how to pronounce mumps

/ˈmʌmps/

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mumps is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of mumps in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of mumps

noun:

A gloomy or sullen silence.
A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
Plural of mump.

name:

Acronym of Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mump.

mumps frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mumps occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.