mus
Translingual
Basque
Etymology
From earlier mux, probably from French mouche (“fly”).[1] However, compare musu (“kiss”).[2][3]
References
- “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːˀs/, [muˀs]
Inflection
Dutch
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch mussche, from Old Dutch musca, from Latin muscio, derived from musca (“fly”).
Cognate with Limburgish mösj, Central Franconian Mösch, Mesch, Luxembourgish Mësch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʏs/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: mus
- Rhymes: -ʏs
Noun
mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)
- sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera
French
Pronunciation
Audio (CAN) (file)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Sanskrit मूष् (mū́ṣ), Old English mūs (English mouse), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Proto-Slavic *myšь (Russian мышь (myšʹ)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muːs/, [muːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mus/, [mus]
Noun
mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension
- a mouse, rat
- Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 6
- quasi mures semper edere alienum cibum
- Like mice they always ate the food of other people
- quasi mures semper edere alienum cibum
- Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 6
- the sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)
Inflection
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūs | mūrēs |
Genitive | mūris | mūrium |
Dative | mūrī | mūribus |
Accusative | mūrem | mūrēs mūrīs |
Ablative | mūre | mūribus |
Vocative | mūs | mūrēs |
Derived terms
- mūris
- mūris caecus
- Aragonese: moriciego
- Catalan: muricec
- Galician: morcego, murcego, muricego
- Portuguese: morcego
- Spanish: murciego
- ⇒ Spanish: murciégalo, murciélago
- Vulgar Latin: *mūrecaecus
- Catalan: muriac
- ⇒ Catalan: asmuriac, asmuriec
- Catalan: muriac
- mūris montānus
- Old Franco-Provençal: murmontan
- Romansch: murmont (Engadin)
- → Old High German: murmento, murmunto, muremento (see there for further descendants)
- *mūricāneus
- mūricīdus
- mūrilegus
- mūrīnus
- mūricus
- murriō
- mūsarāneus
- mūscellārium
- mūscerda
- mūscipula
- mūsculus
- mūstēla
Related terms
- mūrex
- mūrilegulus
- mūscipulātor
- mūstricula
Descendants
References
- “mus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “mus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “mus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Maltese
Root |
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m-w-s |
2 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan). Compare Moroccan Arabic موس (mūs), Libyan Arabic موس (mūs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːs/
Derived terms
Maonan
Mauritian Creole
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʉːs/
- Rhymes: -ʉːs
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mús (nominative and accusative plurals mýss), from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse, a coinage.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic mús, Faroese mús, Danish mus, Swedish mus, German Maus, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, and English mouse. Indo-European cognates include Albanian mi, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Armenian մուկ (muk), Hindi मूस (mūs), Latin mūs, Persian موش, and Russian мышь (myšʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʉːs/
- Rhymes: -ʉːs
Noun
mus f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural myser or mus, definite plural mysene or musene)
Usage notes
- This noun is often used in compounds as a first part to emphasize little size.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- austmarkmus
- bjørkemus
- brannmus
- bymus
- datamus
- dvergmus
- fjellmarkmus
- fjellmus
- flaggermus
- gråsidemus
- gå ned mann og mus
- havmus
- husmus
- katt og mus
- klatremus
- klivemus
- leddmus
- lemus
- markmus
- moskusmus
- musande
- musearm
- museart
- musebit
- musebol
- musebrun
- musebøle
- musefamilie
- musefelle
- museflette
- musefoll
- musegrå
- musehòl
- museklikk
- museknapp
- musekule
- muselort
- musematte
- musepeikar
- musereir
- musert
- musesjuke
- museskritt
- musestille
- musesykje
- musete
- musunge
- musvåk
- musøyre
- når katter er vekke, dansar musene på bordet
- raudmus
- skapmus
- skogmus
- småskogmus
- snømus
- spissmus
- storskogmus
- ullmus
- vassmus
- vass-spissmus
Related terms
- murmeldyr
References
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːs/
Declension
Derived terms
- mūsfealle (“mousetrap”)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
Declension
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːs/
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mus/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: mus
Etymology 1
From musieć.
Declension
Declension
Romanian
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mus | musul | (niște) muși | mușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) mus | musului | (unor) muși | mușilor |
vocative | musule | mușilor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: mus
References
- https://www.casino.es/mus/historia-mus/
- Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa
Further reading
- “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mus/
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish mūs, from Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʉːs/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːs
Noun
mus c
Declension
Declension of mus 1, 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mus | musen | möss | mössen |
Genitive | mus | musens | möss | mössens |
Declension of mus 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mus | musen | musar | musarna |
Genitive | mus | musens | musars | musarnas |
Related terms
- animal
- computers
Unami
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mus/
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʉːs/, [mÿ́ːs], [mɛ́u̯ːs]
- Rhymes: -ʉ́ːs
Noun
mus f (definite singular musa, plural mösser or myster, definite plural mössren or mystren)
- (rodent) a mouse
Synonyms
- rôtt
Derived terms
- musärtergräs
- musskara
- sjömus
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mʉŋ(X) (“to go”). Cognate with Iu Mien mingh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu˩/