mus

See also Mus, mūs, and mús

Basque

Etymology

From ealier mux, from French mouche (“fly”).

Noun

mus

1. a traditional Basque card game.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muH₁s- (“mouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/, [muːˀs]

Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

1. mouse

Inflection

    Inflection of mus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mus	musen	mus	musene
genitive	mus'	musens	mus'	musenes

Derived terms

• spidsmus c

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

mus m (plural mussen, diminutive musje)

1. sparrow

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French

Verb

mus

1. first-person singular past historic of mouvoir
2. second-person singular past historic of mouvoir
3. masculine plural past participle of mouvoir

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mūs), Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ), Old English mūs (English mouse), Proto-Slavic *myšь (Russian мышь (myš’)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /muːs/

Noun

mūs (genitive muris); m and f, third declension

1. A mouse or rat

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mūs	murēs
genitive	muris	murium
dative	murī	muribus
accusative	murim murem	murīs murēs
ablative	murī mure	muribus
vocative	mūs	murēs

Derived terms

• musculus (diminutive)

Related terms

muricus muscellarium muscerda

muscipula muscipulator mus marinus

Descendants

• Old Portuguese: mure
• Portuguese: murganho
• Romansch: mieur
• Spanish: mur
• Translingual: Mus

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mʊs]

Pronoun

mùs

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

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Lojban

Rafsi

mus

1. rafsi of muslo.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʉːs/, X-SAMPA: /m}:s/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus f and m

1. mouse
2. (slang) the female genitalia

Inflection

    Inflection of mus

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f or m	mus	musa/musen	mus	musene

Derived terms

• spissmus c

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʉːs/, X-SAMPA: /m}:s/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus f

1. mouse
2. (slang) the female genitalia

Inflection

    Inflection of mus

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk f	mus	musa [musi]	mus/myser	musene/mysene

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Old English

Etymology

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

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (German Low German Muus, Dutch muis), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Danish mus, Faroese mús, Icelandic mús, Norwegian, mus, Swedish mus)

Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek μῦς (mūs), Latin mūs, Old Armenian մուկն (mukn), Old Church Slavonic мъшь (Russian мышь (myš’), Albanian mi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

1. a mouse

Declension

    Declension of mus (strong consonant stem)

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

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs. Cognate with Old Frisian mūs, Old English mūs, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Norwegian mus, Swedish mus)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

1. a mouse

Declension

Declension of mūs

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mūs	musi
accusative	mūs	musi
genitive	musi	mūsiō
dative	musi	mūsium

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Spanish

Noun

mus m (usually uncountable)

1. card game that is very popular in Spain

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

mus c

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

Declension

Declension of mus 1, 2

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mus	musen	möss	mössen
genitive	mus	musens	möss	mössens

Declension of mus 2, 3

	singular		plural
Common	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

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 över svenska språket (13th ed., online)