Wiktionary

mus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mus"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

mus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Muscogee.

English edit

Noun edit

mus

  1. plural of mu

Anagrams edit

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mus (plural musse)

  1. soft brimless hat, tuque

Asturian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

mus

  1. interjection used to call cats

Derived terms edit

Basque edit

Etymology edit

From earlier mux, probably from French mouche (“fly”).[1] However, compare musu (“kiss”).[2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio:(file)

Noun edit

mus inan

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

References edit

  1. ^ “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ casino.es
  3. ^ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

Danish edit

Etymology edit

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

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

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

Inflection edit

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

Derived terms edit

Dutch edit

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

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: mossie
  • → Papiamentu: mùs

Fala edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

mus

  1. (Lagarteiru) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

See also edit

Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM 		nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM 		vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mus

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

Participle edit

mus m pl

  1. masculine plural of mû

Interlingua edit

Noun edit

mus (plural muses)

  1. mouse
    Synonym: mure

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension

  1. a mouse, rat
    • Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 6
      quasi mures semper edere alienum cibum
      Like mice they always ate the food of other people
  2. the sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)
  3. (New Latin) a computer mouse

Inflection edit

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 edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Padanian:
    • ⇒ Lombard: muson (“shrew”)
    • ⇒ Piedmontese: musèt (“shrew”); muson (“shrew, mole”)
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: musèt (“shrew”)
  • → Translingual: Mus

References edit

  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “mus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “mus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams edit

Lithuanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

mùs

  1. first-person plural accusative of mes

Maltese edit

Root
m-w-s
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan). Compare Moroccan Arabic موس (mūs), Libyan Arabic موس (mūs).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mus m (plural mwies)

  1. pocket knife, folding knife, jack-knife, switchblade

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Maonan edit

Noun edit

mus

  1. pig

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French mouche.

Noun edit

mus

  1. fly

References edit

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

Middle English edit

Noun edit

mus

  1. Alternative form of mous

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuːs/

Pronoun edit

mūs

  1. locative of mun

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse mús.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has articles on:
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husmus (Mus musculus)
 
datamus

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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

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

Usage notes edit

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

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • “mus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “mus”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “mus” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams edit

Old English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mūs f

  1. mouse
  2. muscle

Declension edit

Declension of mus (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mūs mȳs
accusative mūs mȳs
genitive mȳs, mūse mūsa
dative mȳs mūsum

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension edit

Declension of mūs (feminine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative mūs mūsi
accusative mūs mūsi
genitive mūsi mūso
dative mūsi mūsim, mūsen

Descendants edit

References edit

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension edit

Declension of mūs (irregular)
singular plural
nominative mūs mūs
accusative musi musi
genitive musi musi
dative mūsiō mūsium
instrumental — —


Descendants edit

  • Middle Low German: mûs

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension edit

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) inna(r) mūsa mūsanna

Descendants edit

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from musieć.

Noun edit

mus m inan

  1. (colloquial) constraint, coercion, must
    Synonym: przymus
Declension edit
Declension of mus
singular
nominative mus
genitive musu
dative musowi
accusative mus
instrumental musem
locative musie
vocative musie

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from German Mousse.

Noun edit

mus m inan

  1. mousse (airy pudding served chilled)
Declension edit
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 edit

  • mus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mus in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mus”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French mousse.

Noun edit

mus m (plural muși)

  1. cabin boy

Declension edit

Declension of mus
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mus musul (niște) muși mușii
genitive/dative (unui) mus musului (unor) muși mușilor
vocative musule mușilor

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Basque mus.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: mus

Noun edit

mus m (uncountable)

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ https://www.casino.es/mus/historia-mus/
  2. ^ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

Further reading edit

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English must.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mus

  1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

female genitalia

Related terms edit

animal
computers

See also edit

References edit

Unami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mus anim (plural musàk)

  1. elk, moose

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Venetian edit

Noun edit

mus

  1. (Chipilo) donkey

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong *n-mʉŋᴮ (“to go”), from Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mʉŋ(X) (“id”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Mien *n-mɨŋᴬ (“id”), whence Iu Mien mingh.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mus

  1. to go

Interjection edit

mus

  1. shoo!

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 276.
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