mésange

French

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Etymology

From Middle French mésange, from Old French mesenge, masenge ‎(“titmouse”), from Frankish *meisinga ‎(“titmouse”), 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 titmouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mésange f ‎(plural mésanges)

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

Anagrams

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

External links

• “mésange” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).