Wiktionary

mus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mus"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

mus

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

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

mus

  1. plural of mu

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mus (plural musse)

  1. soft brimless hat, tuque

BasqueEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

mus inan

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

ReferencesEdit

  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

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

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

InflectionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

DutchEdit

 
Een paar mussen op een geliefde voederplaats. — A couple of sparrows on a favourite foraging location.
 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /mʏs/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: mossie
  • → Papiamentu: mùs

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mus

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

ParticipleEdit

mus m pl

  1. masculine plural of the past participle of mouvoir

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

mus (plural muses)

  1. mouse
    Synonym: mure

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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)

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • “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 (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

AnagramsEdit

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mùs

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

MalteseEdit

Root
m-w-s
2 terms

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mus m (plural mwies)

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

MaonanEdit

NounEdit

mus

  1. pig

Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mouche.

NounEdit

mus

  1. fly

ReferencesEdit

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

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

mus

  1. Alternative form of mous

Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuːs/

PronounEdit

mūs

  1. locative of mun

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mús.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “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

AnagramsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mūs f

  1. mouse
  2. muscle

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

mūs f

  1. mouse

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mūs f

  1. mouse

DeclensionEdit

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


DescendantsEdit

  • Middle Low German: mûs

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

mūs f

  1. mouse

DeclensionEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From musieć.

NounEdit

mus m inan

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

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from German Mousse, from French mousse.

NounEdit

mus m inan

  1. mousse
DeclensionEdit
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 readingEdit

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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mousse.

NounEdit

mus m (plural muși)

  1. cabin boy

DeclensionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Basque mus.[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

mus m (uncountable)

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

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

Further readingEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English must.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mus

  1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

female genitalia

Related termsEdit

animal
computers

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

UnamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mus anim (plural musàk)

  1. elk, moose

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

VenetianEdit

NounEdit

mus

  1. (Chipilo) donkey

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. (rodent) a mouse

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

White HmongEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mus

  1. to go

InterjectionEdit

mus

  1. shoo!
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mus&oldid=71693925"