Pronunciation AHD: /mous/ IPA: /maʊs/ SAMPA: /maUs/ Etymology Old English mus, from Latin mus. Noun mouse (plural: mice [1]) A small rodent of the genus Mus. (computers) An input device to be used with a graphical display. (compare joystick, trackpad, laptop nipple) Related terms mouser mousetrap mousey Related concepts rat rodent Translations Albanian: miu Basque: sagu Belarusian: мыш Breton: logodenn f (1, 2) Bulgarian: мишка (miška) Catalan: ratolí (1, 2) Chinese Characters: 鼠 / 鼡 (shǔ) Chinese: 鼠 / 鼡 (shǔ) Croatian: miš Czech: myš Danish: mus Dutch: muis f, computermuis f (2) Esperanto: muso Estonian: hiir Faroese: mús Finnish: kotihiiri, hiiri French: souris (1, 2) f Frisian: mûs Friulian: surîs, surie Gallegan: rato German: Maus f (1, 2) Greek: σταχτοποντικός Hungarian: egér Icelandic: mús, hagamús Indonesian: tikus (1), mouse komputer (2) Interlingua: mus, mure (1) Irish: luch thí Italian: topo m (1), sorcio m (1), ratto m (1) Japanese: 鼠 (ねずみ, nezumi) (1), マウス (mausu) (2) KiSwahili: panya Korean: 쥐 (jwi) Ladin: soricia Latin: mus Latvian: pele Lithuanian: pelė Lower Sorbian: myš, myška Macedonian: глушец (glušec) Maltese: ġurdien Norwegian: mus Occitan: mirga Persian: موش (muš) Polish: mysz f (1), mysz, myszka komputerowa (2) Portuguese: camundongo m (1); rato caseiro (1), ratinho (1), Port. rato m (2); Bras. mouse m (2) Romanian: şoarece Romansh: mieur Romany: xurtso(m.) xurtsaika f Russian: мышь (myš') Sami: sáhpán Sardinian: medrona, topi, sórixi Scottish: luch Serbian: миш (miš) Slovak: myš Slovenian: miš Spanish: ratón m (1,2), mouse m (2) Swedish: mus Tagalog: daga Tok Pisin: liklik rat Turkish: fare Ukrainian: миша (miša) Upper Sorbian: myš, myška Welsh: llygoden Transitive verb to mouse (naut.) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire. Ex. Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack Intransitive verb to mouse To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (1). Frequently used in the phrase mouse around. To operate a computer using a mouse (2). To hunt or catch mice (1). Notes [1] (computers) The plural of mouse is sometimes, though rarely, mouses. Example: Please order 5 more mouses for the department computers. See also Wikipedia article on Mouse Wikipedia article on Computer mouse
mouse (plural: mice [1])
to mouse
Intransitive verb to mouse To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (1). Frequently used in the phrase mouse around. To operate a computer using a mouse (2). To hunt or catch mice (1). Notes [1] (computers) The plural of mouse is sometimes, though rarely, mouses. Example: Please order 5 more mouses for the department computers. See also Wikipedia article on Mouse Wikipedia article on Computer mouse
[1] (computers) The plural of mouse is sometimes, though rarely, mouses.
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