mice
English
Etymology
From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), cheshirization from Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.
Pronunciation
Noun
mice
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Latvian
Noun
mice f (5th declension)
- (colloquial) hat
- (colloquial) cap
- (colloquial) tucker
Declension
Declension of mice (5th declension)
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