mésange

Meaning

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

Concepts

tit

titmouse

chickadee

great tit

tomtit

bee-eater

blue tit

Tit

tom tit

mammilla

nipple

pap

teat

mamilla

Titmouse

Synonyms

bouton

mamelon

mésange bleue

tétine

téton

trayon

téterelle

mésange à tête noire

liquoreuxse

Translations

Meise

mees

carbonero

cincia

chapim

abelharuco

cinciallegra

baştankara

Blaumeise

παπαδίτσα

milharós

mallerenga

Parus

parus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.zɑ̃ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: mésange

Inherited from Old French: mesenge

Cognate with Old High German: meisa

Cognate with Old English: māse

Cognate with Middle Dutch: mese

Cognate with English: titmouse

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.