titmouse

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

cincia

cinciallegra

sinonimi

tit

tomtit

chickadee

blue tit

birdy

Traduzioni

mésange

Meise

mees

carbonero

parus

milharós

abelharuco

herrerillo

chapim

pajarito

αιγίθαλος

abelheiro

παπαδίτσα

paro

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtɪtmaʊs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: titmose

Affine olandese: mees

Affine tedesco: Meise

Affine norse antico: meisingr

Affine francese: mésange

Affine norvegese: 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.