muso

See also: musò, muŝo, and musō

English

Etymology

From musician +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -uːzəʊ

Noun

muso (plural musos)

1. (Britain, Australia, informal) Diminutive of musician.
   • 2000 May 5, Justin French, “Heads up, Yes me again Mr m3a Smart mouth”, in alt.music.journalism, Usenet‎^[1]:

     I don't expect you to understand the hours involved in becoming a talented muso, rehearsing for months, writing a hit, recording the song, marketing the band, pressing the CDs and trying to get airplay / make some record sales... but you should be able to find a similar problem in your work...

   • 2001 March 5, Gary Meadows, “Darn it!”, in aus.culture.true-blue, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Yeah...I probably wouldn't change have changed plans anyway. I'm sure my wife and children will get more out of a family day than if we headed into the big concrete jungle (aka city) to watch a few musos.

   • 2001 March 27, Mr Q. Z. Diablo, “[long] will the real goth please stand up”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet‎^[3]:

     Don't blame the musos. Blame the marketers, A&R men and record company execs. You don't imagine for a moment that musos sought to inflict Bardot, Britney and Christina on an unsuspecting public. Even the producers are only guilty of trying to feed themselves by attempting to write and execute popular songs that appeal to the LCD.

   • 2018 October 5, Ben Beaumont-Thomas; Laura Snapes, “Has 10 years of Spotify ruined music?”, in The Guardian‎^[4]:

     It is a badge of pride for musos to say that Spotify’s machine-learning algorithms – when you listen to a track and it recommends things you might also like – don’t cover their cosmopolitan taste.

Anagrams

• MOUs, MoUs, Mous, SUMO, SuMo, Sumo, soum, sumo

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Bambara

Pronunciation

• \mù.so\

Noun

muso

1. woman
2. wife

Derived terms

• kɔɲɔmuso

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuso/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mu‧so
• Rhymes: -uso

muso (ronĝulo)

Noun 1

muso (accusative singular muson, plural musoj, accusative plural musojn)

1. mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)

   Hypernym: ronĝulo

   Hyponyms: musido, musino

   Holonym: musaro

Derived terms

• dormomuso (“dormouse”)
• kampomuso (“field mouse”)
• Miĉjo Muso (“Mickey Mouse”)
• Minjo Muso (“Minnie Mouse”)
• musa (“murine”)
• mustruo (“mousehole”)

 

komputila muso

Noun 2

muso (accusative singular muson, plural musoj, accusative plural musojn)

1. (computing) mouse (computer input device)

Derived terms

• musklako (“mouseclick”)
• muskursoro (“mouse pointer”)
• musmato (“mousepad”)
• musumi (“to manipulate a mouse”)

 

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto muso, English mouse, German Maus, Russian мышь (myšʹ), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuso/

Noun

muso (plural musi)

1. mouse (rodent)
2. (computing) mouse

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin mūsus (“muzzle”), of uncertain etymology but probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Cognates include Old Spanish mus, Lombard mus and muson, Middle French musel, English muzzle. Not related to Spanish morro (“hill; muzzle”), Occitan morre (“hill; muzzle”), Provençal mourre (“muzzle; rock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.zo/
• Rhymes: -uzo

Noun

muso m (plural musi)

1. muzzle (of an animal)
2. (derogatory) mug, face (of a person)
3. nose (of an aircraft)
4. front (of a car etc)

Related terms

• a muso duro
• smusare
• smusata

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “mūsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 63, page 275

Anagrams

• sumo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin musa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuso/, [ˈmu.so]
• Hyphenation: mu‧so

Noun

muso m (plural musos)

1. muse

Further reading

• “muso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• musso (traditional orthography)

Etymology

Cognate with Friulian mus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.so/
• Hyphenation: mù‧so

Noun

muso m (plural musi)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: àxeno

Derived terms

• musa
• musada
• musareło
• musaro, muser
• musin

 

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫsurr, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz.

The -u- is a rare irregularity also found in kuru.

Noun

muso f

1. (botany) Burl.

Related terms

• musorbjärk

References

• Nyström, Jan-Olov, 1993, Ordbok över lulemålet

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mṹ.sò/

Interjection

músò

1. hooray, an expression used to denote happiness or joy.