mice

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

plural of mouse

Verb

To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).

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mouse

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Sinonieme

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apodemus

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Vertalings

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souris

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فئران

rato

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ratón

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ποντίκια

Mäuse

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Muridae

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apodemus

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muridés

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/maɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mys

Geërf van Old English: mȳs

Verwante met Skots: mice

Verwante met Fries: mûzen

Verwante met Nederlands: muizen

Verwante met Duits: Mäuse

Verwante met Sweeds: möss

Verwante met Faroëes: mýs

Verwante met Yslands: mýs

In summary

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.