dormouse

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
2. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
3. (UK) Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.
4. (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Sinonieme

edible

mole

sleeper

field-mouse

fat dormouse

hazel mouse

loir

hazel-mouse

Vertalings

loir

lirón

ghiro

liró

relmuis

hazelmuis

arganaz

Bilch

glis

moscardino

Siebenschläfer

Schlafmaus

Haselmaus

δασομυωξός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɔɹmaʊs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: dormous

Verwante met Anglo-Norman: -

Verwante met Old French: dormir

In summary

From Middle English dormowse, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár (“benumbed”) + mous (“mouse”). More at doze, mouse.
The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of Old French dormir (“to sleep”) (as *dormouse (“tending to be dormant”), with second element mistaken for mouse), but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.