mésange

French

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Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French mesange, masenge (“titmouse”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”), from Proto-Germanic *maisô (“titmouse”), *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Old High German meisa (“titmouse”), Old English māse (“small bird”), Middle Dutch mese (“titmouse”). More at titmouse.

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Noun

mésange f. (plural mésanges)

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

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