mus

See also: Mus, muş, mūs, mús, müs, mûs, Muś, mus', mus., muS, MUS, Muş, -mus, and -muš

English

Noun

mus

1. plural of mu

Anagrams

• MSU, Sum, UMS, sum, ums

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœs/

Noun

mus (plural musse)

1. soft brimless hat, tuque

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Basque

Etymology

From earlier mux, probably from French mouche (“fly”). However, compare musu (“kiss”).

Noun

mus inan

1. (card games) A traditional Basque card game.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/, [muːˀs]

Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

1. mouse (animal)
2. mouse (for a computer)

Inflection

Declension of mus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mus	musen	mus	musene
genitive	mus'	musens	mus'	musenes

Derived terms

• spidsmus c

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Dutch

Een paar mussen op een geliefde voederplaats. — A couple of sparrows on a favourite foraging location.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mussche, from Old Dutch musca, from Latin muscio, derived from musca (“fly”).

Cognate with Limburgish mösj, Central Franconian Mösch, Mesch, Luxembourgish Mësch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏs/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mus
• Rhymes: -ʏs

Noun

mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

1. sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera

Derived terms

• grasmus
• heggenmus
• huismus
• moabmus
• ringmus
• rotsmus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mossie

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French

Verb

mus

1. first-person singular past historic of mouvoir
2. second-person singular past historic of mouvoir

Participle

mus

1. masculine plural of the past participle of mouvoir

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Interlingua

Noun

mus (plural muses)

1. mouse

   Synonym: mure

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Sanskrit मूष् (mū́ṣ), Old English mūs (English mouse), Proto-Slavic *myšь (Russian мышь (myšʹ)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muːs/, [muːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mus/

Noun

mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension

1. mouse, rat

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūs	mūrēs
Genitive	mūris	mūrium
Dative	mūrī	mūribus
Accusative	mūrem	mūrēs mūrīs
Ablative	mūre	mūribus
Vocative	mūs	mūrēs

Derived terms

• mūrex (possibly)
• *muricaneus
• mūricidus
• mūricus
• mūrilegus
• mūrinus
• murriō
• mūsarāneus
• mūscellārium
• mūscerda
• mūscipula
• mūscipulātor
• musculus
• mūstēla
• mūstricula

 

mūris montānus (“mountain rat”)

• Old Franco-Provençal: marmotan
  • Old French: murmontain, marmotaine, marmotan, marmontaine
    • Middle French: marmote
      • French: marmotte (see there for further descendants)
      • → English: marmot
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romansch: murmont (Engadin)
  • → Old High German: muremunto, murmunto; murmuntīn (diminutive)
    • Alemannic German:

      Bern: Murmende

      >? Uri: Murmete

      ⇒ Luzern: Murmetli (diminutive)

    • ⇒ Bavarian: Murmentel (diminutive)
      • ⇒ Bavarian: Mentl (clipping)
    • ⇒ German: Murmeltier
      • → Cimbrian: murmeltier
      • → Danish: murmeldyr
        • → Icelandic: múrmeldýr

Descendants

• Occitan: mirga
• Old Portuguese: mur
  • Galician: morcego, murar, musgaño, muraño
  • Portuguese: muro, mure, murganho, morcego

• Romansch: mieur
• Italian: mure
• Spanish: mur, murciélago, musgaño
• Translingual: Mus

Anagrams

• sum

References

• mus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• mus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊs]

Pronoun

mùs

1. (first-person plural) accusative form of mes.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mouche

Noun

mus

1. fly

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle English

Noun

mus

1. Alternative form of mous

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːs/

Pronoun

mūs

1. locative of mun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus m or f (definite singular musen or musa, indefinite plural mus, definite plural musene)

1. mouse (rodent)
2. mouse (computing)
4. (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)

Derived terms

• datamus
• museklikk
• spissmus
• bollemus

References

• “mus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

husmus (Mus musculus)

datamus

Etymology

From Old Norse mús (nominative and accusative plurals mýss), from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse, a coinage.

Germanic cognates include Icelandic mús, Faroese mús, Danish mus, Swedish mus, German Maus, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, and English mouse. Indo-European cognates include Albanian mi, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Armenian մուկ (muk), Hindi मूस (mūs), Latin mūs, Persian موش‎, and Russian мышь (myšʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/ (example of pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural mus or myser, definite plural musene or mysene)

2. (rodent) mouse
4. (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)
6. (computing) computer mouse

Usage notes

• This noun is often used in compounds as a first part to emphasize little size.

Synonyms

• ((vulgar) female genitalia): fitte, kuse, kunte, vulva
• (computer mouse): datamus, skjermpilot

Derived terms

• austmarkmus
• bjørkemus
• brannmus
• bymus
• datamus
• dvergmus
• fjellmarkmus
• fjellmus
• flaggermus
• gråsidemus
• gå ned mann og mus
• havmus
• husmus
• katt og mus
• klatremus
• klivemus
• leddmus
• lemus
• markmus
• moskusmus
• musande
• musearm
• museart
• musebit
• musebol
• musebrun
• musebøle
• musefamilie
• musefelle
• museflette
• musefoll
• musegrå
• musehòl
• museklikk
• museknapp
• musekule
• muselort
• musematte
• musepeikar
• musereir
• musert
• musesjuke
• museskritt
• musestille
• musesykje
• musete
• musunge
• musvåk
• musøyre
• når katter er vekke, dansar musene på bordet
• raudmus
• skapmus
• skogmus
• småskogmus
• snømus
• spissmus
• storskogmus
• ullmus
• vassmus
• vass-spissmus

 

Related terms

• murmeldyr

See also

• gnagar, rotte, vånd
• (for its morphological similarities): lus (“louse”)

References

• “mus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sum

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Novial

Verb

mus

1. (auxiliary) have to, must

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse
2. muscle

Declension

Declension of mus (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mūs	mȳs
accusative	mūs	mȳs
genitive	mȳs, mūse	mūsa
dative	mȳs	mūsum

Derived terms

• mūsfealle (“mousetrap”)

Descendants

• Middle English: mous, mouse, mowse, mows, mus, mowce, muse
  • English: mouse (see there for further descendants), moose (Northumbrian); muss
  • Scots: moose

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of mūs (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	mūs	mūsi
accusative	mūs	mūsi
genitive	mūsi	mūso
dative	mūsi	mūsen

Descendants

• Middle High German: mūs
  • Alemannic German: Muus, Müss
  • Central Franconian: Muus, Mous
  • Cimbrian: maus
  • German: Maus
  • Luxembourgish: Maus
  • Vilamovian: maojs
  • Yiddish: מויז‎ (moyz)

References

• "mūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of mūs (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	mūs	mūs
accusative	musi	musi
genitive	musi	musi
dative	mūsiō	mūsium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: mûs
  • Low German: Muus
  • Plautdietsch: Mus

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

Declension of mūs (consonant stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mūs	mūsin	mȳs	mȳssinar, -ena(r)
accusative	mūs	mūsina, -ena	mȳs	mȳssinar, -ena(r)
dative	mūs	mūsinni, -inne	mūsum, -om	mūsumin, -omen
genitive	mūsa(r)	mūsinna(r)	mūsa	mūsanna

Descendants

• Swedish: mus

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

• audio

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Etymology 1

From musieć.

Noun

mus m inan

1. constraint, coercion, must

   Synonym: przymus

Declension

declension of mus

	singular
nominative	mus
genitive	musu
dative	musowi
accusative	mus
instrumental	musem
locative	musie
vocative	musie

Etymology 2

From German Mousse, from French mousse.

Noun

mus m inan

1. mousse

Declension

declension of mus

	singular	plural
nominative	mus	musy
genitive	musu	musów
dative	musowi	musom
accusative	mus	musy
instrumental	musem	musami
locative	musie	musach
vocative	musie	musy

Further reading

• mus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Basque mus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmus/, [ˈmus]

Noun

mus m (uncountable)

1. (card games) A card game that is very popular in Spain.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English must.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

Verb

mus

1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mūs, from Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus c

1. mouse; small rodent of the genus Mus; especially species Mus musculus
2. (computing) a computer mouse; an input device
3. (colloquial) a pussy; female genitalia

Declension

Declension of mus 1, 2
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mus	musen	möss	mössen
Genitive	mus	musens	möss	mössens

Declension of mus 3
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mus	musen	musar	musarna
Genitive	mus	musens	musars	musarnas

Synonyms

• (small rodent): Mus musculus
• (input device): datormus

female genitalia

• fitta (vulgar, colloqual)
• kutta
• mutta
• skäggbiff
• slida
• snippa
• vagina

 

Related terms

animal

• hasselmus
• husmus
• musfälla
• musgrå
• muskel
• näbbmus

computers

• datormus
• musarm
• musknapp
• musmatta
• muspekare

See also

• råtta
• sork

References

• mus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

Noun

mus anim (plural musàk)

1. elk, moose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mús from the Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/, [mÿ́ːs], [mɛ́u̯ːs]

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ːs

Noun

mus f (definite singular musa, plural mösser or myster, definite plural mössren or mystren)

1. (rodent) a mouse

Synonyms

• rôtt

Derived terms

• musärtergräs
• musskara
• sjömus

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mʉŋ(X) (“to go”). Cognate with Iu Mien mingh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu˩/

Verb

mus

1. to go

Interjection

mus

1. shoo!