mice

Etymology

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), cheshirization from Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mīs, IPA^(key): /maɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

mice

1. plural form of mouse

Anagrams

• ICEM, ICME, cemi, emic

Noun

mice f (5th declension)

1. (colloquial) hat
2. (colloquial) cap
3. (colloquial) tucker