mouse

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US /mʌʊs/ UK /maʊs/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like mouth /θ/ vs /s/

Freq #3337

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1

noun
A small furry animal with a pointed nose, small ears and a long thin tail.

I spotted a mouse running through the garden.
2

noun
A small hand-held device you move on a surface to control the pointer on a computer screen.

I used my mouse to move the cursor on the screen.
3

noun
A very quiet or shy person.

I'm a mouse at parties; I'd rather be at home.

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2 noun · a small hand-held device... computer mouse

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Forms mice

Related forms muscle muss mussel

From Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs. Cognates Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (German Low German Muus), Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Latin mūs, Spanish mur, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian mi, Persian موش (muš), Northern Kurdish mişk, Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ). The comp…

mous Middle English mūs Old English *mūs Proto-Germanic *múHs Proto-Indo-European

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# mouse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mʌʊs/
**IPA (UK):** /maʊs/
**Frequency rank:** 3337

## Meanings
1. A small furry animal with a pointed nose, small ears and a long thin tail.
2. A small hand-held device you move on a surface to control the pointer on a computer screen.
3. A very quiet or shy person.

## Examples
- I spotted a mouse running through the garden.
- I used my mouse to move the cursor on the screen.
- I'm a mouse at parties; I'd rather be at home.

## Related Forms
- muscle
- muss
- mussel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mous
- Root: mūs
- Root: *mūs
- Root: *múHs

## Etymology
From Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs. Cognates Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (German Low German Muus), Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Latin mūs, Spanish mur, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian mi, Persian موش (muš), Northern Kurdish mişk, Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ). The comp…

## AI Etymology
Mouse comes from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs. Germanic cognate forms include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (German Low German Muus), Dutch muis, Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús). Indo-European cognate forms include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Latin mūs, Spanish mur, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian mi, Persian موش (muš), Northern Kurdish mişk, Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ). In present-day English its meanings include a small furry animal with a pointed nose, small ears and a long thin tail, a small hand-held device you move on a surface to control the pointer on a computer screen, and a very quiet or shy person.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Technology & Computing

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