Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak. Mute or the Mute may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart * ''Mute'' (2018 film), a science-fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones * "Mute" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1963 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * Mutes, anthropomorphic animals in the American animated television series '' Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts''

Music

* Mute (music), a device used to alter the sound of a musical instrument * Left-hand muting or palm mute, guitar muting techniques *

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

, a record label in the United Kingdom * ''Mute'' (album), a 2000 indie rock compilation album from Hush Records * ''Muted'' (album), a 2003 album from hip hop artist Alias

In print

* ''Mute'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Piers Anthony * "Mute" (short story), by Stephen King * Mute, a character in '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' * ''Mute'' (magazine), an online magazine of culture and politics

People

* Múte Bourup Egede (born 1987), Prime Minister of Greenland * Shō Gen (1528–1572), king of the Ryukyu Kingdom called Gen the mute *

Pârvu Mutu Pârvu Mutu (''Pârvu the Mute'', nickname of ''Pârvu Pârvescu''; 1657–1735) was a Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter. He was born in the town of Câmpulung as the sixth son of the Orthodox priest Ioan Pârvescu, and bega ...

(1657–1735), Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter nicknamed Pârvu the Mute

Other uses

Mute (death customs) A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect ...

, a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures *

Mute (food) Mute is a Colombian cuisine soup from Boyacá and Santander departments. The word may be used as slang for a whole corn soup in other areas. In Santander cuisine, ingredients include pork parts, corn, and vegetables. In Boyaca, beef and potato ...

, a soup from Colombia *

Mute Island Motu Mute is a island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the located between Havae and Tooparopae. The Island is the location of the Bora Bora Airport, with the runway starts and ends dir ...