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muta.

change (act of changing; act of replacing)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmu.ta/
  1. change (act of changing; act of replacing)

    feminine · uncommon
  2. moult, moulting, molt, shedding, ecdysis

    feminine
  3. surveillance shift

    feminine
  4. replacement

    broadly · feminine
  5. wetsuit

    feminine
  6. each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) + -a.

noun/ˈmu.ta/
  1. pack (of hounds)

    feminine
  2. a group of horses attached to a coach

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French meute, muete, from Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, from the perfect passive participle form of moveō (“to move”).

noun/ˈmu.ta/
  1. tax, duty

    feminine · historical
  2. customs

    broadly · feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Of Germanic origin.

noun/ˈmu.ta/
  1. the Piedmontese lira in the final years of the 18ᵗʰ century

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown.

adj/ˈmu.ta/
  1. feminine singular of muto

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈmu.ta/
  1. inflection of mutare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of mutare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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