dormouse

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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).

Konzepte

Bilch

Schlafmaus

Siebenschläfer

Haselmaus

Schläfer

Bilche

Gartenschläfer

Baumschläfer

Synonyme

edible

mole

sleeper

field-mouse

fat dormouse

hazel mouse

loir

hazel-mouse

Übersetzungen

lirón

loir

ghiro

liró

relmuis

hazelmuis

arganaz

moscardino

glis

greule

δασομυωξός

missara

lirăo

Dryomys

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈdɔɹmaʊs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: dormous

Verwandt mit Anglo-Norman: -

Verwandt mit Altfranzösisch: 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.