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Mus


Mus

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Noun.
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Mures
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[L., a mouse.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.

Definition 2024


Mus

Mus

See also: mus, mūs, and mús

English

Noun

Mus

  1. plural of Mu

Translingual

Etymology

Latin mus (mouse)

Proper noun

Mus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the mice.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


German

Etymology

From Old High German muos, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Mus n (genitive Muses, plural Muse)

  1. mush, squish

Related terms

mus

mus

See also: Mus, mūs, and mús

English

Noun

mus

  1. plural of mu

Basque

Etymology

From earlier mux, from French mouche (fly).

Noun

mus

  1. (card games) A traditional Basque card game.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (mouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/, [muːˀs]

Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

  1. mouse

Inflection

Derived terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mus f, m (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

  1. sparrow

Derived terms


French

Verb

mus

  1. first-person singular past historic of mouvoir
  2. second-person singular past historic of mouvoir

Participle

mus

  1. masculine plural of the past participle of mouvoir

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ), Old English mūs (English mouse), Proto-Slavic *myšь (Russian мышь (myšʹ)).

Pronunciation

Noun

mūs m, f (genitive muris); third declension

  1. mouse, rat

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mūs murēs
genitive muris murium
dative murī muribus
accusative murem murēs
ablative mure muribus
vocative mūs murēs

Derived terms

Related terms

  • muricus
  • muscellarium
  • muscerda

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, 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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊs]

Pronoun

mùs

  1. (first-person plural) accusative form of mes.

Lojban

Rafsi

mus

  1. rafsi of muslo.

Northern Sami

Pronoun

mus

  1. locative of mun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉːs/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus m, f (definite singular musa or musen, indefinite plural mus, definite plural musene)

  1. a mouse (rodent)
  2. a mouse (computing)
  3. (slang) the female genitalia

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉːs/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus f

  1. a mouse (rodent)
  2. a mouse (computing)
  3. (slang) the female genitalia

Inflection

Derived terms

References


Novial

Verb

mus

  1. (auxiliary) have to, must

Old English

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs. Cognate with Old Frisian mūs, Old English mūs, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Norwegian mus, Swedish mus)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension

Descendants


Spanish

Noun

mus m (uncountable)

  1. (card games) card game that is very popular in Spain

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mūs, from Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (mouse).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus c

  1. mouse; small rodent of the genus Mus; especially species Mus musculus
  2. (computing) a computer mouse; an input device
  3. (colloquial) a pussy; female genitalia

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

animal
computers

See also

References


Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Noun

mus anim

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus/
  1. elk, moose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.