mutual

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Alternative forms

• mut. (abbreviation)
• mutuall (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

mutual (comparative more mutual, superlative most mutual)

1. Having the same relationship, each to each other.

   They were mutual enemies.

2. Collective, done or held in common.

   Mutual insurance.

3. Reciprocal.

   They had mutual fear of each other.

4. Possessed in common.

   They had been introduced by a mutual friend.

   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808, page 216:

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

5. (business, finance, insurance) Owned by the members.

Synonyms

• (done or held in common): shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
• (reciprocal): reciprocative; see also Thesaurus:reciprocal

Derived terms

• automutual
• intermutual
• mutual admiration society
• mutual assured destruction
• mutual combat
• mutual friend
• mutual inductance
• mutual induction
• mutual information
• mutual insurance
• mutualisation
• mutualist
• mutualistic
• mutuality
• mutualization
• mutualize
• mutually
• mutual masturbation
• mutualness
• mutual savings bank
• mutual society
• mutual understanding
• mutual will
• nonmutual
• transmutual
• unmutual

Translations

having the same relationship, each to each other

Arabic: مُتَبَادَل (mutabādal) Armenian: փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj) Asturian: mutuu Azerbaijani: ortaq Bashkir: үҙ-ара (üź-ara), уртаҡ (urtaq) Catalan: mutu Chinese: Mandarin: 相互 (zh) (xiānghù) Czech: vzájemný (cs) m Danish: gensidig Dutch: wederzijds (nl) Esperanto: reciproka Finnish: keskinäinen (fi), molemminpuolinen (fi) French: mutuel (fr) Galician: mutuo (gl) Georgian: ორმხრივი (ormxrivi), ურთიერთზიარი (urtiertziari), თანაზიარი (tanaziari) German: wechselseitig (de), gegenseitig (de), beiderseitig (de) Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos), κοινός (el) (koinós) Hungarian: kölcsönös (hu) Icelandic: gagnkvæmur Ingrian: keskinäin Italian: mutuo (it), vicendevole (it) Japanese: 相互 (ja) (そうご, sōgo), 互いの (ja) (たがいの, tagai no) Korean: 서로의 (ko) (seoroui) Latin: mūtuus Macedonian: за́емен m (záemen), меѓу́себен m (meǵúseben) Malayalam: പരസ്പര (ml) (paraspara) Norwegian: gjensidig (no) Polish: wzajemny (pl) m Portuguese: mútuo (pt) Romanian: mutual (ro) m or n, reciproc (ro) m or n Russian: взаи́мный (ru) (vzaímnyj) Sanskrit: अन्योन्य (sa) (anyonya) Spanish: mutuo (es), mutual (es) Swedish: ömsesidig (sv) Turkish: ortak (tr) Ukrainian: взає́мний (vzajémnyj)

reciprocal

Armenian: փոխադարձ (hy) (pʻoxadarj), անդրադարձ (hy) (andradarj) Bashkir: үҙ-ара (üź-ara) Bulgarian: взаимен (bg) (vzaimen) Danish: gensidig Esperanto: reciproka Finnish: keskinäinen (fi), molemminpuolinen (fi), vastavuoroinen (fi) French: mutuel (fr) Georgian: თანაზიარი (tanaziari), ორმხრივი (ormxrivi) German: wechselseitig (de), gegenseitig (de) Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos), αλληλοπαθής (el) (allilopathís) Hungarian: ellenoldali Icelandic: gagnkvæmur Italian: reciproco (it), vicendevole (it) Latin: mutuus Lithuanian: savitarpinis Macedonian: за́емен m (záemen), меѓу́себен m (meǵúseben) Norwegian: gjensidig (no) Polish: obopólny (pl) m, wzajemny (pl) m Portuguese: recíproco (pt) Romanian: reciproc (ro) m or n Russian: взаи́мный (ru) (vzaímnyj), обою́дный (ru) (obojúdnyj) Spanish: recíproco (es), mutual (es) Ukrainian: взає́мний (vzajémnyj), обопі́льний (obopílʹnyj)

possessed in common

Bashkir: уртаҡ (urtaq) Bulgarian: общ (bg) (obšt), съвместен (bg) (sǎvmesten) Catalan: mutu Chinese: Mandarin: 共同 (zh) (gòngtóng) Danish: fælles Esperanto: komuna Finnish: yhteinen (fi) Georgian: საზიარო (saziaro) German: gemeinsam (de), gemeinschaftlich (de), Gemeinschafts- (de) Greek: κοινός (el) (koinós) Icelandic: sameiginlegur (is) Italian: vicendevole (it) Macedonian: зае́днички m (zaédnički) Norwegian: felles (no) Polish: wspólny (pl) m Portuguese: mútuo (pt) Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij) Turkish: ortak (tr) Ukrainian: спі́льний (uk) (spílʹnyj)

relating to a form of mutual insurance or financial institution

Bulgarian: взаимен (bg) (vzaimen) Finnish: keskinäinen (fi) French: mutuel (fr) German: gegenseitig (de) Greek: αμοιβαίος (el) (amoivaíos) Hungarian: közös (hu) Irish: frithpháirteach Russian: обою́дный (ru) (obojúdnyj)

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Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) eadar-iomlaideach

Noun

mutual (plural mutuals)

1. A mutual fund.
2. (business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.
3. (Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.

   Synonym: moot

Translations

mutual fund — see mutual fund

mutual organization — see mutual organization

Anagrams

• umlaut

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mutuel. By surface analysis, mutuu +‎ -al.

Adjective

mutual m or n (feminine singular mutuală, masculine plural mutuali, feminine/neuter plural mutuale)

1. reciprocal

Declension

Declension of mutual

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mutual		mutuală		mutuali	mutuale
	definite	mutualul		mutuala		mutualii	mutualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mutual		mutuale		mutuali	mutuale
	definite	mutualului		mutualei		mutualilor	mutualelor

Related terms

• mutualism
• mutualitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈtwal/ [muˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mu‧tual

Adjective

mutual m or f (masculine and feminine plural mutuales)

1. mutual

   Synonym: mutuo

Derived terms

• mutualidad

Noun

mutual m or f by sense (plural mutuales or mutuals)

1. (social media) mutual

Further reading

• “mutual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025