mouth

CEFRA1

/maʊθ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The opening in the face used for eating and speaking.

  2. 02

    verb

    To say words without making a sound.

Examples

  • Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.

  • She opened her mouth to say something.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /muːθ/
  • /mʌʊθ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An outlet, aperture or orifice.

  2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

  3. The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

More examples

In context

  • You took the words right out of my mouth.

  • "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

  • The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.

Synonyms

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The dentist asked me to open my blank wide so she could check my teeth.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian mös, müs, Mür (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Luxembourgish Mond (“mouth”), Danish mund (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk munn (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι...