mésange

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.zɑ̃ʒ/

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Noun

mésange f (plural mésanges)

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

Derived terms

• mésange à tête noire
• mésange charbonnière
• mésange de Pologne
• mésange penduline
• mésange rémiz

 

Further reading

• “mésange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• engames, gênâmes, magnées, manèges, mangées, ménages, ménagés