Féminin

mésange

Signification (Anglais)

tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)

Synonymes

mésange bleue

téterelle

mésange à tête noire

liquoreuxse

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/me.zɑ̃ʒ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French mésange, from Old French mesenge, masenge (“titmouse”), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”) and variants, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“titmouse”), *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Old High German meisa (“titmouse”), Old English māse (“small bird”), Middle Dutch mese (“titmouse”). More at English titmouse.

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