mice

Meaning

plural of mouse

mouse

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apodemus

mus

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪs/

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.

Cognate with Western Frisian

mûzen

Cognate with Dutch

muizen

Cognate with German

Mäuse

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mouse

1. Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
2. (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
3. A quiet or shy person.
4. (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
5. A facial hematoma or black eye.
6. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
7. (obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
9. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
10. A small cushion for a woman's hair.
11. Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.