Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak.
Mute, Mutes 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 Muted (TV series), a 2023 Spanish Netflix series 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, 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 (1657–1735), Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter nicknamed Pârvu the Mute
Other uses Mute (death customs), a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures Mute (food), a soup from Colombia Mute Island, part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia A silent letter, in phonology A professional mourner is sometimes called a mute
See also Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor known ironically as "El Mudo" ("The Mute") Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526–1579), Spanish Mannerist painter called "El Mudo"