souris

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, invariable) mouse (rodent)
2. (feminine, invariable) computer mouse
3. (feminine, invariable) a part of a leg of lamb
4. (colloquial, feminine, invariable) young woman, girlfriend

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of sourire:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of sourire:
3. (first-person, form-of, historic, past, second-person, singular) inflection of sourire:

Concepts

mouse

🐭

rat

🐀

mice

house mouse

computer mouse

rodent

scum

sewer rat

shiner

skim

soapsuds

spume

apodemus

mus

Mus musculus

old world mouse

fancy mouse

black eye

mouse mice

black rat

brown rat

chick

knuckle

Synonyms

rat

🐀

surmulot

rat gris

rat noir

rat d'égout

raton

apodemus

mus

mus musculus

rat d’égout

Translations

Maus

🐭

ratón

🐭

muis

🐭

rato

🐀

topo

🐭

ratolí

🐭

fare

🐭

sorcio

ποντίκι

camundongo

🐭

mus

🐭

mişk

🐭

mirga

mouse

🐭

Pronounced as (IPA)

/su.ʁi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: souris

Inherited from Old French: soris

Inherited from Latin: sōrex

Inherited from Middle French: sourris

Inherited from Old French: sorris

Inherited from Latin: subrīsus

In summary

Inherited from Middle French souris, from Old French soris, soriz, from Vulgar Latin *sōrīcem, alteration of the Classical Latin sōricem (“shrew”).
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.