# mus
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Creek terms

## English
### Noun

mus
* plural of mu

### Anagrams

* UMs, sum, MSU, UMS, Sum, ums

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mœs/

### Noun

mus (plural musse)
* soft brimless hat, tuque

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* mux
* musu
* muxu
* mis
* mix

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]

### Interjection

mus
* interjection used to call cats

#### Derived terms

* muxín

## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mus inan
* (card games) A traditional Basque card game.

### References

* ↑ “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ casino.es
* ↑ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

## 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: /muːˀs/, [muˀs]

### Noun

mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)
* mouse (animal)
* mouse (for a computer)

#### 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: /mʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mus
* Rhymes: -ʏs

### Noun

mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)
* 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: /mus/
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: mus

### Pronoun

mus
* (Lagarteiru) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

### See also

Dialects:  $^L$ Lagarteiru   $^M$ Mañegu   $^V$ Valverdeñu

### References

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

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Verb

mus
* first/second-person singular past historic of mouvoir

### Participle

mus m pl
* masculine plural of mû

## Interlingua
### Noun

mus (plural muses)
* 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 Latin) IPA: /ˈmuːs/, [ˈmuːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmus/, [ˈmus]

### Noun

mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension
* a mouse, rat
** c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 1.2.6:Quasi mures semper edere alienum cibum.Like mice they always ate the food of other people
* a sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)
* (New Latin) a computer mouse

#### Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

#### Derived terms

* mūris
** Italian: mure (archaic)
** Romansch: mieur
** ⇒ Venetan: moreja, morecia
** Occitan:
*** ⇒ Provençal: muret (“marmot”)
*** ⇒ Vivaro-Alpine: muret (“marmot”)
    Valadas: mure (“marmot”)
** Asturian: mur, mure
*** ⇒ Asturian: murar
*** ⇒ Asturian: murera (“mousehole”)
** ⇒ Leonese: murar
** Old Galician-Portuguese: mur
*** ⇒ Galician: murar
*** ⇒ Portuguese: murar
    Trasmontano: muro (“mouse”)
** Old Spanish: mur
*** ⇒ Old Spanish: murar
* mūris caecus
** Aragonese: moriciego
** Asturian: morciéganu
** Catalan: muricec
** Old Galician-Portuguese: morçeguo, murcego
*** >? Fala: morcéganu
*** Galician: morcego, murcego, muricego
*** Portuguese: morcego
** Old Spanish: murciego
*** ⇒ Spanish: murciélago, morziegalo, murciégalo (obsolete)
** Vulgar Latin: *mūrecaecus
*** Catalan: muriac
**** ⇒ Catalan: asmuriac, asmuriec
* mūris montānus
** Old Franco-Provençal: murmontan
*** → Old French: murmontain, marmotaine, marmotan, marmontaine (influenced by marmot)
**** Middle French: marmote
***** French: marmotte (see there for further descendants)
***** → English: marmot
***** → Italian: marmotta
** Romansch: murmont (Engadin)
** → Old High German: murmento, murmunto, muremento (see there for further descendants)
* *mūricāneus
* mūricīdus
* mūrilegus
* mūrīnus
* mūricus
* murriō
* mūsarāneus
* mūscellārium
* mūscerda
* mūscipula
* mūsculus
* mūstēla

#### 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

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūs, mūris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 396-7

### Further reading

* “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, 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: [mʊs]

### Pronoun

mùs
* first-person plural accusative of mes

## Maltese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːs/

### Noun

mus m (plural mwies)
* pocket knife, folding knife, jack-knife, switchblade

#### Derived terms

* mus tal-leħja

#### See also

* sikkina

## Maonan
### Noun

mus
* pig

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French mouche.

### Noun

mus
* fly

### References

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

## Middle English
### Noun

mus
* Alternative form of mous

## Middle High German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈmuːs̠/

### Noun

mūs f
* mouse

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: Muus, Müss (Uri)
* Central Franconian: Muus, Mus (variant spelling), Maus, Mous (Moselle Franconian)
** Hunsrik: Maus
** Luxembourgish: Maus
* Cimbrian: maus
* German: Maus
* Vilamovian: maojs
* Yiddish: מויז (moyz)

### References

* Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “MÛS”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
* "mūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmuːs/

### Pronoun

mūs
* locative of mun

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse mús.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʉːs/
* Rhymes: -ʉːs

### Noun

mus m or f (definite singular musen or musa, indefinite plural mus, definite plural musene)
* mouse (rodent)
    Jeg håper det ikke er mus i huset.I hope there aren't any mice in the house.
* mouse (computing)
    Venstreklikk med musa di.Left click with your mouse.
* (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)
    Mus er noe jenter har mellom beina.A pussy is something girls have between their legs.

#### 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).
(computing): Semantic loan from English mouse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʉːs/
* Rhymes: -ʉːs

### Noun

mus f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural myser or mus, definite plural mysene or musene)
* (rodent) a mouse
* (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)
* (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

* austmarkmus
* bjørkemus
* brannmus
* bymus
* datamus
* dvergmus
* fjellmarkmus
* fjellmus
* flaggermus
* gråsidemus
* gå ned mann og mus
* havmus
* husmus
* katt og mus
* klatremus
* klivemus
* leddmus
* lemus
* markmus
* moskusmus
* musande
* musearm
* museart
* musebit
* musebol
* musebrun
* musebøle
* musefamilie
* musefelle
* museflette
* musefoll
* musegrå
* musehòl
* museklikk
* museknapp
* musekule
* muselort
* musematte
* musepeikar
* musereir
* musert
* musesjuke
* museskritt
* musestille
* musesykje
* musete
* musunge
* musvåk
* musøyre
* når katter er vekke, dansar musene på bordet
* raudmus
* skapmus
* skogmus
* småskogmus
* snømus
* spissmus
* storskogmus
* ullmus
* vass-spissmus
* vassmus

### 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: /muːs/

### Noun

mūs f
* mouse
* muscle

#### Declension

Strong consonant stem:

#### 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
* mouse

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: mūs
** Alemannic German: Muus, Müss (Uri)
** Central Franconian: Muus, Mus (variant spelling), Maus, Mous (Moselle Franconian)
*** Hunsrik: Maus
*** Luxembourgish: Maus
** Cimbrian: maus
** German: 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: /muːs/

### Noun

mūs f
* mouse

#### Descendants

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

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mūs f
* mouse

#### Descendants

* Swedish: mus

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmus/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: mus

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of musieć.

#### Noun

mus m inan
* (colloquial) constraint, coercion, must
    Synonym: przymus

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mousse.

#### Noun

mus m inan
* 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)
* cabin boy

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Basque mus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
* Rhymes: -us
* Syllabification: mus

### Noun

mus m (uncountable)
* (card games) a card game that is very popular in Spain

#### Derived terms

* sin decir chus ni mus
* sin decir tus ni mus

### References

* ↑ https://www.casino.es/mus/historia-mus/
* ↑ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

### Further reading

* “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English must.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mus/

### Verb

mus
* (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: /mʉːs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʉːs

### Noun

mus c
* mouse; small rodent of the genus Mus; especially species Mus musculus
* (computing) a computer mouse; an input device
* (colloquial) a pussy; female genitalia

#### Synonyms

* (small rodent): Mus musculus
* (input device): datormus
* fitta (vulgar, colloquial)
* kutta
* mutta
* skäggbiff
* slida
* snippa
* vagina

#### Related terms
##### animal

* hasselmus
* husmus
* musfälla
* musgrå
* muskel
* näbbmus
* tyst som en mus

##### computers

* datormus
* musarm
* musknapp
* musmatta
* muspekare

#### See also

* pekdon
* råtta
* sork

### References

* mus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* mus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH
* Fula Ordboken

## Unami
### Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mus/

### Noun

mus anim (plural musàk)
* elk, moose

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Venetan
### Noun

mus
* (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: /mu˩/

### Verb

mus
* to go

### Interjection

mus
* shoo!

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 276.