Masculine
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muis

Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) mouse (rodent)
  2. (feminine, masculine) mouse (an input device to operate a computer by steering a cursor and clicking)
  3. (feminine, masculine) ball of the thumb

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mœy̯s/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

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