titmouse

English

A titmouse, Periparus ater

Etymology

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). The plural is formed in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.

Noun

titmouse (plural titmouses or titmice)

Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the northern hemisphere and of Africa.

Synonyms

tit

Translations

Any bird of the family Paridae

Danish: mejse (da) c
Esperanto: paruo (eo)
Galician: meixengra f
Georgian: წივწივა (c̣ivc̣iva)
Ido: paruo (io)
Irish: meantán (ga) m
Latgalian: zeile f
Latvian: zīlīte f

Lithuanian: zylė (lt) f
Navajo: chʼíshiibeezhii
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) maset m, (Surmiran) sbrensligna f, (Puter) tschingallegra f, (Vallader) parüschla f
Russian: сини́ца (ru) f (siníca)
Skolt Sami: ceeʒʒaž
Spanish: carbonero (es) m
Volapük: parud (vo), (older term) titit

See also

Anagrams

time outs, time-outs, timeouts, times out, tsumoite

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