titmouse

Signification (Anglais)

Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.

Concepts

mésange

Synonymes

tit

tomtit

chickadee

blue tit

birdy

Traductions

Meise

mees

cincia

carbonero

cinciallegra

parus

milharós

abelharuco

chapim

abelheiro

herrerillo

αιγίθαλος

παπαδίτσα

pajarito

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɪtmaʊs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: titmose

Appartenant à néerlandais: mees

Appartenant à allemand: Meise

Appartenant à vieux norrois: meisingr

Appartenant à français: mésange

Appartenant à norvégien: meis

In summary

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.