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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪtmaʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-titmouse.wav Forms: titmice [plural], titmouses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|titmose}} Middle English titmose, {{der|en|ang|māse|t=titmouse}} Old English māse (“titmouse”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*maisā}} Proto-West Germanic *maisā, {{der|en|gem-pro|*maisǭ}} Proto-Germanic *maisǭ, {{cog|nl|mees}} Dutch mees, {{cog|de|Meise}} German Meise, {{cog|non|meisingr}} Old Norse meisingr, {{cog|fr|mésange}} French mésange, {{cog|no|meis||skinny weakling}} Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”) Head templates: {{en-noun|titmice|s}} titmouse (plural titmice or titmouses)
  1. Any small passerine bird of the family Paridae, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa. Categories (lifeform): Tits Synonyms: tit Derived forms: black-crested titmouse (taxonomic: Baeolophus atricristatus), blue titmouse (taxonomic: Cyanistes caeruleus), bridled titmouse (taxonomic: Baeolophus wollweberi), juniper titmouse, long-tailed titmouse (taxonomic: Aegithalos caudatus), oak titmouse (taxonomic: Baeolophus inornatus), tufted titmouse (taxonomic: Baeolophus bicolor) Related terms: chickadee, Pseudopodoces, Baeolophus, Melanochlora, Sylviparus Translations (any bird of the family Paridae): trishtil [masculine] (Albanian), αἰγίθαλλος (aigíthallos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), branín (Asturian), сіні́ца (siníca) [feminine] (Belarusian), синигер (siniger) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mallerenga [feminine] (Catalan), 山雀 (shānquè) (Chinese Mandarin), sýkora [feminine] (Czech), mejse [common-gender] (Danish), mees (Dutch), киса (kisa) (Eastern Mari), paruo (Esperanto), tihane (Estonian), tiainen (Finnish), mésange [feminine] (French), meixengra [feminine] (Galician), წივწივა (c̣ivc̣iva) (Georgian), Meise [feminine] (German), cinke (Hungarian), paruo (Ido), meantán [masculine] (Irish), cincia [feminine] (Italian), zeile [feminine] (Latgalian), zīlīte [feminine] (Latvian), zylė [feminine] (Lithuanian), chʼíshiibeezhii (Navajo), meis (Norwegian), sikora [feminine] (Polish), chapim [masculine] (Portuguese), mejengra [feminine] (Portuguese), pițigoi [masculine] (Romanian), maset [Rumantsch-Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, masculine] (Romansch), sbrensligna [Surmiran, feminine] (Romansch), tschingallegra [Puter, feminine] (Romansch), parüschla [Vallander, feminine] (Romansch), сини́ца (siníca) [feminine] (Russian), ialtag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ceeʒʒaž (Skolt Sami), sýkora [feminine] (Slovak), sinica [feminine] (Slovene), paro carbonero [masculine] (Spanish), carbonero [masculine] (Spanish), mes [common-gender] (Swedish), tita [common-gender] (Swedish), пислэг (pisleg) (Udmurt), сини́ця (synýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), parud (Volapük), titit (english: older term) (Volapük), titw [masculine] (Welsh), swidw [feminine] (Welsh), yswidw [feminine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "tschingallegra"
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          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
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            "Vallander",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "parüschla"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сини́ца"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "word": "ceeʒʒaž"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paro carbonero"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carbonero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mes"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tita"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "pisleg",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "word": "пислэг"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "synýcja",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сини́ця"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "word": "parud"
        },
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          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "word": "titit"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "titw"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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        "US"
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}
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      "taxonomic": "Baeolophus atricristatus",
      "word": "black-crested titmouse"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Cyanistes caeruleus",
      "word": "blue titmouse"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Baeolophus wollweberi",
      "word": "bridled titmouse"
    },
    {
      "word": "juniper titmouse"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Aegithalos caudatus",
      "word": "long-tailed titmouse"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Baeolophus inornatus",
      "word": "oak titmouse"
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      "taxonomic": "Baeolophus bicolor",
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    }
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      "expansion": "German Meise",
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        "4": "skinny weakling"
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      "word": "Pseudopodoces"
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      "word": "Baeolophus"
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      "word": "Melanochlora"
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Latgalian translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Romansch translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Skolt Sami translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Udmurt translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Tits"
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          "Northern Hemisphere"
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          "Africa",
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        "US"
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      "word": "tit"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trishtil"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "branín"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "siníca",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сіні́ца"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "siniger",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синигер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mallerenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shānquè",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "山雀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sýkora"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mejse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "mees"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "paruo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "tihane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "tiainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mésange"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meixengra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ivc̣iva",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "წივწივა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Meise"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aigíthallos",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αἰγίθαλλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "cinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "paruo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meantán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cincia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "zeile"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zīlīte"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zylė"
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      "code": "mhr",
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      "roman": "kisa",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "киса"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "chʼíshiibeezhii"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "meis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sikora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mejengra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pițigoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "Rumantsch-Grischun",
        "Sursilvan",
        "Sutsilvan",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maset"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "Surmiran",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sbrensligna"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "Puter",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tschingallegra"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parüschla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "siníca",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сини́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ialtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "ceeʒʒaž"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sýkora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sinica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paro carbonero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carbonero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tita"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "pisleg",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "пислэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "synýcja",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сини́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "parud"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "older term",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "word": "titit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "titw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "swidw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any bird of the family Paridae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yswidw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "titmouse"
}

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