muis
Meaning
- (feminine,masculine) mouse (rodent species)
- (feminine,masculine) mouse (an input device to operate a computer by steering a cursor and clicking)
- (feminine,masculine) ball of the thumb
Frequency
Gender
鈾傦笍 Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/m艙y摊s/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *m奴s, from Proto-West Germanic *m奴s. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
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