muller
See also: Muller, Mueller, and Müller
English
Etymology 1
mull + -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlə/
- Rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ)
Noun
muller (plural mullers)
- One who, or that which, mulls.
- (art) A grinding stone, held in the hand, used especially for preparing paints and powders.
- 1994, John Wilder Tukey, David R. Brillinger, The collected works of John W. Tukey, →ISBN, page 607:
- The muller provides, in addition, a useful means of comparing the important property of the rate of strength development of pigments.
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- A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
Verb
muller (third-person singular simple present mullers, present participle mullering, simple past and past participle mullered)
- To grind up into, or as if into, powder.
- 1848, On Lucifer Matches, in the Pharmaceutical Journal, volume 7 (1847-8), page 523:
- The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or 'mullered,' copious fumes are evolved.
- 1901, Patrick Walker, Six Saints of the Covenant, volume 1, page 31:
- I have often thought in my melancholy days, these years bygone, that if it might be supposed, that the souls of our worthies were come from heaven, and the dust of their mullered bodies from their graves, and reunite again;
- 1848, On Lucifer Matches, in the Pharmaceutical Journal, volume 7 (1847-8), page 523:
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌlə/
- Rhymes: -ʌlə(ɹ)
Noun
muller (plural mullers)
- (metallurgy) A machine that mixes sand and clay for use in metal castings.
- 2008, Stephen Chastain, Build a Muller, →ISBN, page 93:
- The muller can easily plow through any sand mixture that I put in it and has plenty of power left over.
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Synonyms
- sand muller
Etymology 3
Unknown. The most prosaic theory derives it from muller1 (“to grind into powder”). One theory derives the term from the surname of the murderer Franz Müller,[1] while another theory derives it from the surname of German footballer Gerd Müller;[2] both are phonologically improbable. The Oxford Guide to Etymology →ISBN, 2009) asserts that it is "very probably of Romani origin, from a verb ultimately related to Sanskrit mṛ-' 'to die')."
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʊlə/
- Rhymes: -ʊlə(ɹ)
Verb
muller (third-person singular simple present mullers, present participle mullering, simple past and past participle mullered)
- (transitive, UK, slang) To beat; to thrash (a person).
- 2012, Anthony Cronshaw, Wednesday Rucks and Rock 'n' Roll: Tales from the East Bank
- The boys couldn't stand idly by while three Wednesdayites got mullered; it was not the done thing.
- 2012, Anthony Cronshaw, Wednesday Rucks and Rock 'n' Roll: Tales from the East Bank
- (transitive, UK, slang) To defeat or destroy utterly (as in a sport or competition).
- 2006, Jez Butterworth, The Winterling, →ISBN, page 39:
- Sure enough, they've got mullered. They're yesterday's men. The sands of time have washed over them.
- 2007, Stephen Cole, Thieves Like Us, page 220:
- Then there were these zombie cult people in the beds, wires and stuff shoved into them, and then Yianna had these two minders and they were the ones who mullered us in Cairo, I swear, and one of them grabbed Con [...]
- 2009, Martina Cole, Close, →ISBN, page 374:
- "They mullered him, Jimmy." Spider shook his head. "He was completely destroyed."
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Related terms
- mullered (adj)
References
- Wm. H. Peet, in Notes and Queries, page 337 (25 October 1902): The term "Muller," or "Muller-cut-down," applied to a hat, referred to an incident connected with the murder of Mr. Briggs in a railway carriage on 9 July, 1864. The murderer was Franz Müller, and [...] he was found with his victim's hat [...]. The hat had been specially made for Mr. Briggs, but Müller had had it cut down in a way that was common in the second-hand hat trade. For some years after a low hat was spoken of as a "Muller-cut-down," or a man was spoken of as having had his hat "mullered."
- Cassell's Dictionary of Slang →ISBN, 2005), page 976
- Dictionary of Contemporary Slang →ISBN, 2014), page 298
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin mulier, mulierem.
Noun
muller f (plural mullers)
- woman
- wife
Synonyms
- (wife): esposa
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mulier, mulierem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /muˈʎe/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /muˈʎeɾ/
Audio (file)
Noun
muller f (plural mullers)
- (law) wife
- prendre muller ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Synonyms: cònjuge, (figurative) costella, dona, esposa
- Coordinate terms: cònjuge, espòs, marit
- Hypernym: cònjuge
Further reading
- “muller” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “muller”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “muller” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Unha muller ("a woman")
Alternative forms
- mulher (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese muller, moller, from Latin mulier, mulierem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈʎɛɾ/, /muˈɟɛɾ/
Audio (file)
Noun
muller f (plural mulleres)
- woman
- wife
References
- “muller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “muller” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “muller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “muller” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “muller” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Noun
muller f
- Alternative form of moller
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from mullra. Attested since 1730.
Noun
muller n
- rumble
Declension
| Declension of muller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | muller | mullret | — | — |
| Genitive | mullers | mullrets | — | — |
Derived terms
- åskmuller
Related terms
- mullra (“to rumble”)
See also
- kurrande (“rumbling, growling”) (of a stomach)
References
- muller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- muller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- muller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)