English

Noun

Mus

1. plural of Mu

Translingual

Etymology

Latin mus ‎(“mouse”)

Proper noun

Mus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the mice.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Muridae - family; Murinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mus musculus - species. See Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for many others.

German

Etymology

From Old High German muos, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Mus n ‎(genitive Muses, plural Muse)

1. mush, squish

Related terms

• Apfelmus
• Kükenvermuser
• Pflaumenmus

English

Noun

mus

1. plural of mu

Basque

Etymology

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

Noun

mus

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/, [muːˀs]

Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

1. mouse

Inflection

Derived terms

• spidsmus c

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mus f, m ‎(plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

1. sparrow

Derived terms

• huismus

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs m, f ‎(genitive muris); third declension

1. mouse, rat

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• musculus (diminutive)
• mūstēla

Related terms

Descendants

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

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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• mus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊs]

Pronoun

mùs

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

Lojban

Rafsi

mus

1. rafsi of muslo.

Northern Sami

Pronoun

mus

1. locative of mun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

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

1. a mouse (rodent)
2. a mouse (computing)
3. (slang) the female genitalia

Derived terms

• datamus
• museklikk
• spissmus c

References

• “mus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/
• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

mus f

1. a mouse (rodent)
2. a mouse (computing)
3. (slang) the female genitalia

Inflection

Derived terms

• datamus
• museklikk

References

• “mus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Novial

Verb

mus

1. (auxiliary) have to, must

Old English

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

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^(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

mūs f

1. mouse

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: mus

Spanish

Noun

mus m ‎(uncountable)

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Synonyms

• (small rodent): Mus musculus
• (input device): datormus
• (female genitalia): fitta (vulgar)

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)

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Noun

mus anim

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus/

1. elk, moose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.