1976|title=Cake and Cockhorse|volume=7|page=220 |
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|passage=There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from '''mummering''' to keep up the old custom.}} |
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#* '''1988''', Chris Brookes, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Institute of Social and Economic Research, ''A Public Nuisance: A History of the Mummers Troupe'' (page 53) |
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#*: We '''mummered''' taverns and restaurants and the airport (the dead man went round and round on the luggage carousel). We '''mummered''' Portuguese fishing trawlers in the harbour, where the show worked despite the language barrier, {{...}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 2 June 2024
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mummers2005-fancy.jpg/220px-Mummers2005-fancy.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to disguise”), Middle Low Saxon mommen (“to wear a mask, to disguise”), Dutch mom (“mask”) and mimmen (“to mask”) as well as Spanish momo (“grimace”).
Perhaps both of the conflated terms are from the same ultimate root, as note Middle Low Saxon mummen (“to speak indistinctly, to disguise oneself”), Dutch mommen (“to speak indistinctly”), German mummen (“to speak indistinctly”), English mump (“to grimace, mumble”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌm.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌm.ɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]mummer (plural mummers)
- A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
- An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “舞 (bú)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 16:
- [To] perform as mummers, who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors.
Synonyms
[edit]- (actor in a pantomime): mime
Related terms
[edit]Translations
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Verb
[edit]mummer (third-person singular simple present mummers, present participle mummering, simple past and past participle mummered)
- Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”)
- 1976, Cake and Cockhorse, volume 7, page 220:
- There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom.
- 1988, Chris Brookes, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Institute of Social and Economic Research, A Public Nuisance: A History of the Mummers Troupe (page 53)
- We mummered taverns and restaurants and the airport (the dead man went round and round on the luggage carousel). We mummered Portuguese fishing trawlers in the harbour, where the show worked despite the language barrier, […]
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English terms derived from Old French
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ʌmə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ʌmə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
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