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3-letter words (3 found)

MUS,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (3 found)

MU,UM,US,

You can make 6 words from mus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of mus

mus

Translingual

Symbol

mus

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

Noun

mus

  1. plural of mu

Anagrams

  • MSU, Sum, UMS, sum, ums

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mœs/

Noun

mus (plural musse)

  1. soft brimless hat, tuque

Basque

Etymology

From earlier mux, probably from French mouche (“fly”). However, compare musu (“kiss”).

Pronunciation

Noun

mus inan

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

References

Danish

Etymology

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

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːˀs/, [muˀs]

Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

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

Inflection

Derived terms

  • spidsmus c

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 terms

  • grasmus
  • heggenmus
  • huismus
  • moabmus
  • musvalk
  • ringmus
  • rotsmus
  • slootmus

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mossie
  • → Papiamentu: mùs

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus/

Pronoun

mus

  1. (Lagarteiru) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

See also

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

Verb

mus

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

Participle

mus m pl

  1. masculine plural of mû

Interlingua

Noun

mus (plural muses)

  1. mouse
    Synonym: mure

Latin

Etymology

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)).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /muːs/, [muːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mus/, [mus]

Noun

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)
  3. (New Latin) a computer mouse

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • mūrex
  • mūrilegulus
  • mūscipulātor
  • mūstricula

Descendants

  • Padanian:
    • ⇒ Lombard: muson (“shrew”)
    • ⇒ Piedmontese: musèt (“shrew”); muson (“shrew, mole”)
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: musèt (“shrew”)
  • → 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 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “mus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams

  • sum

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊs]

Pronoun

mùs

  1. first-person plural accusative of mes

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/

Noun

mus m (plural mwies)

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

Derived terms

See also

Maonan

Noun

mus

  1. pig

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mouche.

Noun

mus

  1. fly

References

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

Middle English

Noun

mus

  1. Alternative form of mous

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuːs/

Pronoun

mūs

  1. locative of mun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mús.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉːs/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

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 terms

  • datamus
  • museklikk
  • spissmus
  • bollemus

References

  • “mus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉːs/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

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 notes

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

Synonyms

  • ((vulgar) female genitalia): fitte, kuse, kunte, vulva
  • (computer mouse): datamus, skjermpilot

Derived terms

See also

  • lus f (“louse”) (for its morphological similarities)
  • gnagar, rotte, vånd

References

  • “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

Anagrams

  • sum

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse
  2. muscle

Declension

Derived terms

  • mūsfealle (“mousetrap”)

Descendants

  • Middle English: mous, mouse, mowse, mows, mus, mowce, muse
    • English: mouse (see there for further descendants), moose (Northumbrian); muss
    • Scots: moose

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: mūs
    • Alemannic German: Muus, Müss
    • Central Franconian: Muus, Mus; Maus, Mous
    • Cimbrian: maus
    • German: Maus
    • Luxembourgish: Maus
    • Vilamovian: maojs
    • Yiddish: מויז (moyz)

References

  • "mūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːs/

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: mûs
    • Low German: Muus
    • Plautdietsch: Mus

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

mūs f

  1. mouse

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: mus

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from musieć.

Noun

mus m inan

  1. (colloquial) constraint, coercion, must
    Synonym: przymus
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mousse.

Noun

mus m inan

  1. mousse (airy pudding served chilled)
Declension

Further reading

  • mus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mus in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mus”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mousse.

Noun

mus m (plural muși)

  1. cabin boy

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque mus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mus m (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English must.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus/

Verb

mus

  1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

Swedish

Etymology

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

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉːs/
  • 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

Related terms

animal
  • hasselmus
  • husmus
  • musfälla
  • musgrå
  • muskel
  • näbbmus
computers
  • datormus
  • musarm
  • musknapp
  • musmatta
  • muspekare

See also

  • pekdon
  • råtta
  • sork

References

  • mus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus/

Noun

mus anim (plural musàk)

  1. elk, moose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Venetian

Noun

mus

  1. (Chipilo) donkey

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *n-mʉŋᴮ (“to go”), from Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mʉŋ(X) (“id”). Cognate with Proto-Mien *n-mɨŋᴬ (“id”), whence Iu Mien mingh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu˩/

Verb

mus

  1. to go

Interjection

mus

  1. shoo!

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.

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