Image:House mouse.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|A mouse (rodent).
Image:3-Tastenmaus Microsoft.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|A computer mouse.
English
Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/ma�s/, SAMPA|/maUs/
a|US AHD|mous, IPA|/ma�s/, SAMPA|/maUs/
audio|en-us-mouse.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|a�s
Etymology
From ME. term|mous, from OE. term|mus|mūs. Cognate with modern Icelandic term|mús, Persian fa-Arab|��ش (mush).
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|mice
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus
- informal One of the many small rodent and marsupial species that resemble mouse.
- A quiet or shy person.
- computing (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface, its movement being converted into a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the noun mouse
as quiet as a mouse, quiet as a mouse
cat and mouse
church mouse
deer mouse
dormouse
fieldmouse
house mouse
kangaroo mouse
mouse button
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mouse click
mouse mat
mouse pad
mousetrap
mousy
optical mouse
play cat and mouse
when the cat's away the mice will play
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Translations
trans-top|rodent of the genus Mus
Afrikaans: muis
Albanian: t-|sq|mi|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|�أرة (fá�ra) f
Basque: sagu
Bosnian: t-|bs|miš|m
Croatian: t+|hr|miš|m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|ми�ка|f|trmiška|scCyrl
Catalan: ratolà m
Cherokee: ���� (tsisdetsi)
CJKV Characters: é¼ (shÇ�)
Chinese
Croatian: t+|hr|miš|m
Czech: myš f, myšák m (male)
Danish: t+|da|mus
Dutch: t+|nl|muis|f
Erzya: �ее�� (chejer)
Esperanto: t+|eo|muso|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|hiir
Ewe: afi
Finnish: t+|fi|hiiri
French: t+|fr|souris|f
Frisian: mûs
German: t+|de|Maus|f
Greek, Ancient: μῦ� (mŷs) m, �ον�ικ�� (pontikós) m
Greek: t-|el|Ï�ονÏ�ίκι|n|trpontÃki|scGrek, t|el|Ï�ονÏ�ικÏ�Ï�|m|pontikós|sc=Grek
Hebrew: ע��ר (akhbar) m
Hindi: ��हा (chūh�)
Hungarian: t+|hu|egér
Icelandic: t+|is|mús
Indonesian: t+|id|tikus|xs=Indonesian
Irish: luch f, luchóg f
Italian: t+|it|topo|m, t+|it|sorcio|m
Japanese: é¼ (ã�ã��ã�¿, nezumi)
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Korean: �� (saengjwi)
Kurdish: mi�k, KUchar|�شک
Lao: � (nou)
Latin: t-|la|mus
Latvian: t-|lv|pele|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: pel� f, pel�nas m
Lower Sorbian: myš, myška
Macedonian: гл��е� m
Malay: tikus
Malayalam: ��ണ���ലി (chuNteli)
Maltese: t-|mt|Ä¡urdien|xs=Maltese
Marathi: ��न�दिर (Ūndir)
Nahuatl: quimichin
Norwegian: t+|no|mus|f
Novial: mause
Old English: t-|ang|mus|altmūs|xsOld English
Old Prussian: pel�
Polish: t-|pl|mysz|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|rato|m, t-|pt|camundongo|m
Romanian: t-|ro|�oarece|m
Russian: м��� (myš�) f
Sardinian (northern): sórighe m
Sardinian (southern): medrona f, topi, sórixi m
Scots: moose#Scots|moose
Serbian:
Sinhala: ම�ය� (mīy�)
Slovene: t+|sl|miš|f
Spanish: t+|es|ratón|m
Swahili: t-|sw|kipanya|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|mus
Tagalog: daga
Telugu: �ల��
Thai: ห�ู (n�o)
Turkish: t+|tr|fare
Ukrainian: ми�а (myša) f
Upper Sorbian: myš, myška
Vietnamese: t+|vi|chu�t|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|shy person
Bosnian: t-|bs|miš|m
Croatian: t+|hr|miš|m
Danish: t+|da|mus
Finnish: t+|fi|hiiri, t-|fi|hiirulainen
German: graue Maus f (plain Jane)
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Latvian: t-|lv|pele|f|xs=Latvian
Macedonian: гл��е� m
Russian: м��� (myš�) f
Serbian:
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trans-top|computing: input device
Bosnian: t-|bs|miš|m
Bulgarian: ми�ка (mishka) f :bg:ми�ка|^
Catalan: ratolÃ
Chinese:
Croatian: t+|hr|miš|m
Czech: t+|cs|myš|f
Danish: t+|da|mus
Dutch: t+|nl|muis|f, t-|nl|computermuis|f
Estonian: t-|et|hiir
Finnish: t+|fi|hiiri
French: t+|fr|souris|f
German: t+|de|Maus|f
Greek: t-|el|Ï�ονÏ�ίκι|n|trpodÃki|scGrek
Hebrew: ע��ר (akhbar) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|egér
Icelandic: t+|is|mús, t+|is|tölvumús
Indonesian: mouse komputer
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Irish: luch f, luchóg f
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trmausu|scJpan
Korean: ��� (mauseu)
Kurdish: t+|ku|mi�k|m
Latvian: t-|lv|pele|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t+|lt|pel�|f|xs=Lithuanian
Macedonian: гл�в�е n
Malay: tetikus
Polish: t-|pl|myszka|f, t-|pl|mysz|f
Portuguese: rato m (Portugal)
Russian: м��� (myš�) f, м��ка (mýška) f
Serbian:
Slovene: t+|sl|miška|f
Spanish: t+|es|ratón|m
Swedish: t+|sv|mus|c
Turkish: t+|tr|fare
Ukrainian: ми�ка (myška) f, ми�а (myša) f
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ttbc|Albanian: miu
ttbc|Basque: sagu
ttbc|Belarusian: м�� (myš)
ttbc|Breton: logodenn f (1,2)
ttbc|Bulgarian: ми�ка (miška)
ttbc|Cebuano: ilaga
ttbc|Faroese: mús
ttbc|Friulian: surîs, surie
ttbc|Galician: rato
ttbc|Interlingua: mus, mure (1)
ttbc|Latin: soricia
ttbc|Maltese: Ä¡urdien
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ttbc|Occitan: mirga
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|��ش (muš) (1), FAchar|��ش� (muši) (2)
ttbc|Polish: szara myszka f
ttbc|Romanian: �oarece
ttbc|Romansch: mieur
ttbc|Romany: xurtso m, xurtsaika f
ttbc|Sami: sáhpán
ttbc|Sardinian (northern): sórighe m
ttbc|Sardinian (southern): medrona f, topi, sórixi m
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: luch
ttbc|Slovak: myš
ttbc|Sundanese: beurit
ttbc|Tok Pisin: liklik rat
ttbc|Welsh: llygoden
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Verb
en-verb|mouses|mousing|moused|moused
- intransitive To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- intransitive To hunt or catch mice (the rodents).
- context|transitive|nautical To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
#: Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
Translations
trans-top|to mouse around
Finnish: t-|fi|hiiviskellä
German: t+|de|mausen
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trans-top|to catch mice
Finnish: hiirestää, pyytää hiiri|hiiriä
German: t+|de|mausen
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trans-top|to close the mouth of a hook
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Derived terms
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mouse around
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mouser
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See also
joystick
laptop nipple
rat
rodent
trackpad
pedialite|computer mouse
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