Mu
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /muË/, /mjuË/
- Homophones: moo first pronunciation only
- US IPA: /mjuË/
Origin 1
From Ancient Greek letter μ.
Full definition of mu
Noun
mu
(countable and uncountable; plural mus)- The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
- (uncountable) The name of a mythical floating island.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /muË/
- Homophones: moo
- US IPA: /mjuË/
Origin 2
From Japanese ç„¡ (mu, "nothing, neither yes nor no")
Interjection
- (hacker) Neither yes nor no.
Usage notes
Used to answer a question that if answered with "yes" or "no" would imply something false.
Origin 3
Noun
mu
(plural mu)- A unit of surface area, currently equivalent to 666 and 2/3 meters squared.
- 2007 — Chang Liu, “Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949â€, page 87Of 114 village farming families, only ten had more than 30 mu of land and only five had more than 60 mu.